Mauritania has put an end to commercial anarchy at the Algerian-Mauritanian border, when it imposed as of October 9, customs duties on all products entering Mauritania from Algeria. After the draconian security measures that led to the total closure of the Algerian-Mauritanian border, declared a prohibited military zone in July 2017, economic measures have just […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco renewed the pledge to make of the Sahara provinces an African economic hub and a bridge between Europe, the Maghreb and the Sahel region. In a message addressed to the 27th session of the Crans Montana Forum, convened for the second time in a row in the Southern Moroccan city […]
Military chiefs from the West African bloc ECOWAS are set to meet Thursday and Friday in Accra, Ghana, to discuss a possible military intervention in Niger, one week after leaders approved deployment of a “standby force”. The meeting was originally slated for Saturday August 12 but has been postponed amid diplomatic efforts to bring new […]
