Saudi ambassador Abdellah-Ben-Saad-Al-Ghariri with Malki

Morocco to Launch 2nd Satellite Shortly

After launching its first reconnaissance satellite on November 8th 2017, Morocco is preparing to launch its second one by the end of the year, according to local press reports. The 2nd satellite, like the first, is built by Airbus defense & Space Company. It will be launched next November from the European space port of […]

Tunisia: Journalists observe day of anger

Tunisian journalists on Thursday observed a day of anger to decry the sector’s situation, marked by a “deterioration” in freedom of expression, as they put it, reports TAP news agency. They said they rejected what they described as “systematic” policies to control the media and pointed out that the current ruling power is an enemy […]

Understanding Algeria’s zero-sum game towards Maghreb economic integration

Since its creation in 1989, the North African grouping known as the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) remained ink on paper unable to meet the most basic aspirations of Moroccans, Mauritanians, Algerians, Tunisians and Libyans to economic integration and freedom of movement. At the heart of the impediments to the Maghreb integration lies the regional dispute […]