The Spanish Guardia Civil in Las Palmas and the regional command of the Royal Gendarmerie in Laâyoune have begun joint patrolling operations in the Canary Islands to combat migrant smuggling by criminal networks, according to press reports. The move shows strong ties and coordination between Morocco and Spain in countering shared security threats. The primary […]
Morocco said its economy will grow by 2.9% in 2019 after 3% in 2018 as the economy continues to be affected by agricultural output, according to finance minister Mohamed Benchaaboun. Rainfall was about 23% less this year compared with 2018, so cereals yield was down 50% compared to a year earlier further deepening the trade […]
Libya’s Tobruk-based parliament has called on Egypt to operate a military intervention in view of flashing out Turkey that it accuses of invading the oil-rich country. The House of Representatives (HoR), close to Egypt-backed retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar, in a statement invited Libya’s Eastern neighbor to intervene “if there is an imminent threat to the […]
