12th African games

Angela Merkel to receive Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize in Yamoussoukro

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to receive Wednesday February 06 in the Ivorian capital of Yamoussoukro the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize which she was awarded last year. Audrey Azoulay, Director of UNESCO and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara will hand the award to the former German state woman during a ceremony, the state-run news […]

US, Morocco to hold joint multi-lateral exercise

The United States and Morocco are to hold later this month a joint multi-lateral exercise dubbed “Exercise African Lion-13” that will involve more than 1,400 U.S. service members and approximately 900 members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, announced the US Africa Command (Africom). The two countries’ servicemen will conduct military-to-military engagements in various exercises […]

Sahara: U.S. sends envoy to Algeria and Morocco to advance regional peace

Deputy Assistant Secretary Joshua Harris arrived Wednesday in Algiers “to begin a round of consultations with Algeria and Morocco to advance regional peace and UN political process in the Sahara to achieve an enduring solution without further delay.” The announcement was made by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in its Twitter […]