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Morocco’s intelligence tips enabled France to foil terrorist plot

Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), conveyed France essential information about a French woman of Moroccan origin, who was plotting a terrorist attack in a church.   The information was transmitted by the DGST on April 1, 2021, to the French external and internal intelligence services (DGSE-DGSI).   The data […]

US coal exports to Africa on the rise

Exports of thermal coal from the US to Africa increased 60% in the first half of this year to 5.3 million tons, compared with 3.1 MMst in the same period in 2023, the International Energy Agency said. In the first half of 2024, U.S. exporters shipped virtually all (98%) of this thermal coal to Egypt […]

Morocco, Slovenia agree to open embassies in Ljubljana and Rabat

Morocco and Slovenia agreed to strengthen their political and economic partnership and decided to open embassies in their respective capitals, Rabat and Ljubljana. The decision was made Tuesday in Rabat during talks between visiting Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. “We welcome Slovenia’s decision to open an embassy in Rabat. […]