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French intelligence chief praises anti-terrorism cooperation with Morocco as “exemplary”

The General Director of France’s Directorate General for External Security (DGSE), Nicolas Lerner, commended anti-terrorism cooperation between France and Morocco as exemplary. In an interview with “Le Figaro”, Lerner called the Moroccan security services “very efficient, precious and essential partners in anti-terrorism.” The French official considers that the terrorist threat is looming more than ever […]

IFC to Expand Infrastructure Investment in Morocco, Tunisia

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, said it plans to invest $373 million in Maghreb nations, mostly in Morocco and Tunisia as the two nations cut spending to reduce budget deficits. IFC investments in the region are designed to help the two North African governments form private-public partnerships to help […]

USA does not plan to move its naval base in Rota to Morocco – Embassy says

The United States has no intention of moving its troops and material from the Rota naval base in southern Spain to the Moroccan base of Ksar Sghir, the US Embassy in Rabat said Wednesday in a note. The note by the spokesman for the American embassy in Rabat was issued following information relayed by Spanish […]