The Moroccan delegation participating in the Pan-African Parliament meeting, convening in Johannesburg (South Africa), has foiled an attempt by the Polisario to put the Sahara issue on the agenda of the MPs debates. Irked and enraged by their failure, the Polisario members lashed out at the African Parliament standing committee on international relations & conflict’s […]
The inflow of Egyptian arms to Somalia in a context of increasing tension with its Ethiopian neighbor risks triggering a proxy war in the horn of Africa opposing Cairo to Addis Ababa. Reports mentioned a second shipment of Egyptian arms to Somalia this week, despite threats by Ethiopia that such move represents an act of […]
Moroccan Minister of tourism, Lahcen Haddad, Friday unveiled a three-year strategic plan aiming to attract 100,000 Chinese tourists by 2018. Morocco is seeking to attract a tiny slice of the 100 million Chinese tourists touring the world every year. According to the Tourism Minister, the figure of 100,000 tourists is indeed tiny but is reasonable […]
