Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala candidate to WTO

Defense: U.S. & Morocco Advancing Africa Multidomain Training & Experimentation Center with live-fire Demonstration

U.S. and Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces enabled the first-ever live-fire demonstration leveraging the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center (AMTEC), assets to support a U.S. defense industry partner in testing long-range precision-strike capabilities as part of the U.S. Secretary of the Army’s Test Range Expansion Initiative, Aug. 3–7. A press release issued by US Africa […]

UN: Rabat & Madrid reaffirm solid strategic partnership

Moroccan foreign Nasser Bourita met on Tuesday in New York with Spanish peer José Manuel Albares on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. The meeting, which focused on topics of common interests on the regional and international scene, confirms the strong cooperation ties and strategic partnership existing between the two […]

Tunisia: Unrest in the border towns enters third day

Residents of Tunisia’s two main border crossings with Libya staged a general strike Tuesday to protest against what they say is excessive force by police when clashes demonstrations over the weekend left one person dead. Unions in the two towns want the government to uplift an export tax imposed on goods in the area since […]