Moroccan Spanish FM Bourita Alfonso Dastis

French-Algerian spat to speed up closure of Renault plant in Oran

Facing hurdles since 2020, the Renault factory on which the Algerian regime pinned high hopes braces for a total shutdown, marking an utter fiasco of the automotive industry in the Maghreb country, at a context of tense ties between Paris and Algiers. In 2012, Algerian authorities under then President Bouteflika convinced Renault to set up […]

DRC: UN mission that ‘proved its limits in ‘permanent war’ is to withdraw peacekeepers

After more than a two-decade presence, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MONUSCO is set to withdraw its 15,000 peacekeepers from the Central African nation, based on a deal signed by MONUSCO’s head and DRC foreign minister on Tuesday (22 November). The country’s Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula said […]

Gibraltar Fixed Link Project: Morocco & Spain agree on advancing engineering studies

Moroccan and Spanish experts have agreed to advance engineering studies related to the fixed link project across the Strait of Gibraltar at a meeting held Thursday in Madrid between officials from the Moroccan National Company for the Studies of the Strait of Gibraltar (SNED) and the Spanish Society for Fixed Communication Studies across the Strait […]