The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is seeking $2.61 billion annually to launch a 5,000-strong regional Standby Force aimed at combating terrorism, political instability, and transnational crime across the region. At a high-level meeting in Abuja, ECOWAS Ministers of Defense and Finance convened to finalize funding strategies for the ambitious counterterrorism initiative. A […]
Moroccan and French senior military officials discussed means to further promote military cooperation notably in terms of the exchange of expertise and training. The visit by French Minister of the Armies Florence Parly to Rabat where she met Minister Delegate responsible for the administration of national defense, Abdellatif Loudyi, as well as with Inspector […]
Riyadh has re-appointed its former envoy to Morocco Abdelaziz Khouja as the new Saudi ambassador to the North African country, a move described by analysts as meant to consolidate further Saudi-Moroccan alliance amid Saudi-Iranian diplomatic turmoil. Abdelaziz Khouja known as an expert of Morocco has been confirmed by Riyadh last Monday, January 11, as the […]
