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No Resignation after Deadly Train Derailment in Morocco

Pressure is mounting on social media on the government to identify the causes of the train derailment that took place last Tuesday causing 7 deaths and 125 injuries. So far, no one resigned on the backdrop of the accident. Some MPs criticized Morocco’s rail operator (ONCF) and held it responsible for the accident that took […]

Libya: Rival governments review military strategy

The Tripoli based government has announced that it is restructuring its military and a statement from Prime Minister Khalifa Ghweil stated that it was part of reforms geared towards establishing a 5000-strong army integrating heavily armed former rebel forces. The armed forces will now be composed of 11 brigades. It is still unclear if the […]

Morocco renews support for consensual solution to Libyan issue

Libya’s Prime minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah who was on a visit to Rabat Sunday and Monday at the head of a large delegation held talks with several Moroccan officials who have all reiterated Morocco’s active and continued support to any consensual solution to the Libyan issue, while the Libyan official expressed his country’s gratefulness for the […]