A combination picture shows portraits of the candidates, Macron and Le Pen, who will run in the second round in the 2017 French presidential election in France

Biden’s Angola visit underscores Africa’s growing global importance

President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Angola, the first by a sitting U.S. president to an African country since 2015, highlights the continent’s increasing significance in global geopolitics. The trip, scheduled for October 13-15, comes as various world powers vie for influence in Africa, attracted by its strategic importance and mineral wealth. Angola, historically closer […]

King Mohammed VI receives credentials of several ambassadors newly accredited to Morocco

King Mohammed VI received, Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, several foreign ambassadors, who handed the Sovereign their letters of credentials as plenipotentiary and extraordinary ambassadors of their countries to the Kingdom. The heads of missions received by the Sovereign are Denmark’s ambassador Jesper Kammersgaard; Qatar’s ambassador Sheikh Abdullah Bin Thamer Mohammed Thani Al […]

G5-sahel initiative garners increasing support

The newly-established G5-joint force, set up by Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger to combat terrorism and transnational organized crime and to promote stability and development in the region is gaining increasing support, given the challenges facing the restive region. While the European Union has already committed $56 million to the Sahel force, on […]