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Britain’s Xlinks tenders for technical study on undersea cable link with Morocco

British energy start-up Xlinks has tendered for a geophysical and geotechnical study on the route to be taken by a 3,800 Km-long undersea electricity cable connecting Morocco to the UK. The undersea cable will be the longest of its kind and is intended to cross offshore Morocco, Portugal, Spain and France before reaching the UK. […]

Counterterrorism: France thanks Morocco for help in dismantling terror cell

France has officially thanked Morocco for the intelligence provided by the Moroccan intelligence domestic agency, the DGST, which enabled it to dismantle an Islamist cell in Béziers (southern France) which planned to carry out an attack in a church during the Easter holidays. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian presented France’s thanks to his Moroccan […]

Concern in the EU over Instability Prospects in Algeria

EU officials and media continue to voice concern over the threats of instability in Algeria, which braces for a political crisis marked by the opacity of the regime and disagreements on who will succeed the ailing President Bouteflika and an economic crisis triggered by shrinking oil revenues. “Europe should draw lessons from the tragedy in […]