Malawi has reiterated firm support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the Moroccan plan is the ONLY credible, serious and realistic solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand was voiced by Mrs. Nancy Tembo, the Foreign Minister of this African country, following her talks held Tuesday in Laayoune with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita on the sidelines of the 1st meeting of the Morocco-Malawi cooperation commission. Mrs. Tembo also reaffirmed her country’s unwavering backing to the exclusive role played by the United Nations for achieving a realistic, practical and enduring solution to the Sahara dispute. For his part, Mr. Bourita Thanked Malawi for its constant and firm support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, as evidenced by the opening of a Malawian Consulate in Laayoune in July 2021. The 1st meeting of the Morocco-Malawi cooperation commission paved the ground for joint actions aimed at fostering partnership in agriculture, food security, mining, water, energy, transport, infrastructures, housing, urban development, higher education, scientific research, tourism…

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CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters) – Liberia-flagged oil tanker Chios Lion was assessing damage and investigating a potential oil spill after it was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea, the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said on Tuesday. An unmanned watercraft inflicted minor damage to Chios Lion’s port side on Monday as part of a swarm of attacks by the Houthis on the vessel and another ship sailing around 100 nautical miles northwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.

The Trade Facilitation Support Program in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region — funded by the Government of Sweden — aims to streamline trade processes, reduce costs, and enhance connectivity, thereby boosting regional and international trade. By aligning with international standards and focusing on inclusive growth, the program will drive economic development, reduce poverty, and create opportunities across the MENA region. This makes it easier for businesses, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to engage in international trade. Economic Recovery and Development: Our program enhances trade facilitation and cross-border trade infrastructure, supporting economic recovery and resilience. Regional Cooperation: Strengthening collaboration among MENA countries, the program fosters regional integration and digital transformation, creating a seamless trading environment.

All low tide, cloud-free Sentinel-2 imagery from 2017 to 2023 were then processed to provide habitat classification at the 10 m resolution and compute time-series of inter-tidal seagrass extent for 12 known inter-tidal seagrass meadows across Western Europe and Northern Africa. Firstly, low NDVI and Seagrass Percentage Cover pixels (below 0.25 NDVI, ~20% SPC) were removed from the analysis, meaning some areas of low inter-tidal seagrass cover may have been missed with potential underestimation of cumulative seagrass cover. However, for the current analysis, the objective was to create an up-to-date description of inter-tidal seagrass phenology across the North-East Atlantic. The dotted arrows show the theoretical effect of global climate change on shifting phenology of higher latitude seagrass meadows to be more similar to lower latitude seagrass meadows. More importantly, perhaps, this work shows how lacking the current synoptic mapping of inter-tidal seagrass phenology is.

In response, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:“It is outrageous to see the Tunisian authorities trampling on people’s rights in their bid to undermine the political opposition. Ajmi Ouirimi, Mohamed Ghanoudi and Mosaab Gharbi had no prior knowledge of any investigation or search warrant against them when they were arrested by the Tunisian national guard. Tunisian authorities must inform Ajmi Ouirimi, Mohamed Ghanoudi and Mosaab Gharbi of the reason of their arrest and grant them immediate access to legal counsel. “The Tunisian authorities’ disrespect for human rights and their crackdown against opponents must stop. Human rights in Tunisia continued to deteriorate almost three years after President Kais Saied’s power grab.

The “pervasive threats” of terrorism and organized crime are spilling over from the conflict-stricken Sahel to more stable coastal areas in West Africa, a UN envoy said. Terrorist groups sprouting from the Algerian civil war legacy found safe haven in the vast desert swathes of the Sahel where they acted in connivance with trafficking groups taking advantage of weak central governments and porous borders. “It’s drugs, it’s weapons, it’s human beings, it’s mineral resources, and even food,” Leonardo Simão, the U.N. special representative for the Sahel and West Africa, said after briefing the U.N. Security Council. Groups such as Islamic State (IS) continue to wage a violent campaign in the region, with annual deaths due to terrorist activity growing more than 2,000 percent between 2007 and 2022. The Sahel now accounts for 43 percent of the world’s terrorism deaths—more than South Asia and the MENA region combined.

Just 11 months before the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup in men’s football, FIFA invited bids on Monday for rights to broadcast the 63-game tournament to be staged in the United States. FIFA said a second phase of rights sales for the 2025 and 2029 Club World Cups will follow in Europe. However, the value of a potential Apple deal was seen as an issue for the influential European Club Association (ECA) led by Nasser al-Khelaïfi, the president of Paris Saint-Germain which is also in the Club World Club lineup. The Club World Cup will become a month-long tournament played every four years in June-July. The annual version was previously packaged up with World Cup deals.

Central to the discussions is the revitalisation of the Malindi space centre in Kenya, envisioned as a training and education hub for the entire African continentItaly-Africa space alliance. On Monday, the opening session of the two-day Italy-Africa Space Conference began in Rome, marking a new chapter in space cooperation between Italy and Africa. The conference, which includes the participation of 20 African space agencies, including the emerging African Union Space Agency, aims to establish long-term partnerships in an increasingly strategic sector. The conference also focused on the revitalisation of the Malindi space centre in Kenya, a significant asset in Italy’s space history. According to a July 2022 report by COPASIR, the Italian Parliament’s Intelligence Committee, the Italian space base is essentially unusable due to the pervasive presence of Chinese technicians.

The skewed activity is highlighted by explorers demarcating assets within their portfolios as ‘core’ areas of operations, with the majority of guided exploration spending being directed towards exploring these areas. These basins have not only seen an increase in activity but have also in recent years contributed significantly towards global conventional discovered volumes, which have been declining. However, a concentration of exploration within so-called core areas may prove a disadvantage for some host nations that could see their subsurface potential remain unexplored. However, the North African nation has since failed to unearth any discovery akin to the size of Zohr. Namibia on the riseDiscoveries in both Namibia and Guyana have seen industry players flocking to these countries to secure exploration blocks.

With 79% of the ballots counted, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has won more than 99% of the vote during Monday’s (15 July) presidential election, according to electoral authorities, putting him on course to serve a fourth term as the country’s leader. Kagame has won every election since 2000 and he is set for a fourth term in office, an outcome that was widely expected as the east African country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power. After two of his stronger critics were blocked from running for high office, this year’s result mirrors the outcome Kagame achieved in 2017, when he took nearly 99% of the vote. In a recent campaign rally, Kagame told supporters a lot has been done but more is possible if they choose him again. Final results are expected by 27 July, although they could be announced sooner.

UK general election 2024 updates: Sunak, Starmer seek PM race winThese were the updates for the UK general election on Thursday, July 4, 2024.

The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) (www.UAR-AUB.org), in partnership with Media for Peace, will host a training seminar for journalists on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Sahel on July 9-10, 2024, in Maroua, the capital of the Far North Region of Cameroon. This initiative by Media for Peace, supported by the AUB within the framework of its AI Observatory in Africa, aims to strengthen the skills of media professionals in the use of AI, an increasingly essential tool in the contemporary media landscape. Chaired by the Governor of the Far North Region of Cameroon, Mr. Midjiyawa Bakari, the seminar will bring together training experts, media and communication professionals, as well as representatives of the African Union of Broadcasting and Media for Peace. The AUB, whose main mission is to support African media in their development, is committed to the success of this project. Grégoire NDJAKADirector GeneralDistributed by APO Group on behalf of African Union of Broadcasting (AUB).

A man of North African origin celebrates with his lawyer in Osaka’s Kita Ward after the Osaka District Court recognizes him as a refugee on July 4. (Takuya Asakura)OSAKA—In an epoch-making ruling, the Osaka District Court ordered the government to grant refugee status to an African who fears his family in his home country will kill him because he is gay. The man came to Japan with his partner at the end of 2019 and applied for refugee status nine days later. The man told the court that his family members continuously sprayed him with a hose after he was seen with his gay lover. Japan has come under criticism for its low rate of granting refugee status compared with other industrialized nations.

A public-private partnership in Nigeria is looking to bolster the country’s bioenergy sector by setting up a cassava-based ethanol plant in Ekiti State to produce cooking oil. The State, in south western Nigeria, is home to more than 30,000 hectares of farms that are already cultivating the cassava root. According to the Nigeria Energy Transition Plan, 175 million people in Nigeria (87% of the population) lack access to clean cooking. According to sciencenigeria, the CEO of Montserrado Investment Limited, Ifeanyi Ajuluchukwu, said they will be building a 500-ton cassava metric plant that will convert cassava to ethanol. Agricultural Development: This initiative will motivate farmers to increase cassava production, improving income levels and livelihoods in rural areas.