WB president David-Malpass

Rabat, Lisbon conclude agreement on stay & employment of Moroccan workers in Portugal

Morocco and Portugal on Wednesday signed an agreement on the stay and employment of Moroccan workers in Portugal, as part of the process of modernizing partnership instruments between the two countries. The agreement was initialed at the end of a video-meeting between the Moroccan and Portuguese Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Augusto Santos Silva. During […]

European Think-Thank: War between Morocco & Algeria “highly unlikely”

The crisis between Morocco and Algeria over the Sahara is “highly unlikely” to turn into an armed conflict at least in the immediate term, according to an analysis published by Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS), based in Liechtenstein. In an Op-Ed penned by Federica Saini Fasanotti, the author, who is a military historian, says tensions remain […]

Zimbabwe: Four activists arrested, thrown off plane

Four pro-democracy activists were charged in Zimbabwe on Thursday August 1 after being arrested and thrown off a plane the day before planned demonstrating in support of the jailed opposition leader Jameson Timba, their lawyers said. The four activists are charged with disturbing the peace for demonstrating in July, while the leader of the main […]