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Mauritania: One Ton of Cocaine Seized at Nouadhibou Port

A coordinated network assault by state security forces on Sunday led to the seizure of one ton of cocaine at Nouadhibou sea port, reports say. Army coast guards, military police and police forces launched the coordinated operation at and around the port located in the city of Nouadhibou, more than 400 km north of capital […]

Algeria struggles to keep up economically with Morocco in Sahel

Algeria is trying to catch up economically with Morocco in the Sahel. But observers see that Algerian diplomatic blunders are discouraging Sahel countries from engaging with Algiers. A new chapter of Algeria’s economic warfare was opened when Morocco had offered its ports and infrastructure to give landlocked Sahel countries access to the Atlantic and global […]

Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakil elected vice-president of International Olympic Committee

Former Moroccan Olympic Champion Nawal El Moutawakil was elected vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the Committee’s 142nd session held in Paris. Moutawakil was elected IOC vice-president alongside Argentina’s Gerardo Werthein, with their terms of office beginning on August 10, after the end of the 142nd IOC session, the Committee said in a […]