French troops in Sahel

Morocco-Spain: Actions, Not Words Will Help Restore Broken Trust

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described Morocco as a “strategic partner with which we must walk together”, without announcing tangible actions to help repair the trust his socialist government broke with Rabat. The Moroccan-Spanish relations are still reeling from the fallout of the diplomatic spat sparked last May by Madrid’s decision to host secretly, […]

Algeria continues its diplomatic climbdown with France

Algeria’s latest diplomatic retreat in its standoff with France appears to confirm a pattern identified according to which Algiers confrontational strategy- aimed at forcing Western powers to support separatism in the Sahara territory- repeatedly ends in concessions without gains. Algeria had escalated tensions with Paris after France officially recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory. […]

Volkswagen inks MoU with Ethiopian Government

After Kenya and Rwanda, the German car giant Volkswagen continues its expansion plan in East Africa. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday by Thomas Schaefer, Head of the Volkswagen Sub-Saharan Africa Region, and the Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), Abebe Abebayehu to deliver a joint vision for the development of […]