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Morocco seeks to develop domestic military industry

Already one of the biggest arms importers in Africa, Morocco has multiplied contacts with international partners to develop its own military industry in a bid to curb imports and boost independence as well as ensure technology transfer. Moroccan papers announced lately that the first armament factory will be launched soon in the country as a […]

Mali, a focal issue in Moroccan King’s Talks with African Leaders

The current African tour undertaken by King Mohammed VI of Morocco is taking place in a particular juncture marked by the war in Mali and the growing activity of Al Qaeda affiliated groups in the Sahel-Sahara strip. The situation in Mali will thus be a focal issue in the talks the Moroccan King will successively […]

Cameroonian Marthe Wandou receives Right Livelihood award

Lawyer Marthe Wandou, a Cameroonian advocate for children threatened by jihadism and Boko Haram, was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize on Wednesday, which is intended as an “alternative Nobel”. Ms. Wandou is being honored for her work on child protection and community empowerment “in the face of terrorist insurgency and gender-based violence in the Lake […]