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Mogadishu opens DARMAD Business Park to ease congestion at Aden Adde International Airport MOGADISHU — Authorities on Saturday inaugurated a new commercial and parking complex inside Aden Adde International Airport, a project designed to curb traffic chaos and modernize services at Somalia’s busiest gateway. The DARMAD Business Park, funded by Amana Bank, introduces organized parking, banking services, business centers and passenger facilities within the airport perimeter. The development was formally opened by Banadir…

Crisis Deepens in Guinea-Bissau: A Political Stunt or Genuine Coup? The recent turmoil in Guinea-Bissau has sparked intense debate among analysts and commentators, with some suggesting that the events unfold less like a traditional coup and more like a politically orchestrated stunt shrouded in military theatrics. Daniel T. Makokera, writing in an AllAfrica guest column, suggests that there is a "growing belief that the crisis may have been an inside job," framing it as "a carefully managed confrontation used to settle…

The defense deal between Egypt and Somalia has stirred up worries about Cairo's clout in the Horn of Africa. Recently, Egypt and Somalia have been engaging in high-level security discussions. These talks focus on the stationing of Egyptian forces as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). This move has sparked regional apprehensions regarding Egypt's growing strategic and military sway in the Horn of Africa. According to a senior Egyptian security official, "A significant meeting took place in Mogadishu…

The decree was adopted on Thursday, April 22 in the Niamey Council of Ministers. A pandemic "pretext" according to civil society that condemns the maintenance of restrictions on gatherings while the numbers are very low. With 17 hospital stays due to coronavirus and no patients in intensive care, Niger is not in trouble on the Covid-19 front. It is precisely to keep the pandemic under control that this state of health is prolonged, explains Dr. Illiassou Idi Mainassara, Minister of Health: “Just yesterday we conducted…

In Niger, the interior ministers, defense and humanitarian action went to the scene of the Tillia massacre on Thursday in the Tahoua region, in the north of the country. Several attacks have taken place in the last ten days in the region. All indications are that they would be implemented by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS). EIGS has largely expanded its grip on this part of the three…