Mali: Parliamentary elections maintained despite coronavirus

Despite the coronavirus risk, the long-delayed parliamentary elections – whose first round is planned for next Sunday March 29 – in Mali will go ahead. The announcement was made by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, in a televised address, Wednesday. He reassured that a “scrupulous respect” of health measures will be observed. “The government will […]

Spain overreacted to Head of the Government’s remarks on Ceuta & Melilla, analysts say

The recent remarks made by Head of the Government Saad Eddine El Othmani who said that Ceuta and Melilla, the two Spanish-occupied cities, are next in Morocco’s process to retrieve its territorial integrity, have triggered a reaction on the part of the Spanish Government that is deemed by analysts as inappropriate.   El Otmani told […]

Morocco to build leisure port in Saharan city of Dakhla

The city of Dakhla, the pearl of Southern Morocco, will have its own leisure port to enhance its attractiveness for tourists and investors and foster its connections with the Canary Islands. Morocco’s ports authority (ANP) has invited consultancy firms to submit feasibility study bids for building such a port to offer diverse range of leisure […]