Morocco Calls for Strengthening of MINUSCA Capacities

Morocco, acting chair of the UN Peacebuilding commission, has called for the reinforcement of the capacities of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). The call was made by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita during a high-level meeting held Tuesday in New York on the situation in the Central […]

Gabon: Public procurements under $241,000 to be granted to local SMEs to spur entrepreneurship

The junta in power in Gabon, the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), decided Thursday to leave from now on all public procurements below $241,000 to local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a move to boost entrepreneurship in the central African country. “From now on, public works contracts worth less than […]

Morocco rejects interference in Mali’s domestic issues

Morocco has reiterated its position rejecting any interference in Mali’s domestic issues and urging the international community to back whatever solutions the Malian people and authorities agree on to settle the crisis. Foreign minister Nasser Bourita made the statement following talks with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop who carried a message from the president of […]