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Arab Interior Ministers Move to Tighten Borders Control

Arab Interior ministers have pledged to tighten borders security and control to prevent arms smuggling in the Arab world at the current turbulent and fragile regional and international juncture. At the end of their meeting held lately in Tunis, top Arab security officials stressed the need to enhance coordination and information sharing between Arab counter-terrorism […]

Morocco Expects Growth Rate to Decrease to 3.2% in 2018

The Moroccan government released its GDP growth forecasts for 2018, which expects the economy to grow by 3.2% down from 4.8% this year. The Head of the Government office said in a statement that the forecasted rate is higher than the one announced by the government’s statistics agency (HCP), which said that Morocco’s economy will […]

Mauritania distances itself from controversial visit of Sudan RSF adviser following public backlash

The Mauritanian Government has officially disassociated itself on May 1 from the controversial visit of Mohamed Al-Mukhtar, a senior political and legal adviser to the commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), clarifying that the Sudanese official entered the country on a strictly private mission. During a press briefing held in Nouakchott, Minister of Culture […]