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France: Hollande renounces running for 2017 Presidential elections

French President Francois Hollande Thursday stunned the country as he announced he would not contest next year presidential elections. “I have decided not to run for presidential election, and the renewal of my mandate,” he said in a speech at his office. The 62 years old President has had a mandate peppered with challenges ranging […]

Winds of political change blow on Tindouf camps, Polisario shivers

Winds of change are blowing on the Tindouf camps with the emergence of a new opposition movement calling for a political and mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara issue. The movement which calls itself Sahraouis for Peace breaks away with the ideological rhetoric of the Polisario and its mentor Algeria, reluctant to engage in negotiations […]

Dublin to open embassy in Rabat to bolster cooperation ties with Morocco

The imminent opening of an embassy of Ireland in Morocco was at the center of talks held Tuesday remotely between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Irish peer Simon Coveney. Ireland, a non-permanent member of the Security Council, is “one of the few member countries of the European Union not present in North Africa, […]