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The Moroccan and Saudi Public Prosecution authorities have agreed to foster cooperation ties and exchange experiences in the fight against transnational organized crime, money laundering and cybercrimes. The agreement was inked in Rabat by President of the Moroccan public prosecutor’ Office Hassa Daki and Saudi Attorney General Saud Bin Abdallah Al-Mujab. The two countries’ public […]
The African Union (AU) will be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month’s elections, the AU Commission announced Tuesday (14 February), as the West African country warned of increasing election-related violence. The AU said the objectives of the mission were to provide an “accurate and impartial assessment” of the electoral process, offer […]
The Tanzanian government has banned a popular series of children’s books from schools on the grounds that they violate local cultural values of the Eastern African country, Nation Africa reports. Education Minister Adolf Mkenda on Monday took aim at “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books, and said the government was monitoring libraries in both […]
Eight people were found dead Tuesday in South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after their canoe collided with a boat on lake Kivu in the same province. Mathieu Alimasi Malumbi, the provincial transport minister in a statement to reporters indicated that victims were four women and four men. Their bodies […]
The Court of Appeal of Abidjan has confirmed a previous condemnation to life imprisonment ruled in July 2021 against former Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament Guillaume Soro on charges of plot and attempt to remove the administration of President Alassan Ouattara. The court, however, acquitted two of 11 other defendants and dissolved Générations et […]
The death toll among the Moroccan community in Türkiye, in the violent earthquake that struck the south of the country, has now reached ten, the Kingdom’s embassy in Ankara said Monday. Four new victims, all women, have died in this earthquake, said the diplomatic mission. On February 6, Turkiye and Syria woke up to one […]
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has affirmed that Morocco remains “the first priority” of his country’s foreign policy, stressing the need to maintain good relations with the North African Kingdom. Speaking during a forum held Monday in Madrid on the occasion of the upcoming Spanish presidency of the European Union, Albares said all Spanish […]
Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has accused the U.S. of supporting Tigrayan rebels during the two-year civil war in northern Ethiopia adding that Washington forced to rebels to sign November 2022 peace deal. In an interview with local media, President Afwerki claimed that the peace deal signed between Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) […]
The owner of a huge South African rhino conservation farm, the world’s largest, indicated Monday it would be sold at auction in April because he could no longer afford to breed the endangered animals, reports say. “Breeding rhinos is an expensive game,” John Hume, Platinum’s 81-year-old founder, told AFP, adding that he had been breeding […]
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and the Saudi Tadawul Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen joint cooperation, Arab Finance reports citing an emailed press release of February 13. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing Saudi Capital Market Forum, held in Riyadh February 12-14. “We seek to cooperate with […]