Roi-MohammedVI-Macron-15nov2018

Fisheries Agreement: MEP Stresses Need to Safeguard Strategic Partnership with Morocco

“The strategic partnership between the EU and Morocco, which started as early as 1960, should not be undermined by certain lobbying groups, willing to use the existing legal void to act against the Union’s best interests,” said Ilhan Kyuchyuk, member of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs committee. In an article in the European Parliament Magazine, […]

Saudi King dismisses head of civil aviation authority

King Salman of Saudi Arabia has dismissed Abdul Hakim bin Mohammed Bin Sulaiman Al-Tamimi, the President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). Saudi state-run news agency SPA said the king has instructed relevant authorities to replace Tamimi who has held the position since June 2017. His replacement is yet to be announced. Tamimi, […]

South Sudan’s fragile peace tested as calls mount to replace Machar with SPLM-IO breakaway leader

South Sudan’s political stability faces renewed strain after General Khamis Abdel-Latif Chawul Lom urged President Salva Kiir Mayardit to replace First Vice President Riek Machar with Stephen Par Kuol, leader of a breakaway SPLM-IO faction. Machar, a key architect of the 2018 peace accord, has been under house arrest since March over an ongoing criminal […]