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Morocco has dedicated itself to normalizing its relations with Israel. The announcement was made Thursday night time by a tweet from Trump earlier than it was confirmed by Rabat. The US president additionally claimed that he had signed a proclamation recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. This Thursday, December…

Washington has introduced that it's going to fully take away Sudan from the listing of nations "of specific curiosity" by way of spiritual freedom. It's a symbolic announcement for Khartoum. However the true effort lies elsewhere for the Sudanese authorities, who count on Washington to successfully withdraw from the listing of nations that assist terrorism that should undergo the restoration of the…

The US added Nigeria on Monday (December 8) to its record of nations "of explicit curiosity" when it comes to spiritual freedom, thought-about "the primary freedom" by the pinnacle of US diplomacy Mike Pompeo. "US assist for spiritual freedom is unwavering," he mentioned on Twitter. "The annual blacklist exhibits that when…

700 US particular forces suggest the Somali military of their struggle in opposition to the jihadists. The choice to withdraw troops was introduced by the Pentagon on Friday night time.

On the finish of November (Monday 30), Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana voted towards two US multinational chocolate corporations. Hershey and Mars are accused of avoiding paying a premium of $ 400 per tonne of cocoa bought. Known as the "Respectable Revenue Differential", this sum was negotiated final yr with the key chocolate teams. The goal is to make sure increased costs for producers. Abidjan and Accra…

Wally Adeyemo, 39, was born in Nigeria and raised in the United States. He was appointed on Monday by President-elect Joe Biden. He is the first African-American Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Wally Adeyemo was born in Nigeria and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Academically, this kid had a flawless career: he…

An entire continent had celebrated one of his son's victories during the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2009. The first volume of his memoir as head of state, "A Promised Land (Fayard), however, confirms the anecdotal nature of Africa, in its universe as in its experience. From the beginning of his long history, more than 800 pages,…

The fight against Daesh continues and is now passing through Africa, according to the international coalition against the Islamic State group, which met this week with a video conference, at the initiative of the United States and Nigeria. If the group in Iraq and Syria, where the coalition has done a lot of military work, no…

So the United States has a new president, Joe Biden. And the press on the continent is very pleased, as is the Enquête au Senegal newspaper: "the good news is finally coming from Uncle Sam. In the greyness of Covid-19, with economies collapsing all over the world. "To prolong his nirvana in power, the fall of Donald Trump is a beautiful light that will illuminate the world, the Senegalese exclaim daily. Thus, America…

What policy does the Biden administration intend to pursue in Africa? For the Cameroonian Christopher Fomunyoh, African director of the National Democratic Institute in Washington, we can expect significant changes. Online from Washington, he answers questions from Bineta Diagne. .