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South Africa and its neighbors were at the center of a tussle for influence this week when US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in turn arrived for a diplomatic visit, offering a rare moment of leverage for regional governments intent at using the opportunity to gain concessions and increase trade […]
Somalia’s government welcomed the killing of Bilal al-Sudani, a senior Islamic State official and the group’s important financial facilitator, by the US special operations forces in a remote part of northern Somalia on Wednesday, January 25, night. During the special operation in a mountainous cave complex in Somalia’s Puntland state, the US forces also killed […]
The African Development Bank Group will commit $10 billion over the next five years to boost Africa’s efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the rest of the world, AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, announced at the Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit in Diamniadio, east of the Senegalese capital, […]
Africa is “less safe, secure and democratic” than it was 10 years ago, says a new report on African governance released by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Wednesday, January 25, citing a surge in military coups and armed conflicts. The democratic backsliding now threatens to reverse decades of progress made in Africa, according to an […]
Morocco has pledged to propose a roadmap for the renewal of international cooperation for the benefit of middle-income countries. The pledge was made in New York Wednesday after Morocco was elected, in the person of its permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, chair of the Group of Friends of Middle-Income Countries at the United […]
Bahrain has reiterated its unwavering support for the Moroccanness of the Sahara and commended the efforts made by the North African Kingdom for achieving a realistic political solution to this regional issue, on the basis of UN Security Council resolutions. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement released Thursday in Manama following the 5th […]
The royal message was handed to President Macky Sall of Senegal on Wednesday by Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch. Akhannouch is leading a large Moroccan delegation participating in the Dakar 2 Summit on food sovereignty, which opened Wednesday in Diamniadio, 30 km from Dakar, under the theme “Feeding Africa: food sovereignty and resilience.” The Moroccan […]
Top American, Chinese and Russian officials — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — are all scrambling to visit several African nations in January to pledge their countries’ commitment to the world’s fastest-growing continent. As President Joe Biden prepares for a visit to Africa later […]
France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within a month in response to the request from the junta-ruled Burkinabe government, the French foreign ministry said Wednesday, Jan.25. “According to the terms of the accord, the termination (of the 2018 agreement on the status of French armed forces present in the country) takes effect a […]
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison has commended the role played by King Mohammed VI in supporting peace and security in the MENA region and around the world. “We highly appreciate the role of H.M. King Mohammed VI in supporting peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa […]