Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are travelling to Egypt and selling body parts to pay for their passage, according to a Guardian report. Wearing a baseball hat and smoking a shisha pipe in [ More … ]
Israel’s controversial immigration policy will likely result in the forced deportation of thousands of African migrants to uncertainty. Israel has come under fire from the UN and some western countries. In Africa, the news has [ More … ]
One of the serious medium- and long-term challenges facing Africa and the African Union is the proliferation of military bases established on the continent by foreign powers. These have the potential to threaten national and [ More … ]
Pro-Christian militias killed two Moroccan UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic’s southeast on Tuesday, according to the United Nations. Two Moroccan UN peacekeepers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic’s southeast [ More … ]
Morocco plans to set up an embassy in Zambia in September as the two African countries are interested in deepening bilateral relations, said Mounia Boucetta, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs [ More … ]
The Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mounia Boucetta, arrived in Ethiopia on Monday to consolidate bilateral relations and continue the agreements made by King Mohammed VI during his [ More … ]
Morocco’s efforts in renewable energy are paying their due. With installed capacity estimated at 892 megawatts, Morocco now ranks second in Africa and the Middle East (MEA) for wind farming. According to a recent study [ More … ]
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz uses African tour to talk up ties between the continent and Ankara Turkey aims to open embassies in all African countries, a senior foreign ministry official said on Wednesday. [ More … ]
The Turkish government has reaffirmed its commitment to the African continent through economic and political partnerships. The European country also wants to advance on an economic cooperation model with Africa that is based on a [ More … ]
New Silk Road will mark the future with the aim to link Asia, Europe, Africa and even South America, Turkish President Erdoğan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the Belt and Road initiative as [ More … ]
Morocco has expressed its support for Côte d’Ivoire’s candidacy for membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). During a meeting with Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Amon-Tanoh, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and [ More … ]
South Sudan and Turkey have inked a trade and economic cooperation agreement as a part of the latter’s commercial, political and economic relations with African nations. Of primary interest in the agreement, the Turkish economic [ More … ]
The Ugandan army Wednesday has announced the end of pursuit operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) for the rebel Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and its wanted leader Joseph Kony, saying it has achieved its [ More … ]
Qatar’s Emir has kicked off a tour of three African nations this week with high-level meetings in Ethiopia. This is Sheikh Tamim’s first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa, besides visiting Sudan, since he became Emir [ More … ]
Hizmet-is says it wants to help African trade unions to protect rights and welfare of workers Turkey’s second largest trade union Hizmet-is is strengthening its support to and collaboration with African trade unions, officials told [ More … ]
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