Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale

Expropriation case highlights amateurism of Algerian diplomacy

The Algerian foreign minister Ahmed Attaf surprisingly said an expropriation case of unused buildings owned by Algeria in Morocco was closed, few days only after vowing to retaliate using harsh words in a foreign ministry statement. Speaking to Algerian reporters, Attaf said Algeria found Morocco’s response “appropriate” and closed the case. Algeria has said it […]

Morocco’s OCP Invests in Water Desalination

Morocco’s state-owned phosphates company (known by its French acronym OCP) will invest 2 billion dirhams in a water desalination plant in the Atlantic city of El Jadida. Part of the OCP’s environmental strategy, the new plant will have a capacity of 75 million cubic meters per year as of 2020, its projected date of completion, […]

Burundi’s envoy to Egypt found dead

Burundi announced Sunday the death of its ambassador to Egypt, Cheik Rachid Malachie Niragira, who according to the Foreign ministry of the eastern African country died at his residence in Cairo on Saturday. The ministry did not provide details on the causes of the death but said one staff working at the residence found Niragira […]