ECOWAS: The common currency will not be for 2020
This common currency for the countries of the Economic Community of West Africa was to come into force in 2020. This launch has been postponed. […]
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Nigeria-France: A 200,000 barrel-per-day refinery project contract signed between the two nations
The French company Axens and the Nigerian conglomerate BUA signed a partnership contract on Tuesday 1st September in Paris to carry out the first stage […]
Morocco’s OCP builds new plant to enhance its global leadership in phosphoric acid
Morocco’s phosphates & fertilizers company OCP and its German and Belgian partners, Budenheim and Prayon, are building in Jorf Lasfar a new plant to produce […]
Post-Covid: Morocco’s King Calls for Competitive Economy & More Inclusive Social Model
King Mohammed VI has called on the government and all stakeholders to take up the challenges spurred by the coronavirus pandemic to rethink the priorities […]
Probe on oil companies: Competition regulator dismissed, king sets up ad hoc committee
King Mohammed VI has dismissed Morocco’s competition council, which has been entrusted with ruling on the alleged uncompetitive practices used by fuel distributors and decided […]
Niger: Petrol shortage in the country after a dispute between the State and Soraz Company
The oil refining company Soraz, majority owned by China, cut off the petrol tap at the Nigerien Petroleum Products Company (Sonidep) for unpaid invoices, preventing […]
Nigerian among three Africans vying to head WTO
The Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gave her big speech to the 164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday 15 July in Geneva. Entering […]
Partial takeover of air routes in several States in Africa
In Senegal, an Algiers-Dakar flight landed on the tarmac of the Blaise-Diagne airport in the Senegalese capital. A first after four months of interruption. Many […]
BMW to supply its battery cells with Moroccan cobalt
German car-manufacturer BMW said it will make a fifth of its battery cells for electrical cars using Moroccan cobalt under a 100 million euro contract. […]
RDC: 20 years of hard labor for chief of staff of President Félix Tshisekedi
Vital Kamerhe, chief of staff of President Félix Tshisekedi, was handed 20 years of hard labor after he was found guilty of embezzlement of $48 […]