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Morocco to break new tourist arrival record in 2023

Morocco is poised to attract at least 14 million tourists this year, breaking 2019 arrival record of 13 million, tourist minister Fatima Zahra Ammor said. The earthquake and the war in Gaza has prompted some tourists from emerging markets to cancel their bookings, she told Medias24, but arrivals from the European main tourist emitting markets […]

Mauritania quits stalled gas pipeline project with Algeria

Mauritania has announced its withdrawal from the gas pipeline project with Algeria after almost two years and a half of inaction of Algerian authorities to implement this project, according to press reports. Since the visit paid by Algerian energy minister Mohamed Arkab to Mauritania in June 2022, nothing moved forward. The minister had presented a […]

US military resumes drone, manned aircraft counter-terrorism operations from post-coup Niger

The United States has reached an agreement with Niger’s military leaders to resume flying drones and manned aircraft out of air bases in the country more than a month after a coup halted all those activities there. Since the July coup that removed President Mohamed Bazoum, the approximately 1,100 US military personnel deployed in the […]