Africa watching closely French bid to ban $1bn exports of second-hand clothes

African countries are watching closely France’s attempt to impose an EU-wide ban on the export of second-hand clothes, popularly known as mitumba, millions of tonnes of which are exported to the continent each year. France’s lower house of parliament has recently approved a new bill that would gradually impose fines of up to €10-per-item of […]

Why Good French-Moroccan Relationships are so Disturbing?

Relations between France and Morocco have just started to warm up after a year of diplomatic row. The two countries have restored their judicial and security cooperation and the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, currently on a private visit to France, held talks with France’s François Hollande on Monday afternoon at the Elysée. However, the […]

Morocco to host new round of Libyan election talks

Morocco will host a meeting of the Libyan steering committee to prepare for elections on which hopes are pinned to break the deadlock that left the oil-rich and war-torn country politically divided. The news was reported by Italy’s Nova news agency citing Libyan House of Representative spokesman Abdullah Belhaq. He said views are converging between […]