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Endeavour announced its first gold pour in its the Sabodala-Massawa BIOX Expansion, two years after mine construction began. Ian Cockerill, CEO, commented “We are proud to have achieved our first gold pour at the Sabodala-Massawa BIOX® Expansion with over 3.5 million man hours worked with no lost time injuries. The beginning of operations marks the […]
Kenya Airways KQ said it has suspended all flights to Kinshasa in reaction to the detention of two of its staff members by DRC authorities. DRC authorities detained two KQ staff members on April 19 on ground of custom procedure violations relating to a cargo. A local court had allowed the release of the KQ […]
President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has addressed to King Mohammed VI a written message, whose contents were not disclosed. The message was handed over by Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara to his Moroccan peer at a meeting held Monday in Rabat. In a statement to the media following the meeting, Tangara described bilateral relations […]
Various aspects of cooperation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Morocco were discussed in Rabat this Monday at a meeting between Chair of NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, who is paying a visit to the Kingdom April 28-30, and Minister in charge of the National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi. The meeting, attended […]
Morocco has been chosen by the Confederation of African Football as the new host country of the Headquarters of the African Club Association (ACA) in recognition of the key role played by the Kingdom for the development of football in the African continent. The decision was disclosed by one of ACA Board members, who said […]
North African offshoot at French Engie compagnie said it was looking to sell its stakes at Safi coal-powered station, as part of its plan to quit coal operations before 2027, its CEO told Reuters. The company operates Morocco’s largest wind park in Tarfaya and is building a desalination plant along with its wind farm in […]
Some 4.2 million eligible Togolese citizens vote in delayed and controversial legislative elections this Monday (29 April) to decide if President Faure Gnassingbe will extend his family’s decades-long grip on power. Voting got under way following approval of divisive constitutional reforms by the outgoing parliament that opponents have called a “constitutional coup” because of concerns […]
Africans no longer consider the US as the most influential country in the continent, a position that China has taken, a new Gallup report showed. Median approval ratings of Washington – indicative of the country’s soft power – slipped from 59% in 2022 to 56% in 2023, the report said. Meanwhile, China’s approval in the […]
Upon the orders of the ruling Algerian junta, USM Alger did not play on Sunday the 2nd leg of their African Confederation Cup semi-final in Berkane against Moroccan team Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RSB) which thus qualified for the final after winning by forfeit two games over the Algerian club. In the final of African […]
As the European Union and also its member states individually adopt tougher measures on migrants, most notably those undertaking treacherous Mediterranean sea crossings from Africa’s northern shores, human rights groups have slammed the change in EU’s policies, saying they are creating a “cruel system” that is partly to blame for drownings of more than 3,000 […]