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Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea dealt a blow to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after they threw their support behind the junta in power in Niger despite the regional community’s threat for military intervention if deposed leader Mohamed Bazoum is not restored. A group of soldiers seized power in Niger Wednesday July […]
Two people were killed Monday during protests in southern Senegal in response to the indictment and arrest of the leading opposition figure Ousmane Sonko last week and a day after Sonko, in custody, announced he had started a hunger strike. Senegal’s public prosecutor on Saturday July 29 announced seven new charges for various crimes, including […]
President of France Emmanuel Macron has hailed the successes achieved by Morocco since the beginning of the reign of King Mohammed VI as remarkable. “The successes achieved by Morocco since the beginning of Your Majesty’s reign and under your modernization impulse are remarkable,” the French President stressed, in a congratulatory message to the King on […]
Morocco has reiterated its steadfast support to the Palestinian cause, condemned the provocative & offensive burning of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark, and called for the promotion of religious tolerance and coexistence. The Moroccan standing was voiced by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a speech read out on his behalf by Fouad Akhrif, Director […]
Experts have warned that more international cooperation is urgently needed to curb the disturbing trend of a growing number of Africans that are being trafficked and exploited along migration routes to Europe and the Middle East. Human trafficking and migrant smuggling are on the rise in West Africa, with more than 15,000 Nigerian women and […]
The coup in Niger has drawn strong condemnation from much of the international community, but most notably the United States and France, which have troops stationed there, as Niger’s putschists on Monday accused the former colonial ruler, France, of wanting to “intervene militarily” to reinstate the country’s deposed president. West African leaders on Sunday (30 […]
After spending more than US$1 billion to acquire mining sites in Zimbabwe over the past two years, massive Chinese investment could help catapult Zimbabwe to become the world’s fifth biggest primary producer of the material that’s vital to battery electric vehicles and the green revolution, mining consultancy CRU said. The investments by Chinese companies, including […]
The relationship between Morocco and Spain is “loyal and privileged” and is an “example of efficiency”, stressed Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. “We are privileged partners in all areas of common interest, including the fight against irregular immigration and terrorism, human trafficking, security, and economic, commercial and cultural cooperation. We are two very […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave, Sunday July 30, the new leaders in Niger, one week to give up power and restore elected leader Mohamed Bazoum deposed last week by a junta accusing him of “failing to address the security situation in the country”. General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of the powerful […]
Victoria Nuland, the Acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States, has embarked on an African tour to take her to South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 29 to August 4, the State Department has announced. In South Africa, the acting second-in-command at the State Department was to […]