Heavy casualties reported as Somali forces end al-Shabab hotel siege

Somali forces took control of a popular hotel Sunday (21 August) and ended a deadly 30-hour siege in the country’s capital Mogadishu with security personnel clearing explosives planted by al-Shabab fighters in the damaged building. The Mogadishu attack began when fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked armed group unleashed a gun-and-bomb assault on the popular Hayat Hotel […]

Moroccan-Mauritanian ties going through their best era in recent years – Mauritania’s FM

Relations between Mauritania and Morocco “are going through their best era” in recent years, Mauritania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, said on Wednesday in Rabat. Speaking to the media following talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, Mauritania’s head of diplomacy said that the important meeting between Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh […]

President of Djibouti sends message to King Mohammed VI

President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, to his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita at a meeting in Rabat Tuesday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Youssouf said that Djibouti and Morocco are […]