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 … ]
Traffickers’ rings in the Libyan desert and Mediterranean coast will be in the crosshairs after European and North African countries reached a deal to ramp up anti-migration efforts. European and North African nations will step [ More … ]
The African Development Bank (AFDB) investigates the effectiveness of custom fee policies between the Kingdom of Morocco and other countries in the African hemisphere, recommending that both partners reduce customs fees to boost their trade. [ More … ]
Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has unveiled on Friday, February 24, that Morocco has informed the President of Liberia and the current President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that [ More … ]
King Mohammed VI arrived on Thursday in Conakry for a working and friendship visit to the Republic of Guinea, the third stage of the African tour that led the Moroccan KIng to Ghana and Zambia. Upon [ More … ]
BY: SERDAR KARAGÖZ* Turkey’s visit to the African continent, unlike those by the colonial powers, is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, increasing business and trade cooperation and supporting stability of the African countries Turkey’s multi-dimensional foreign [ More … ]
Turkish interest towards Africa was first globally evidenced in 1998 when Turkey adopted the Action Plan for Africa. Turkey received the observer status in 2005 before being accepted as a strategic partner of the African [ More … ]
Signs of further deterioration between the former allies have emerged between Saudi Arabia and Egypt as Saudi officials have reportedly requested that Egypt be ruled out of leading the Arab Authority for Civil Aviation (AACA). Saudi [ More … ]
– Nine Arab Countries Withdraw from Arab-African Summit over Polisario’s Participation, Egypt Continues – A new chapter of the tensions between Egypt and Morroco The Polisario Separatist Movement’s participation disrupts the Arab-African Summit in Equatorial [ More … ]
Turkey looks forward to working more closely with our African friends and allies in a range of areas: Erdogan “Over the next days, Turkey’s political and business leaders will embark on a historic visit to [ More … ]
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