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Did the U.S. (almost) change its policy towards Western Sahara?

The United States has for years voiced support to the settlement of the Western Sahara in the context of the United Nations and when in 2007 Morocco proposed a plan providing to grant a large autonomy to the disputed territory, Washington has expressed in unequivocal terms backing to the Plan and subsequently to the Moroccan […]

Top General of U.S. Space Forces Africa meets Minister Delegate in Charge of National Defense Administration

Brig. General Jacob Middleton, Commanding General of U.S. Space Forces Africa, has visited Rabat for his first official engagement with Morocco’s Minister Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration, Abdellatif Loudiyi. The visit underscored the strong U.S.-Morocco partnership and highlighted opportunities for future cooperation in space and defense, said Wednesday the U.S. embassy on […]

Belgium Moves Closer to Historic Trial Over Patrice Lumumba’s Killing

Belgian prosecutors have announced on Tuesday, June 17 their intention to prosecute 92-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon for alleged involvement in the 1961 assassination of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba. Davignon is the sole surviving member of a group of ten Belgians named in a 2011 lawsuit by Lumumba’s children, who accused them of complicity […]