The EU and State-Building in Failed States: European Engagement in Afghanistan

Failed states are considered as one of the most potent threats to international peace and security – soft security threats and risks in terms of organized crime, terrorism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration to money laundering, originating from failed and fragile states are the major security challenge in the post Cold War era. Failed and […]

Niger: Restoring Bazoum amounts to utopia – Junta

Gen. Mohamed Toumba Boubacar, the Interior minister of Niger said Sunday October 22 during an international Conference held in Lome, Togo, that the regional bloc ECOWAS’s ambition to reinstate Mohamed Bazoum, removed from power on July 26 by a junta, is a fantasy. The conference themed: Lome Peace and Security Forum (LPSF), is the first […]

Morocco hands over PA-UfM Presidency to Spain

Spain took over from Morocco the rotating presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) for a one-year term. The transition of the PA-UfM presidency to Spain took place at the conclusion of the Assembly’s 17th plenary session, held in Rabat with the participation of parliamentarians from over 42 member countries […]