Mauritania is increasingly worried about the mounting terrorist threat in the Sahel that has become a safe heaven for organized crime and terrorism networks. Mauritania’s worries were recently expounded before the 67th session of the UN General Assembly by Mauritanian Foreign Minister Hamadi Ould Hamadi who warned that the Sahel region has become “a safe […]
Japan’s Furukawa Electric opened in Tangier Automotive City a plant specializing in optical fiber, the first for the Japanese giant in North Africa and the Middle East. The plant was built for a cost of 200 million dirhams over a surface area of 31,000 square meters and is expected to create 200 direct jobs. “Furukawa’s […]
Morocco jumped five places, improving its ranking in the 2022 global peace index into the 74th position. In the MENA region, Morocco came sixth, preceded only by Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, the UAE and Oman in the ranking that measures security conditions in 163 countries. In Africa, Morocco came seventh outperformed by Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, […]
