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Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakil elected vice-president of International Olympic Committee

Former Moroccan Olympic Champion Nawal El Moutawakil was elected vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the Committee’s 142nd session held in Paris. Moutawakil was elected IOC vice-president alongside Argentina’s Gerardo Werthein, with their terms of office beginning on August 10, after the end of the 142nd IOC session, the Committee said in a […]

Crisis-hit Algeria Earmarks 25% of its Budget to Defense

Despite announcing austerity measures to fend off an impending crisis, Algeria maintained its lavish spending on defense to which it earmarked 25% of its 2018 budget, that is equivalent to $10.4 billion. Whatever happens never reduce spending on arms. This seems the guiding principle of the military dominated Algerian state, which seems to turn a […]

Morocco-France partnership to address security challenges at international and regional levels reviewed in Rabat

partnership between Morocco and France to address security challenges at international and regional levels was revewed at a meeting in Rabat Thursday between Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, and his French counterpart Céline Berthon. During their meeting, marking a new stage in Moroccan-French security cooperation, Hammouchi and Berthon discussed counterterrorism, […]