Horst Kohler

Algeria backtracks on its free trade deal with the EU

Algeria has asked the EU to put on hold a free trade agreement that was due to be signed this year as it drags its feet on customs reforms, an EU official said. Under the Association Agreement between the two countries, Algeria should have entered into an FTA with the EU in 2017 but has […]

Moroccan Professor Denounces Arbitrary Arrest in Belgium

Vice – Dean of the University of Mohammed I in Oujda Abdelkader Hakkou denounced in the strongest words his arbitrary and abusive detention by Belgian authorities upon his arrival in Charleroi Airport on Friday evening. The Professor was invited by the Francophone Free University of Brussels (ULB) but he ended up being locked up at […]

Germany Calls for Constructive Attitude at Round-table on Sahara

Germany has called on stakeholders in the Sahara issue to have a constructive attitude at the round table to be held in Geneva December 5-6. The call was launched by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the end of talks Thursday in Berlin with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The German official stressed the “paramount […]