Spanish fisheries minister Luis Planas

Morocco-Côte d’Ivoire, a forward-looking partnership

King Mohammed VI who is currently on a friendship and work visit to Côte d’Ivoire and President Alassane Ouattara are scheduled to have summit talks this Monday in Abidjan before the two leaders chair over the signing ceremony of several cooperation agreements meant to give a new impetus to the economic relations between the two […]

EU Troops Authorized to Use Force in CAR

A resolution authorising European Union troops to use force in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been torn apart by inter-religious violence over the past few months, was approved in a crucial UN Security Council earlier this week. This follows the EU’s own approval of a military operation, in which up to 600 soldiers […]

Burkina Faso: 24 troops killed, several wounded

In Burkina Faso, extremists have killed at least 24 soldiers in the country’s northern Soum Province near Mali’s border. In a statement released on Tuesday, the military said several more soldiers were wounded in the attack in Soum Province. The military said an air and land operation has been launched “in reaction to the barbaric […]