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ECOWAS Looks at Technical Ramifications of Morocco’s Membership

The Economic Community of West African States is studying the technical ramifications of Morocco’s membership, said Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. Morocco’s request was accepted “in principle” by leaders of the group known as ECOWAS at a June 4 summit in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, recalled Onyeama. This shows that there is “no hostility” regarding […]

Algeria squanders gas wealth to buy social peace, fatten army

Algeria is about to approve the largest budget in its history and in Africa, most of it dedicated to maintain cash-handouts on which its social peace depends and increase spending on the army. Some 125 billion dollars will be budgeted by the government this year, as the country lacks any significant investment or economic project […]

Morocco’s Royal Navy foils drug trafficking operation, seizes 2 tons of drugs

Coast Guards of the Moroccan Royal Navy, operating in the Mediterranean, aborted, Friday, a drug trafficking operation east of Al Hoceima, says a military source. This operation led to the seizure of 53 bundles of narcotics abandoned by a go-fast boat which fled at high speed when approached by units of the Royal Navy, the […]