More than 25 years after its creation, the Maghreb Union, an economic bloc comprising Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya finds itself in a state of paralysis unable of tapping into its economic and trade potential, said the World Economic Forum (WEF) in a recent publication on the region. “The Maghreb, in Northern Africa, is […]
The modernization of Morocco’s land forces enabled the Royal Armed Forces to take the 20th position in a list of armies with the largest and most advanced artillery arsenals. Using data from the Stockholm Peace Institute and other defense sources, US portal Insider Monkey listed Morocco as the 20th most powerful artillery, citing the upcoming […]
The Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has exported to Germany the last stockpile of Libya’s chemical weapons with the help of several European countries. OPCW head, Ahmet Uzumcu, said their removal is “the first stage of an ongoing operation to verifiably eliminate the remnants of Libya’s now-defunct chemical weapon program.” The organization intervened […]
