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Sahara Issue: Paris Renews Support to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan, Irks Algiers

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Tuesday hammered home his country’s support for the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the disputed Sahara territory as tension between Rabat and the UN Head Ban Ki-Moon, heats up. Speaking at a joint press conference in Algiers with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, Ayrault maintained that France’s position on the […]

Senegal Renews Backing to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as only Solution to Sahara Conflict

Senegalese foreign minister Amadou Ba has renewed his country’s backing to Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara, affirming that this plan, recognized by the international community as serious and credible, is the only solution to this regional conflict.   Speaking at a press briefing Monday in Rabat after meeting his Moroccan peer Nacer Bourita, […]

Chairman of Libya’s Oil company sacked, under investigation

Libya’s Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, suspended the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanallah, from work pending an investigation of the violations attributed to him, reports say. Aoun has dismissed Sanallah for breaking a government rule that all leading government employees must seek permission before travelling abroad. The minister also […]