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Morocco to set up permanent committee to manage natural hazards after deadly flood

Morocco vowed to set up a natural hazard management committee and an early warning system to protect citizens against floods after torrential rains took the lives of seven football fans in a village in the southern province of Taroudant. On Wednesday afternoon, seven people died in a flash flood that took them by surprise while […]

Morocco, a reliable country that takes fight against illegal migration very seriously, French Ambassador says

Morocco is a reliable country, which takes the fight against illegal migration “very seriously” and which “provides solutions that are costly”, said the French ambassador in Rabat, Helene Le Gal. Securing a maritime border like that of Morocco, in addition to land borders, is something huge on the scale of the country, said the French […]

Niger: France to begin withdrawing troops ‘this week’, as Nigeria’s FM warns intervention ‘still on table’

French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger “this week”, Paris announced on Thursday (5 October), while Nigeria’s top diplomat has said that a military intervention by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS was “still on the table”. “We will begin our disengagement operation this week, in good order, safely and in coordination with the Nigerians,” […]