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Morocco obtains status of “Sectoral Dialogue Partner” of ASEAN, a resounding achievement in the Maghreb

The Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), gathered on September 4th in Jakarta, officially granted Morocco the status of “Sectoral Dialogue Partner” within this grouping, another achievement scored by the Kingdom on the international scene. This announcement, which was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in […]

Libyan tribes okay Egyptian army’s intervention in Libya

Leaders of Libyan tribes have expressed their support for a military intervention of the Egyptian army in the oil rich country.   This came at a meeting Thursday with Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi who made it clear that he will not “stand idle in the face of threats to the national security of Egypt and […]

Sahel: exploring nexus between arms and human trafficking — UN report

A dizzying array of illegal weaponry dots market stalls across the Sahel, fueling violence and insecurity in this 6,000-km-wide belt in the middle of Africa, where smuggling networks exploit the ensuring desperation of people, leading to such deadly disasters as the recent shipwreck off the coast of Greece, according to the latest series of reports […]