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Catalonia Attacks: Taking the Blame off Morocco

The Moroccan origins of the perpetrators of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks offered an easy scapegoat for pundits and media outlets in their attempts to ascribe terrorism to an external factor. By doing so, they further stigmatize a community of 800,000 Moroccan expatriates in Spain and fail to consider the deep causes of Europe’s residual […]

Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area takes effect

Gambia’s National Assembly has ratified the agreement that seeks to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Twenty-two signatures were the minimum threshold required to approve the deal among the 55 member states of the African Union. With Gambia’s ratification, the continent’s free trade agreement has drawn enough signatures to go into operation. The […]

US lawmakers discuss closer ties with Morocco’s Parliament speaker

A US Congressional delegation led by Representative Ronny Jackson met with Rachid Talbi Alami, Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives, to discuss regional security and bilateral cooperation. Jackson, a member of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, led the delegation in a working lunch focused on shared strategic priorities, including security in the […]