Morocco: An FTZ in Northern Town of Fnideq to Combat Smuggling?

Moroccan MPs have called for the setting up of a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the northern town of Fnideq in a bid to combat the smuggling of goods and end the ordeal of the women who carry heavy packages as they cross the border between the city of Sebta, under Spanish control, and Morocco. […]

Vice-chairman of Libyan High Council of State commends Morocco’s efforts to achieve reconciliation in Libya

Vice-chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Massoud Obeid, hailed Morocco’s ongoing efforts to achieve national reconciliation between the Libyan brothers. The Skhirat Agreement was a decisive turning point in the process to end the Libyan conflict, noted Obeid during talks in Rabat with speaker of the House of Advisors, Enaam Mayara. He vowed […]

Mauritania: serious irregularities during the election process

Allegations of fraud are being claimed by Tawassoul President Jemil Ould Mansour in the parliamentary and local elections held during the weekend. The ruling party is already leading in the polls counted. Some opposition parties boycotted the elections claiming it is an “electoral masquerade”. The final results are yet to be published by the electoral […]