Bourita & Nathan Sales U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism

Terrorism: CIA Warns Morocco against Berlin, Istanbul Style Attacks

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has alerted Moroccan authorities of possibilities of terrorist attacks like the truck attack in Berlin and rampage shooting in Istanbul in the kingdom. The CIA pointed out that some fighters of the Islamic State group (IS) who fled lately the terrorist group’s strongholds in Iraq and Syria are heading […]

U.S. reinstates Mauritania into AGOA after four-year hiatus

US President Joe Biden announced the eligibility of Mauritania for benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which affects market access, investment, and reduced or eliminated tariffs on U.S. imports, four years after his predecessor Donald Trump suspended the Western African country over its failure to make progress on human rights – namely, […]

Moroccan & U.S. Customs Officials Strengthening Cooperation Ties

U.S. and Moroccan customs officials are joining forces to make the world safer through innovation and cooperation in customs enforcement, said the U.S. embassy in a post on its X account. The U.S. Department of Commerce led a workshop, in partnership with Morocco’s Customs Administration, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to share global […]