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Gabon charges 2023 presidential elections candidate with terrorism

Gabonese authorities have hauled into prison Sosthene Orphee Lendjedi Ibola, a candidate for next year presidential election, on terrorism charges. The leader of Orientation Nouvelle [New Orientation], was arrested on Nov. 10 in capital Libreville and sent to prison on Nov. 15. The arrest came a few months after returning home after six-year exile in […]

‘Disregard for rules’ keeps Iran away from OIC meeting in Rabat

Iran did not attend a meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recently held in Rabat due to a disregard for rules, said Morocco’s Parliament speaker Habib El Malki. “Iran did not respect the rules in force in order to take part in the session,” which was held on March […]

Morocco stands as best industrial alternative to Asia amid Red sea crisis

The hijacking of commercial ships and drone attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have disrupted supply chains leading many in Europe to think of Morocco as an industrial hub and an alternative to Asia. Weeks-long attacks on commercial vessels led global shipping firms- including Denmarks’s Maersk and Taiwan’s Evergreen- to avoid the Red Sea and […]