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Mauritania’s urban growth among highest in Africa- World Bank

Mauritania’s cities have been growing at a rate of 3.8%, one of the highest in Africa, the World Bank said in a report, urging more attention to cities in the interior. The World Bank is implementing together with Mauritanian authorities an urban development program dubbed Moudoun, which seeks to address the vulnerability of Mauritanian cities […]

EU to Dispatch Forces to CAR Divided by “Deep, Ingrained Hatred”

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (20 January) agreed to dispatch a battalion-sized force counting up to 1,000 soldiers to Central African Republic (CAR) to help to stabilize the war-torn African country. Being effectively the EU’s first major army operation in six years, the intervention by the 28-nation bloc comes after UN […]

By Returning to AU, Morocco Will not Compromise on its Territorial Integrity, King Says

Morocco’s return to the African Union does not mean changing the Kingdom’s unwavering position regarding the Sahara issue and its territorial integrity, King Mohammed VI said in the Green March speech, delivered from Senegal’s capital Dakar on Sunday evening. “Morocco’s return to its continental institutional family will not change our unwavering position regarding the Moroccan […]