ECOWAS: Five heads state to greenlight Morocco’s full membership
Morocco will have to wait until 2018 to hear the final verdict on its application for ECOWAS membership. A committee, made up of the five […]
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Top aide of Ethiopia’s former communist ruler sentenced to life in jail
Dutch judges in The Hague last weekend sentenced Eshetu Alemu to life in jail. Alemu, 63, Ethiopian-Dutch national served Ethiopia’s ruthless leader Mengesitu Haile Mariam […]
Nigerian oil workers start nationwide strike
Nigeria’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff union (PENGASSAN) has launched a nationwide strike on Monday over the dismissal of its workers, local media reports. […]
EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, mostly beneficial to Sahara Provinces
The financial compensation the European Union extends to Morocco part of the Fisheries Agreement between the two sides is most beneficial to Morocco’s Sahara provinces, […]
ECOWAS: Morocco’s membership official early 2018
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, will not greenlight Morocco’s membership at Abuja summit this Saturday, postponing the announcement to early […]
Niger: Donors Pledge $23 billion to Support Socio-economic Development Program
Niger has succeeded in mobilizing several billions to finance its economic and social economic plan after donors pledged $23 billion, a sum over exceeding the […]
Mauritania: Anti-slavery activist named among top 100 most influential African figures
Anti-slavery activist and former presidential hopeful Biram Dah Abeid has appeared in New African Magazine’s ranking of top 100 most influential African figures who have […]
US government halts aid to Somalia’s military over graft
The United States on Thursday, said it is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns. The US government […]
Senegal: Air traffic controllers’ strike at new Dakar airport
Traffic at Senegal’s new airport has been disrupted by an air traffic controllers’ strike on Thursday, local media reported. Several flights have been cancelled; others […]
Muse Bihi Abdi sworn-in as Somaliland’s President
The republic of Somaliland has sworn-in its fifth president, Muse Bihi Abdi who won the tightly contested November 13 polls. Abdi, a retired pilot took […]