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State Department hails Morocco’s ‘extremely important’ participation in U.S.-Africa Summit

The U.S. State Department welcomed, Thursday, the “extremely important” participation of Morocco in U.S.-Africa leaders Summit, held in Washington December 13 to 15. “Having Morocco here (at the summit in Washington) is extremely important,” said Robert Scott, U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the State Department, in a statement to the press on the […]

Morocco: Navy intercepts two canoes carrying 124 Sub-Saharan migrants; FAR units intercepted some 87,000 would-be irregular migrants in 2023

Two Coast Guard vessels and a High-Seas Patrol boat of the Royal Navy successfully intercepted two canoes carrying a total of 124 Sub-Saharan migrants, including 8 minors. The operation, part of national waters monitoring, took place at approximately 75 km west of the Southern city of Dakhla. According to a statement from the General Staff […]

Japan grants Burkina Faso $1.3m for road maintenance

Japan’s international Cooperation Agency, JICA, has provided Burkina Faso with $1.3 million destined to finance acquisition of equipment to be used in the maintenance of roads in the West African country. Burkina Faso’s top diplomat Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore signed the grant deal with JICA local resident Keiichi Okitsu. Traore said that the agreement will give […]