Gabon: Parliament adopts new Constitution

The Gabonese parliament, meeting in congress, adopted the new Constitution by an overwhelming majority. Out of 229 voters, 204 voted in favor, 25 against. There were no abstentions. The revision was initiated by President Ali Bongo. The objective is to fill legal gaps, the government argues. This is a step backwards for democracy, denounce minority […]

Morocco rejects blunder of Algerian presidency spokesman

Morocco rejected in the strongest terms the verbal blunders uttered by the spokesman for the Algerian presidency who alleged that the Moroccan consul in Oran had left the country because he was an agent of Moroccan intelligence. “Morocco, at first, thought of not reacting to the irresponsible allegations made by the Algerian presidency spokesman to […]

AU-PSC: Morocco stresses need to support countries in political transition to accelerate their return to AU

Morocco highlighted, on Tuesday before the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC), the urgent need to support countries in political transition to accelerate their return to the pan-African organization. During informal consultations with Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Sudan, convened by the Kingdom as AU PSC chair for the month of March, […]