An African summit was held Monday in the Nigerian capital Abuja to discuss strategies to combat the continent’s growing terrorist threats.

The summit was attended by prominent African leaders including Nigerian President Paula Ahmed Tinobo, his Ghanaian counterpart Nana Akufo-Addo and Togolese Faure Gnassingbe.

The Nigerian President renewed his call for regional cooperation and intelligence sharing, noting the importance of establishing a regional military force capable of countering terrorist operations and contributing to regional stability.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed stressed the importance of regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism, noting that the center of terrorism has shifted towards sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in the Sahel region.
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The British government is looking for alternatives to deporting illegal immigrants to other countries, leaked documents have revealed, after several African countries expressed their rejection of the measure.

According to the British newspaper “The Times”, the leaked documents revealed that Morocco, Tunisia, Namibia, and Gambia refused to enter into technical discussions about this measure.

The documents also showed that the British government had entered into talks with a number of other countries, including Armenia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, and Botswana, to replicate the scheme to deport migrants to third countries.

According to the newspaper, several South American countries, including Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil, and Colombia, have been contacted to implement what the British government described as a “deal to process asylum applications in a third country.”

A list of African countries, including Cape Verde, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Angola, and Sierra Leone, has been placed on a reserve list.
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A Moroccan Court of Appeal upheld a ruling requiring Maroc Telecom to pay compensation amounting to 6.3 billion dirhams, or about 630 million dollars, to its competitor, ‘Inwi’, due to unfair monopolistic practices.

‘Inwi’, the third largest telecommunications operator in the Kingdom, filed the case in 2021, accusing Maroc Telecom of abusing its dominant position in the market.

The fine exceeds Maroc Telecom’s 2023 profits, which amounted to 6.1 billion dirhams, indicating the significant impact of the ruling on the company’s financial performance.

In 2020, the Moroccan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority imposed a fine of 3.
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The Director General of Consular Affairs and the Algerian National Community, Rachid Maddah, announced the readiness of the “Algerian Agency for International Cooperation” to study more development projects on the African continent.

The agency has completed several successful projects in countries such as Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, confirming its commitment to continental development.

In an opening speech organized by the International Organization for Migration in Algeria, Maddah stressed that the establishment of the agency came to strengthen solidarity and development in Africa, pointing to the funding amounting to billions of dollars allocated to development projects.
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The commander of US forces in Africa (AFRICOM), General Kenneth Ekman, said that the withdrawal of US forces from Niger will be completed next month. He confirmed, in a press statement from the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, that “the withdrawal is going well.”

He added, “The matter is progressing on schedule, thanks to the excellent coordination we have had with our Nigerian military counterparts.”

He expected the withdrawal to end in early August, “long before the deadline agreed upon between the two parties, set for September 15.”

American forces withdrew from a military base in Niamey, at the request of the ruling military junta in Niger, in early July, with the exception of 200 soldiers who remain at the Agadez air base in the north of the country.
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