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With Africa’s ‘France Out’ campaign gaining momentum, Paris’s influence set to erode further — experts

France faces a significant challenge to its influence in West and Central Africa as Chad, Senegal and most recently also Ivory Coast have announced the end to traditional military cooperation with their former colonial master, experts say, adding that this would unravel France’s remaining logistics and military footprint in the region. In recent months, six […]

Imminent return of Morocco’s ambassador to Germany as tension eased

Morocco’s ambassador to Germany Zohour Alaoui is expected to return to Berlin after German authorities have voiced a clear support to Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty. Rabat recalled its ambassador to Berlin last May and suspended all cooperation ties and contacts with the German embassy in Rabat and German political […]

Spain-Morocco counterterrorism cooperation led to dismantling of ISIS-affiliated cell

A joint security operation conducted by Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) and Spain’s General Commissariat of Information led to the dismantling of an ISIS-affiliated terrorist cell composed of three individuals that were operating in the two countries. The security interventions conducted by elements of the special forces of the General Directorate of Territorial […]