Geography of Africa

Chairman of the Romanian Senate Calin Popescu-Tariceanu will pay an official visit to Morocco, March 27-31, at the invitation of his Moroccan counterpart, Speaker of the House of Councillors Hakim Benchamach.

A group of Algerian opposition parties and unions proposed on March 23 a "roadmap" to end a political crisis and weeks of protests sparked by the veteran president's bid to stay in power.

A 21-year-old Greek model who was arrested in Hong Kong in 2017 on charges of trying to smuggle 2.6 kilos of cocaine into the territory was unanimously acquitted on Wednesday by a high court.

Eirini Melissaropoulou was reportedly released on Wednesday and was to catch a flight back to Greece.

According to information from the Bulgarian Embassy in Addis Ababa at 13:30 local time, there are no reports of Bulgarian citizens killed on the crash plane of Ethiopian Airlines, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Algeria's oldest museum, home to some of the country's most valuable art, was vandalized during protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, the culture ministry said on March 9.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a nationwide state of emergency on Friday and dissolved the government, in an effort to quell weeks of demonstrations that have rocked his iron-fisted rule of three decades.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic assessed on Friday that Burundi, with its decision last year's to withdraw recognition of Kosovo, has contributed to a change in the balance of powers in the international arena and the position of Serbia in the negotiation process, the Serbian government announced.

In this file photo taken on Jan. 19, rescued migrants from a group of 47, wrapped in survival blankets and including an underaged (C) are pictured aboard the Dutch-flagged vessel Sea Watch 3 during a rescue operation off Libya's coasts. (Photo by Federico Scoppa / AFP)

Today, 1 February 2019, the Executive Agency for Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises hosted business meetings between Bulgarian and Egyptian companies held immediately after the signing of the Protocol of the I-th Session of the Bulgarian-Egyptian intergovernmental Joint Economic Cooperation Committee. The President of the Bulgarian part of the Commission is Mr.

The 11-year period during which the joint Bulgarian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission did not hold sessions was too long.