EU-Emigration: EU approves military solution against smugglers, divided over refugee quota redistribution

The European Union members largely agreed in Brussels on Monday to carry out military actions against migrant smugglers networks which operate from Libya. Gathered in Brussels, EU ministers of the interior agreed to move to the second phase of EU’s counter-illegal migration strategy adopted in July. The EU interior ministers deemed that “the conditions to […]

West Africa bloc adopts ‘ECO’ as name for new currency

Heads of State of the 15-member West African Community of African States (ECOWAS) have adopted a flexible currency regime after making considerable progress on plans for a single currency in the region.   In a meeting held Saturday in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the bloc said it had made considerable progress on the single currency […]

Morocco’s King welcomes growing international support for Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara

King Mohammed VI highlighted the positive momentum in the Sahara issue with the growing support for the Kingdom’s sovereignty over the territory and its autonomy plan. In a speech on the opening of the Fall session of the parliament, King Mohammed VI,  who was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, […]