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The kingdom of Morocco is among leading countries around the world with potential investment targets in relation to the size of their economies, on the first ‘normalized’ version of the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) from London-based EY. The normalized version, first of its kind of the RECAI hails the North African country’s ambitious […]
Gabonese authorities have hauled into prison Sosthene Orphee Lendjedi Ibola, a candidate for next year presidential election, on terrorism charges. The leader of Orientation Nouvelle [New Orientation], was arrested on Nov. 10 in capital Libreville and sent to prison on Nov. 15. The arrest came a few months after returning home after six-year exile in […]
The lawmakers of the Nordic Council have dealt a hard blow to the pro-polisario lobbyists paid by the Algerian junta in a bid to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Sahara territory. The Council, formed of MPs from Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden Finland, the Faroe Islands and Åland, has rejected lately a hostile […]
International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest 12.18 billion shillings ($100 million) in Nairobi-listed Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) impacted by Covid-19, Zawya reports, citing Kenyan Wall Street newspaper. The investment will be in senior debt under its Covid-19 emergency response working capital solutions scheme (WCS FIGE). IFC initiated the […]
Gabon and Guinea Bissau signed Wednesday two cooperation agreements spanning consultation on political and diplomatic matters, as both countries move to strengthen ties, the central African country announced. The signing came during a visit of Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the Guinea Bissau leader to his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo Ondimba. “The legal framework for cooperation between […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called for the adoption by African countries of proactive and preventive policies to preserve African citizens’ health and dignity. In a message addressed to participants in the First African Conference on Health Harm Reduction, held in Marrakech November 16 to 18, the Sovereign said that health is one of […]
Algeria’s role as a facilitator of Iran’s destabilization acts in North Africa has been exposed by Algerian writer and opposition figure Anwar Malik, who cites Tehran’s manipulation of armed proxies in full connivance with Algeria. Since the Islamic revolution in the 1970s, the Mullah’s of Iran have sought to export their authoritarian religious model and […]
Morocco’s fruit exports have more than doubled from $729 million recorded in 2016 to more than $1.5 billion in 2021, accounting for more than a third of the total agricultural exports in 2021. According to latest International Agricultural Report released by the US Department of Agriculture, the North African Kingdom has become the 15th-largest fruit […]
Qatar-owned beIN MEDIA GROUP has warned against any attempt by whosever to broadcast its channels and FIFA World Cup matches in Gabon. The group issued a statement arguing that it has no partner in Gabon, therefore it will take action against anyone who broadcasts its contents and the World cup expected to kick off in […]
The leader of transition in Guinea Mamadi Doumbouya has ordered Prime Minister Bernard Gomou to audit the spending of the national budget after the country suffered deficit of $833 million, Faapa news agency reports. A statement from the cabinet said the leader of the West African country wants to correct the shortcomings and failures noted […]