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Morocco to join world’s uranium producers club

Morocco is set to start extracting uranium from its huge phosphate deposits, enabling the country to position itself as a key player in the global Uranium industry, according to press reports. Uranium is primarily used as fuel in nuclear reactors, where its atoms are split to produce vast amounts of energy. Extracted from phosphoric acid, […]

Was Isis leader Killed in US airstrike ?

A close aide of the leader of the Islamic State (Isis) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US air strike on a convoy of militants in Iraq. This operation has fuelled mounting speculation that the Isis Chief was himself killed or injured in the attack because the two men were rarely separate. However, neither […]

Djibouti, Burundi join other states with consulates in Moroccan Sahara

Djibouti and Burundi are the latest in a series of African countries that opened consular services in the Sahara in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over its south.   With the opening Friday of Djibouti’s consulate in Dakhla and Burundi’s representation in Laayoune, the two African states were on the footsteps of the Comoros, Sao Tome […]