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Somalia offers U.S. exclusive access to key ports and airbases amid rising tensions

Somalia has extended an offer to the United States for exclusive control over strategic airbases and ports in the Gulf of Aden, thus adding a new geopolitical twist to great-power competition in the Horn of Africa. In a letter from president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to U.S. president Donald Trump, Somalia proposed granting the U.S. operational […]

Moroccan King’s mediation for opening of Allenby Border Crossing commended as a diplomatic, humanitarian breakthrough

The mediation conducted by King Mohammed VI that led to opening of the Allenby Border Crossing 24/7 has been commended by many politicians, MPs, and analysts, who described the opening of the border crossing as a diplomatic and humanitarian breakthrough. The opening, without interruption, of the Allenby/King Hussein border crossing, linking the West Bank and […]

Relevance of Skhirat, Bouznika processes to resolve Libyan crisis reasserted by AU-PSC

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has reasserted the relevance of the Skhirat and Bouznika processes to resolve the Libyan crisis. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 1244th meeting, held on November 12, the AU PSC reiterated that “the Skhirat Agreement, signed on December 17, 2015, resulting from the reconciliation […]