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Gotion High-Tech, a Chinese electric vehicle battery giant, will inject over $ 6.5 billion in a gigafactory in Morocco. It will be the first in Africa, creating more than 25 000 jobs and strengthening the country’s leading position in the automotive industry. The announcement of this EV battery industrial eco-system was made Thursday in Marrakesh […]
While China’s global competition has been a well-known fact, Beijing now signals an expansion of its ambitions in the Horn of Africa, as evidenced by Ethiopia’s recent acknowledgement that China has become the East African nation’s leading source of foreign direct investment, largest trading partner, and development financier. China plans to send more emergency food […]
Media report about a series of digital intrusions against key Kenyan ministries and state institutions allegedly carried out by Chinese hackers has sparked debate in the East African country about the security of the nation’s systems. The report about China, Kenya’s largest creditor, carrying out hacking attacks on the East African country’s government that was […]
Egypt is in advanced talks with China for the purchase of around 12 of the latest version of the J-10 Vigorous Dragon multirole combat fighter jet, The New Arab reports. Talks between the two sides started last year and the North African country is expected to send representatives of its Air force to the Chinese […]
The Arab parliament has urged Morocco to make available its experience and know-how in the automobile industry to other Arab countries so the latter can set up robust automobile industries, Le360.ma reports. The call came Tuesday from members of the Committee of the Arab Parliament in charge of scientific research, innovation and digital during a […]
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with “Global South” leaders during an Arab League and a Group of Seven (G7) summits last week while the country’s foreign minister is on a tour of Africa this week, all aimed at broadening support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Zelenskyy held talks with India’s Narendra Modi and […]
A total of 1,042 tons of rice donated by China will be distributed free of charge to social and health institutions, arriving this month, to mitigate the effects of the price escalation, according to a resolution approved by the Council of Ministers. “Taking into account the situation experienced by many families, the aforementioned food aid […]
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, will pay a state visit to China from 24-29 May where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping and their meeting is widely expected to pave the way for the two countries to seal several key trade deals, including a $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals […]
Nephew of Polisario Chief of Staff arrested in Panama over money smuggling Panama’s customs services arrested, on May 11, Mohamed El-Wali Akik, a nephew of the polisario chief of staff, for smuggling foreign currency valued at $65,000. The arrested individual was brought before the Panamanian Public Prosecution which decided to ban him from traveling until […]
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, according to an Amnesty International annual report published on Tuesday (16 May), which also decries the situation particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with its “most notorious executioners (carrying) out killing sprees”. Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest […]