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Morocco to sell 35% stake in Marsa Maroc

The Moroccan government plans to sell 35% stake in Marsa Maroc to Groupe Tanger Med which manages the biggest port in the Mediterranean and Africa in terms of container capacity. Marsa Maroc manages container terminals at 9 Moroccan ports and is listed at the Casablanca stock exchange. The deal will inject some 5.48 billion dirhams […]

Romania thanks Morocco for ‘important support’ for release of hostage held in Sahel since 2015

Romania on Wednesday thanked the Kingdom of Morocco for its “important support” for the release of Romanian hostage Iulian Gherguț, who had been held in the Sahel region since 2015. In a statement, the Romanian Foreign Ministry announced the release of the security officer from a manganese mine in northern Burkina Faso, near the borders […]

Sahel: 100 killed in attacks on two villages in Niger; 2 French soldiers killed in Mali

One hundred people were killed in Niger Saturday and Sunday, between the two rounds of the presidential election, while two French soldiers from the Barkhane force were killed Saturday in Mali. In Niger, the one hundred people were killed in the attack on two villages in the west, one of the worst massacres of civilians […]