Mauritanian Gvt spokesman

Another Moroccan UN Peacekeeper Killed in Central African Republic

A Moroccan peacekeeper, severing in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), was killed Thursday in an attack in the southeast of this African country. The announcement was made Friday by the UN Mission in CAR, without identifying those responsible for the deadly assault. “A blue helmet from the Moroccan […]

Botswana: A fiercely contested presidential election

Election campaigns in Botswana close on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections that may unseat the ruling party of over five decades. About one million voters will be choosing members of the national assembly and local authorities. All eyes will be on the presidency, where incumbent Mokgweetsi Masisi is facing a challenge […]

Obama Urged to Build on Alliance with Morocco to Face Challenges in North Africa, Sahel

In the days preceding the meeting to be held next Friday in the White House between President Barack Obama and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, several influential legislators, diplomats, analysts and commentators have called on the U.S. president to seize the opportunity of this encounter to build on the USA’s historic alliance with Morocco. The Congressional […]