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Morocco, top outperforming FDI destination in 2023

Morocco was the top outperforming destination of the Greenfield Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2023, as it attracted worldwide commitments totaling $34 billion worth of investment projects. These pledges are projected to double the previous all-time high of $15.8 billion set in 2008, fDi Markets said in a recently released report. The North African country […]

France, Germany to send top diplomats to Ethiopia to consolidate peace agreement with Tigray

France and Germany are sending next week their Foreign Ministers to Ethiopia to consolidate the peace agreement signed early November between Addis Abba and Tigrayan rebels. The announcement was made by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna Thursday. “I will be going next week with my colleague and friend Annalena Baerbock to Africa, to Ethiopia,” Colonna […]

Assault on Melilia on June 24, 2022: Timeline of Events



A year ago, a group of illegal sub-Saharan migrants attempted to storm the occupied enclave of Melilia by scaling the metal fence separating the occupied enclave from Nador. Here follows the timeline of the events of this migratory precedent: June 24, 2022 – Early in the morning, a group of sub-Saharan illegal immigrants launched an […]