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Morocco & Mauritania Discuss Security Cooperation Prospects

Head of Morocco’s national police & domestic intelligence agency Abdellatif El Hammouchi and Mauritania’s Chief of national security Mesgharou Ould Sidi Leghweizi discussed on Tuesday in Rabat ways of enhancing security cooperation and coordinating efforts against common regional challenges. The two parties stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation in police training, exchanging experiences, expertise and […]

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Morocco at UNGA asks Algeria to take a hard look in the mirror

Morocco has once again, in the UN General Assembly, held Algeria responsible for the perpetuation of the conflict in the Sahara territory and for the fate of thousands of Sahraouis living in precarious conditions in the Polisario-run camps in southern-Western Algeria. In response to an address by Algeria’s foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra in which he […]

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PAP President stresses importance of inter-African cooperation to meet development challenges

Cooperation and solidarity among African countries and peoples are essential to meet the challenges of development in the continent, Pan-African Parliament (PAP) President Fortune Zephaniah Charumbira said Monday in Rabat. Speaking at an inaugural course at the College of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences under the theme “The Pan-African Parliament at the heart of current […]

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MEP blasts Algeria’s repeated violation of its trade commitments as unacceptable

MEP Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero on Monday blasted “the repeated violation” by Algeria of its trade commitments to Spain and the European Union, calling this attitude “unacceptable.” “‘It is clear that we have a trade problem with Algeria. And not only Spain,” tweeted the Spanish MEP of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats at the European […]

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Moroccan FM receives Algerian envoy bearing letter of invitation to King Mohammed VI to attend Arab Summit

On the High Instructions of King Mohammed VI, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Nasser Bourita, received this Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Algerian Minister of Justice,  Abderrachid Tebbi, emissary of President Abdelmajid Tebboune, to the King.   The emissary of the Algerian president handed over to Bourita the letter of invitation addressed to King Mohammed […]

Business Finance

Nothing’s free: skepticism grows over China’s debt forgiveness

Skeptics say that despite China’s agreement to forgive interest-free loans to 17 African countries as it seeks to dispel debt-trap allegations, the days of Beijing writing off interest-bearing loans are over. The world’s poorest countries — many of them in Africa — are facing $35bn in debt-service payments in 2022, out of which around 40% […]

Africa International

Kenya sends troops to East of DR Congo as part of regional forces

Kenya has deployed forces in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of regional mobilization to help end activities of rebel groups in the East of the second largest African country reeling with insecurity caused by armed groups. The boots are posted in Ishasha, a locality near the border with Uganda, […]

Africa International

Gabon to chair UN Security Council from October 6

Gabon will assume from October 6 the chairmanship of the UN Security Council and seeks to propose approaches to address current crises that have engulfed the world. The central African country will take charge of the Security Council on the basis of the alphabetical order adopted by global organization to appoint member States. Ali Bongo […]

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Abidjan-based Banque Nationale d’investissement pledges to back coffee, cocoa exporters with around $274 million for new season

Banque Nationale d’Investissement (BNI), also known as National Bank of Investment, vowed to support exporters of coffee and cocoa of Côte d’Ivoire with around $274 million for a new season starting in few days, Abidjan Net reports. Jerôme Ahua, Deputy Director of the bank, made the announcement during a networking event of coffee and cocoa […]

Energy

Kenya’s Ruto open to buying fuel from Russia, aspiring to become ‘Africa’s voice’

Kenya’s newly sworn-in president has expressed willingness to purchase fuel from Russia, just days after making immediate moves to boost the country’s influence on the global stage with a stirring speech at the UN General Assembly. President William Ruto’s announcement that Kenya was open to buying fuel from Russia comes at a time when a […]