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France denies visa to Gabon’s U16 football team

The French Consulate General in Gabon’s capital Libreville has turned down visa applications of the country’s U16 football team expected to take part in a championship in the European country on the grounds that there are fears that the players disappear and fail to return home at the end of the tournament. Gabon’s football association […]

Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy highlighted by French think-tank

Morocco’s strong commitment to the fight against terrorism and violent extremism was scrutinized in a report by the Institute for Applied Geopolitics Studies, published under the direction of Manon Chemel and Alexandre Negrus. The report, titled “Morocco: what status vis-à-vis France and Europe?” highlighted the North African country’s comprehensive and multidimensional approach to respond to […]

UN Chief honors fallen Moroccan Blue Helmet

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has posthumously awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal to 1st Corporal Karim Temara, a member of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, during a ceremony held lately at UN Headquarters in New York. Temara died in 2024 while serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The […]