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MENA Integration Needed for Security

Because of the mounting security situation in the region of Sahel, closer cooperation and integration in Maghreb is needed. According to the final concluding remarks of the 11th Morocco-EU Association Council, the EU28 stressed the salience of tight cooperation between the MENA and Sahel-Sahara region. The effort of closer collaboration between Sahel and Maghreb was […]

Tunisia’s President dies leaving fears of power vacuum

Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]

Morocco-US Coordination Meeting on Homegrown Terrorism

Morocco and the United States held Monday in Rabat a final coordination meeting to review the good practices document developed as part of the Initiative to Address Homegrown Terrorism. The meeting was convened under the auspices of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and in partnership with the International Institute for Justice and Rule of Law […]