Morocco Mauritania sign agreement on local & regional governance

Mauritania, Qatar poised to thaw ties

Mauritania and Qatar Sunday contemplated ways to resume diplomatic ties nearly four years after the African country cut off relations in support of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt that had severed ties with the Gulf country.   Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held talks Sunday in Doha with his Mauritanian counterpart Ismail […]

US Sanctions Zimbabwe’s State Security Minister

The United States has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister, Owen Ncube, that it accuses of “gross violations of human rights”. The US accuses Ncube of being involved in the state-sponsored violent crack-down on civilians that saw several people being shot dead by soldiers, while many others sustained injuries from beatings and other forms […]

Algeria flouts again 1972 border treaty with Morocco

Algeria has taken another unilateral move in its relations with Morocco by pushing forward with the exploitation of a huge iron mine in Tindouf region in total disregard for a 1972 border treaty with Morocco which provided for the shared and equal exploitation of the mine. The pact was interpreted as the price that Morocco […]