French & Moroccan FM Jean Yves Le Drian & Nasser Bourita

Morocco’s Royal Navy Participates in Grand African NEMO Exercise 2022

Moroccan Royal Navy has joined allies and partners for the multinational maritime exercise, Grand African NEMO 2022, taking place in the Gulf of Guinea. The week-long exercise, which started Oct.11, is led by France. This year’s edition aims to enhance the maritime security to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, piracy, drug trafficking, pollution, […]

Aborted coup in Bissau: “The situation is under control”

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo escaped a coup attempt on Tuesday, the latest in a series of coups across West Africa. Mr. Embalo, a former general who arrived in 2020 at the head of this country with a political history marked by such events, appeared Tuesday evening before the press unharmed and serene, after having […]

Egypt, Eni ink oil exploration, exploitation deal worth $1bn

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has signed an agreement with the Italian giant energy group Eni for oil exploration and exploitation in the Gulf of Suez and Nile Delta regions worth $1 billion, Arab Finance reports, citing a statement by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. The deal signed by Minister of Petroleum […]