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Senegal wants a rethought partnership with the EU

Senegal’s new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye said his country needs a new “rethought” partnership with European countries, part of his electoral promises to review deals signed with gas and oil extractors. Faye has often used “the protection of national sovereignty” as a salient slogan in his electoral campaign which ended month-long crisis and safeguarded a […]

Morocco Captures Ten ISIS Operatives, Foiling Major Jihadist Plot against Kingdom

Morocco’s central bureau for judicial investigations (BCIJ) announced on Monday that they had dismantled a terrorist cell linked to the Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sahel region, thwarting a highly dangerous plot that had reached an advanced stage of preparation. According to BCIJ, the operation was launched following precise intelligence provided by the General Directorate […]

Teachers’ wage hike to cost government $900 million

The Moroccan government will have to spend 900 million dollars (9 billion dirhams) in 2024 and 2025 on the new deal struck with teachers to end their long strike, education minister Chakib Benmousa said. After negotiations with teachers’ unions, the government had agreed to a wage hike of 1500 dirhams and an increase in other […]