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Africa will have to wait a little longer to find out whether or not Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The organization, which is in charge of managing trade relations around the Read more
Egypt will deport seven Nigerians following their arrest at an unauthorized protest last month against the West African country’s notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Nairametrics reports. A total of Eight were arrested at the October 18 anti-SARS demonstration in Cairo, Read more
Algeria Saturday laid into the World Health Organization (WHO) after the Director for Africa of the UN agency said the pandemic continues to spread fast in several countries including the North African country. A statement from the President’s office said Read more
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has committed $9 billion in funding in the Lake Chad region, which is suffering from the drop in water levels and attacks attributed to the terrorist group Boko Haram. The announcement was made during Read more
Morocco and Nigeria signed Sunday in Rabat cooperation agreements related to the pipeline project, a fertilizer plant in Nigeria and agricultural vocational training. The signing ceremony of the three agreements was co-chaired by King Mohammed VI and visiting President Muhammadu Read more
Moroccan squad of local players claimed the African Nations Championship (CHAN) title after thrashing Nigeria 4-0 win on Sunday in Casablanca. Under a heavy rain in a stadium attended by thousands of Moroccan and African supporters, Morocco’s Zakaria Hadraf scored Read more
The Dubai-based airline Emirates announced Sunday it will reinstate its air links with the Nigerian capital Abuja after the suspension decided in October 2016 over currency crisis in the West African country. Four weekly flights will be operational as of Read more
Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States have in principle approved the membership application of Morocco, 2nd African investors in the continent. The decision was made by the summiteers in Liberia. King Mohammed VI of Morocco Read more
The Morocco-Nigeria landmark project to lay an Atlantic gas pipeline that will carry Nigerian gas through six West African countries up to Morocco and eventually to Europe is heading towards materialization with the signing Monday of new agreements related to Read more
The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining the steady improvement achieved before 2010 when the prevalence of undernourishment, Read more