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New terminal to increase capacity at Casablanca airport to 35 mln passengers, at cost of $1.55 bln

Morocco will invest 1.55 billion dollars to increase total passenger capacity at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca to 35 million by 2029, ahead of the World Cup, the Kingdom will co-organize with Spain and Portugal, Moroccan airports agency ONDA said. The new hub will be served by the high-speed train that will connect Kenitra to […]

Did the U.S. (almost) change its policy towards Western Sahara?

The United States has for years voiced support to the settlement of the Western Sahara in the context of the United Nations and when in 2007 Morocco proposed a plan providing to grant a large autonomy to the disputed territory, Washington has expressed in unequivocal terms backing to the Plan and subsequently to the Moroccan […]

Burkina Faso attack on military post kills dozens of soldiers

Dozens of soldiers were killed and scores of others wounded in an assault on Thursday April 27 on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso in the latest outburst of violence in the West African country. The attack targeted the military detachment in Ougarou in Burkina Faso’s Est administrative region, the military-led government said, leaving […]