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Morocco underscores tenets of its independent foreign policy in Arab region

Morocco’s foreign policy towards the Arab world is independent and driven by the end goal of bringing Arab countries closer without any political parti-pris, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. Morocco has adopted an impartial stand regarding the Gulf crisis, recalled the Moroccan minister in an interview with Aljazeera TV channel. He said Morocco endeavors to […]

Comoros: curfew imposed after president’s disputed re-election sparks deadly protests

An overnight curfew has been imposed in the Comoros after post-election violence against President Azali Assoumani’s disputed re-election turned deadly on Thursday (18 January), with the first gunshot victims arriving in hospital and security forces battling stone-throwing protesters in the streets of the capital. Reports of the first serious casualties emerged two days after the […]

Libya’s Haftar forces close border with Algeria

Forces loyal to Libya’s renegade General Khalifa Hafter closed the Essen border crossing with Algeria whose president threatened to send forces to Tripoli. Haftar’s military build-up near the Algerian borders was interpreted as a response to Algeria’s President Abdelmedjid Tebboune who told Al Jazeera recently that his country was ready to send troops to prevent […]