5 + 5 defense initiative

Drug Trafficking: Five individuals, including two Algerians, arrested in Eastern Morocco

Five individuals, including two Algerians, were arrested Monday morning in the Moroccan eastern city of Oujda for their alleged involvement in a criminal network of international drug trafficking, National Police (DGSN) said in a statement.   The suspects were arrested in several simultaneous operations carried out in the city of Oujda, and neighboring Ahfir, Aïn […]

Morocco’s competition council approves Akwa’s acquisition of Total Mauritanie

Morocco’s competition council approved the acquisition by Morocco’s Akwa Africa, a subsidiary of Akwa group, of Total Energies fuel distribution subsidiary in Mauritania. The council did not offer details on the transaction but earlier in November, Financial Afrik said it would amount to 185 million dollars. Akwa Africa was established to help the group expand […]

Algeria’s Ghost President

The failing health of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the secrecy shrouding his successor continue to raise concern in the national and international press regarding the future of a country heavily battered by the slump in oil prices. In the latest of a series of analyses in the French media, weekly paper, Le Point, has […]