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Algeria: Former PM Ali Benflis & several others announce candidacies for presidential elections

Sixteen Algerian political figures including former Prime Minister Ali Benflis have unveiled their plans to run for the December 12 presidential elections announced few days ago by interim President and backed by the army. The candidates have reportedly withdrawn the candidacy forms at the independent electoral commission. Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah last week set December […]

Obama Urged to Build on Alliance with Morocco to Face Challenges in North Africa, Sahel

In the days preceding the meeting to be held next Friday in the White House between President Barack Obama and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, several influential legislators, diplomats, analysts and commentators have called on the U.S. president to seize the opportunity of this encounter to build on the USA’s historic alliance with Morocco. The Congressional […]

Spanish Gardia Civil busts drug trafficking network operating from Morocco

Spanish security forces have dismantled this week a criminal network, the most active in Andalusia, that used to import drug from Morocco. Led by the Guardia civil and the Tributary Agency, the operation led to the seizure of more than 7,700 kilograms of hashish and the arrest of 45 people, including the head of the […]