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Morocco committed to developing Southern Provinces – Spanish Think Tank

Morocco has dedicated its “strategic commitment” to the development of its Southern Provinces and has made the promotion of the welfare and economic progress of its Saharan regions a major objective, a Spanish Think-Tank said. According to the Spanish think tank and research center, Coordenadas Institute for Governance and Applied Economics, this objective overlaps with […]

EU trawlers to leave Senegalese waters

The EU said it will not renew a fisheries deal with Senegal, whom it accused of non-cooperating on illegal fishing. The EU delegation in the West African country also accused Senegal of “failures in monitoring, control, and surveillance systems” on Senegalese ships in extraterritorial waters as well as on foreign vessels in the port of […]

French navy seizes $600M in cocaine as West Africa becomes trafficking hotspot

The French Navy has intercepted nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine aboard a stateless fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, marking one of the year’s largest drug busts and highlighting the region’s growing role as a key transshipment route in the global cocaine trade. The 9.6-tonne haul — valued at roughly $600 million — […]