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Morocco sends Fire-fighting Plane to Battle Portugal’s Wildfire

Morocco sent a fire-fighting plane, Bombardier Canadair, of the Royal Armed Forces to Portugal to help extinguish an inferno that ravaged large swathes of forests north of Lisbon. Portugal’s worst forest fire broke out a week ago in the central municipality of Pedrógão Grande before spreading to neighboring areas including Góis, Pampilhosa da Serra and […]

H&M, Starbucks to stay in Morocco

Kuwait’s Al Shaya group which operates Swedish ready-to-wear stores H&M and US brand café chain Starbucks in the MENA region and in Europe said it maintains business in Morocco, denying news reports that it was going to phase out from the country. Last week, Maroc Hebdo weekly said the Kuwaiti group will withdraw the two […]

France to ‘noticeably’ reduce military presence in West, Central Africa to 600 troops

France is reportedly planning to cut the number of its troops in West and Central Africa to around 600 in line with President Emmanuel Macron’s earlier pledge to limit the French military footprint in the region. In February 2023, Macron announced “noticeable reduction” of French troop presence in Africa, just as French and American forces […]