EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell

AU: Peace & Security Council backs Rabat’s African Atlantic Process

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) encourages the African Atlantic Process initiated in Rabat to consolidate an African framework for cooperation on maritime security and safety. The AUPSC “encourages the African Atlantic Process in Rabat, within the framework of existing regional, sub-regional and inter-regional mechanisms, to contribute to the consolidation of an inter-African […]

Algeria cracks down on opposition figures in exile after quelling dissent at home

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) joined a long list of rights watchdogs that alert to the growing repression of the Algerian regime against peaceful dissidents abroad after a brutal crackdown on criticism at home. In a report dubbed “The Noose is Tightening Around Us: Algeria’s Use of Transnational Repression to Crackdown on Dissent”, […]

US Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties of 19,97% on imports of Moroccan phosphate fertilizers

The US Department of Commerce announced Tuesday Feb.9 its final determination that phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco are unfairly subsidized and decided to impose countervailing duties of 19.97 percent on US imports of Moroccan phosphate fertilizers. The OCP Group said in a press release that it acknowledges Tuesday’s final decision from the US Department of […]