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Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company, OCP, is planning to open subsidiaries in 13 African countries in line with the Kingdom’s strategy to boost economic ties and investments in the continent. As announced in the official gazette, the OCP’s board of directors approved the decision to establish 13 subsidiaries in the countries of Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroun, […]
More countries have joined the group of 28 member states of the African union, which addressed last Monday a motion to the AU chair expressing support to Morocco’s return to its African family and demanding the suspension of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic from the pan-African organization. In this vein, Egypt’s Ambassador in Rabat, Ihab Jamaleddine […]
The days of the self-proclaimed SADR as a member of the African Union seem to be counted after 28 African countries called for suspending the membership of the Algerian-based republic from all the bodies and activities of the African Union. This came in a motion submitted by the 28 African nations to the President of […]
The American power and energy giant, General Electric, has decided to club together with Pan-African multi-sector business services company Mara Group to make more inroads in Africa through investment in infrastructure, a domain still infant on the black continent. General Electric plans to invest billions of dollars in Africa’s infrastructure business industry, which according to […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Tuesday offered to help West African countries fight the growing terrorism threat. “Turkey has a vast experience in combating terrorism and we understand those countries suffering at the hands of terrorism best,” Erdoğan said as he was addressing the Ghanaian Parliament in Accra. Erdogan who was on a two-day visit […]
Tunisia has ranked first democracy in the Arab world and 57th worldwide, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2015 Democracy Index report. The North African country tormented by social riots due to chronic economic difficulties has fared well in term of democracy among other Arab countries, according to Economist Intelligence Unit; a search and analysis […]
As the Dubai temperature was rising, the impatience of art enthusiasts could not be restrained. Festivities finally started on Tuesday March 19, with the Jumerah Patrons’ Preview. Art Dubai was launched. A champagne glass in hand, clichés were forgotten… The time of an exhibition. In partnership with Abraaj Group, the seventh edition of Art Dubai […]
Reports are being echoed that Chinguitel in Mauritania will soon be on the market for grabs. The company is a subsidiary of Sudatel, Sudanese telecommunications operator. Sudatel also has subsidiaries in other several African countries namely Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, and South Sudan under the name Expresso. Reports claim that Sudatel might be selling all these […]
Tullow, a multinational oil and gas exploration company headquartered in London, United Kingdom is preparing itself for another drilling campaign in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. This time around, the company is hoping to begin frontier drilling campaign in Mauritania’s during the spring. It has set its eyes on venturing into new plays in the […]