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Stabilizing Sahel: Paris to announce official end of anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane

French President Emmanuel Macron will officially announce on Wednesday (9 November) the end of the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, but this will have no impact on the French military presence in the region, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. This announcement comes a little less than three months after the withdrawal […]

Morocco well-placed to benefit from reconfiguration of global supply chains- specialized media

Morocco has bolstered its standing as a strategic business hub offering propitious conditions for industrial firms seeking to stabilize their supply chain after the recent upheavals induced by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, wrote the Maritime Executive, an outlet specializing in global trade and logistics. “Morocco’s privileged location in the north of […]

Tunisia’s Saied intensifies crackdown on political opponents ahead of his re-election

Tunisia’s Kais Saied, who made the unsurprising announcement of his re-election bid, has been using the judiciary to ban political opponents from partaking in October 6 elections, amid worsening economic prospects and social stability. Saied made his re-election bid public the same day a court in Tunis handed an eight-month in prison sentence to leader […]