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Controversial refereeing at a football game in Guinea Conakry sparked fan violence and a stampede that left 57 dead and dozens injured, local media said. Children were deplored among the deaths at the Nzerekore stadium in southern Guinea’s largest city. “Protests of dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions led to stone-throwing by supporters, resulting in fatal stampedes” […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrived Monday in Guinea Conakry in view of bolstering ties with the West African country ruled by a Junta. The visit follows that he made to Benin where he met with President Patrice Talon. Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, spokesman of the Guinean government said the visit is in line with South-South cooperation. […]
Sixty security officers from Guinea-Conakry graduated Thursday from Morocco’s Kenitra Royal Police Institute after three months of training on a range of subjects including use of science and modern technology in forensic research. The graduation ceremony was attended by Guinean Minister of Security and Civil Protection Bachir Diallo. The cohort of trainees included 30 inspectors […]
The government of Guinea Conakry has renewed its full backing to the Moroccan autonomy plan offered for the Sahara, saying this plan is the only solution for the settlement of this regional conflict. The statement was made Tuesday in Rabat by Foreign Affairs minister Mamadi Touré at a joint press briefing with his Moroccan peer […]
Moroccan mining firm, Managem, announced, Tuesday, that it acquired the remaining 30% stake in the joint venture with West African-focused gold mining and exploration company Avocet Mining, for $21 million. In 2016, Managem acquired 40% of this project in partnership with Avocet Mining before increasing this share to 70% in 2018. With this […]
Morocco’s first sugar refinery Cosumar confirmed that production in its new refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, will start by the end of 2019, as planned. The confirmation was made by the firm’s CEO Mohammed Fikrat in a statement to the media Tuesday, in Casablanca. The establishment of the new white sugar refinery, named Durrah sugar […]
The President of the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel Alain De Souza, met on Thursday in Abuja, Moha Ou Ali Tagma, who handed him his credentials as Morocco’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the sub-regional organization. Morocco, which has an observer status in the ECOWAS and is bound by strong relations with […]