As jihadist attacks escalate across West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is fast-tracking plans for a regional counter-terrorism force to confront the mounting security crisis. According to ECOWAS Commission president Omar Alieu Touray, preparations for the long-anticipated force are “in full gear,” with member countries ready to contribute troops. Finance and […]
Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy and the measures adopted by the Kingdom to counter violent extremism were reviewed at a meeting held Friday in Rabat between visiting executive director of the UN Security Council Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) and Moroccan Foreign Minister. “We examined the state of the terrorist threat in Morocco and the MENA […]
Morocco has launched a tender to build a waterway connecting two northern dams to ensure supply to Tangier industrial region. The project emulates the success of the waterway that carries water from the northwest to Rabat and Casablanca and which spared the two cities water cuts. Morocco is currently suffering the sixth year of drought […]
