Moroccan security forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle 8.1 tons of chira at the port of Safi in a coordinated operation on Saturday evening, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said. During this joint operation, carried out by the provincial security services of Safi and the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ), law […]
US President Joe Biden announced the eligibility of Mauritania for benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which affects market access, investment, and reduced or eliminated tariffs on U.S. imports, four years after his predecessor Donald Trump suspended the Western African country over its failure to make progress on human rights – namely, […]
The recent joint operation between dozens of troops from Niger and France’s legendary Foreign Legion reflects the new approach President Emmanuel Macron wants to use for his country’s mission in West Africa’s deeply troubled Sahel region. The joint operation has been symbolic of France’s new mode of cooperation with Niger, part of a strategy which […]
