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Kenya has declared a three-day mourning following a helicopter crush that killed chief of staff Francis Ogolla and nine other people on board. Only two people survived the crash which occurred soon after take-off west of the country, President William Ruto said. Ogolla departed Nairobi on Thursday to visit troops in the North Rift region […]
The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The World Bank Group will work to connect 250 million people to electricity through distributed renewable energy systems or the distribution grid while the African […]
Head of Kabylia’s independence movement MAK, Ferhat Mhenni, urged the UN to help the Kabylie people gain its right to self-determination to free itself from the yoke of Algerian occupation. Speaking to participants to the 23rd session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Mhenni urged the inclusion of Kabylia into the UN decolonization […]
In a sign of close cooperation between sanction-hit and military-run Sahel countries, Niger has agreed to supply Mali with cheap diesel to supply power plants. Under the deal, Niger would deliver 150 million liters of diesel to neighboring Mali to curb power outages, the Malian presidency said. Only half the Malian population have access to […]
The 33rd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Regional Conference for Africa (ARC33) kicked off on Thursday in Rabat, under the chairmanship of Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch. The three-day conference, held under the theme: “Resilient agri-food systems and inclusive rural transformation”, offers a major opportunity for African countries to discuss practical and concrete […]
Liberia reaffirmed, on Thursday in Rabat, its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over all its territory, including the Moroccan Sahara. This position was expressed in a joint communiqué issued following talks between Liberian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, who is on a visit to Morocco, and her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. […]
Spanish investors have shown great interest in the untapped business opportunities offered in Morocco’s Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, a gateway to African market, as Madrid and Rabat are strengthening their economic cooperation and strategic partnership. “Morocco is a regional economic power with a modern and diversified economy and its strategic geographical location enables it to access […]
American companies Kansas Modification Center (KMC), Stratos Industries, and Integrated Aerospace Alliance (IAA) have chosen Casablanca to install their plant specialized in the conversion of Boeing passenger planes into cargo aircraft. The announcement was made lately by the three partners in a joint press release. They chose the North African Kingdom for its political stability, […]
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has reaffirmed its unwavering recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Southern provinces, describing the Moroccan autonomy plan as the “only serious, credible, and realistic” solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand was voiced by foreign minister of this Caribbean country Denzil Llewellyn Douglas following […]
Burkina Faso has declared three French diplomats as “persona non grata”, accusing them of being involved in “subversive activities”, and ordered them to leave the country within 48 hours, the Foreign Ministry in Ouagadougou said in a note dated Tuesday (16 April). According to the note that was sent to the French embassy in Burkina […]