Maroc/UE : annonce du début de négociations en vue du renouvellement du protocole de partenariat dans le domaine de la pêche _SL

US maritime drills with West African navies aim to stop illegal fishing

American and European navies are teaming up with their counterparts from eight West African countries to conduct joint training operations off the coast of Senegal this week that are mainly aimed at combating illegal fishing off the West African coast. As unreported and unregulated fishing has spread along West Africa’s coasts, scooping up an estimate […]

Morocco to back China’s textile Sunrise group with $410 mln

Morocco will offer a financial aid to China’s textile giant Sunrise Group worth 410 million dollars, to help fund an industrial project that would employ 11,000 people. The news came following a visit by Akhannouch- who was in China to attend an Africa summit- to a Sunrise factory where he met officials from the Chinese […]

New York: CPJ calls for immediate release of Algerian journalist Ihsane el-Kadi

The Committee to Protect Journalists joins several other international organizations in denouncing Algerian authorities for extending the prison sentence against journalist Ihsane el-Kadi, calling for his immediate release. On Sunday, June 18, an appeals court in Algiers increased from five to seven years a sentence for el-Kadi, editor-in-chief and director of local independent broadcaster Radio […]