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Algerian Authorities Fear Morocco’s Return to African Union

As the next African summit scheduled in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in January 2017 draws closer, a summit during which Morocco is expected to rejoin the African Union, Algerian authorities are getting more and more nervous. They are already feeling the heat, knowing that they have no more room to play alone in the African court. […]

Morocco, Mauritania take next steps in grid interconnection

Morocco’s water and electricity agency ONEE and Mauritania’s electricity supplier SOMEC signed an agreement to connect their electricity grids. The agreement was signed by head of ONEE Tarik Hamane with his counterpart Sidi Salem Mohaned Elabd in Nouakchott. The project “is part of the Royal Atlantic initiative that aims at promoting African integration and south-south […]

Over 10,000 migrants died trying to reach Canary Islands from West Africa in 2024

As many as 50 migrants who recently attempted to reach Spain via boat from West Africa drowned, according to the migrant rights organization Walking Borders, whose new report also found that over 10,457 migrants lost their lives last year while attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach Canary Islands. Walking Borders reported on Thursday […]