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UN Chief, Antonio Guterres, Sunday told French media RFI the 46 Ivorian soldiers who have been in custody in Mali since July for allegedly plotting a coup, are not mercenaries as Malian authorities claim. Guterres in an interview with the media also indicated that he will address the issue with Malian authorities on the sidelines […]
Guy Nzouba Ndama, an opposition figure and former Speaker of Gabon’s parliament, has been arrested in capital Libreville with around $2 million (1.19 billion FR CFA) found in his suitcases after he landed at the airport following a short stay in Congo. Ndama, who leads “Les Democrates”, was chosen by his party in July to […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall named Amadou Ba as the country’s new Prime Minister, a position abolished in 2019. A statement on state-run national television RTS said Sall has dissolved the government and appointed Ba as the new Prime Minister. Ba, is a close aide of the President. He has served in multiple positions under Sall […]
M62, an umbrella of civil society organizations in Niger, Sunday demanded the trial of former President Issoufou Mahamadou that they accuse of high treason for a railway contract given to French business tycoon Vincent Bollore, Anadolu news agency reports. “We demand the trial of the former President Issoufou Mahamadou by competent jurisdiction for high treason […]
France under President Emmanuel Macron seems to be more concerned about fixing its problematic past with its former Algerian colony at the expense of ties with forward-looking Morocco. Last month, President Macron visited Algeria and spoke to its aged military leadership about the need to turn the page on France’s bloody past, which ironically serves […]
Morocco spends 427 million euros annually in fighting illegal migration, an amount that dwarfs the 500 million euros that the EU plans to offer Morocco in migration aid over five years, head of migration and border control at the interior ministry Khaled Zerouali said. In an interview with Spanish agency EFE, Zerouali said EU aid […]
Kenya has adopted a new pro-business stance towards Morocco, writes the Kenyan economic newspaper Business Today, in an analysis published on Saturday, following Kenyan President William Ruto’s decision to rescind recognition of the so-called ‘SADR’. The Kenyan newspaper recalls that the newly sworn President vowed to accelerate economic relations with Morocco and that a week […]
Prince Moulay Rachid arrived in London on Sunday to represent King Mohammed VI at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Later in the evening, Prince Moulay Rachid took part, at Buckingham Palace, in a reception hosted by King Charles III in honor of the Royals, Presidents, and dignitaries who flocked to London for the […]
Barceló Group, a Spanish company specializing in hospitality and travel, plans to invest 47 million in the tourism sector in Morocco through the acquisition and renovation of several hotels in the Kingdom, a move that will diversify the tourism offer and stimulate private investment in the tourism sector. A memorandum of understanding to this effect […]
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline will open a new energy-supply route for West Africa and Europe, Bloomberg pointed out, recalling that the two countries signed Thursday an agreement that inches a long-standing proposal for a gas pipeline between the two countries closer to reality. The agreement signing ceremony took place at a time European nations are […]