Moroccan & Greek FM Bourita and Nikos Dendias

Uzbekistan sets $500M trade goal with Egypt, signs six key cooperation agreements

Uzbekistan and Egypt have taken a major step in bolstering their bilateral relations, signing six pivotal cooperation agreements during the 7th Session of the Joint Committee on Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation this December 24. The event, co-chaired by Egypt’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Rania A. Al-Mashat, and Uzbekistan’s Minister of Investment, Industry, […]

Victory for the RNI, crushing defeat for PJD Islamists in Morocco’s parliamentary elections

Moroccan social democrat party RNI won a slight majority, followed by its PAM counterpart, and conservative Istiqlal in the parliamentary elections in which voters dealt a heavy blow to the PJD. RNI won 97 seats, PAM 82, Istiqlal 78, socialist USFP 35, while MP took 26 seats, the UC 18 and the PJD came eighth […]

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 […]