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Moroccan-Spanish security cooperation reviewed in Rabat

Security cooperation between Morocco and Spain and ways to upgrade this cooperation up to the strategic partnership existing between the two countries were reviewed at a meeting held in Rabat this Thursday. The meeting gathered Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Secretary of State and Head of the National Intelligence […]

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Support for Polisario, anti-Israel rhetoric further isolates Algeria in Arab region- The National Interest writes

Algeria has isolated itself in the Arab and African environment due to its positions in support of the polisario separatists and its anti-semitic stands, US media the National Interest wrote. “Some observers worry that Algeria could become increasingly isolated as more and more Arab countries normalize with Israel and line up against Iran, with whom […]

Energy Headlines International Morocco

ECOWAS materializes support for Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline

ECOWAS has brought its support for the Morocco-gas pipeline with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to speed up the achievement of this structural project that will help meet West Africa’s energy needs and offer an infrastructure for exporting West African gas. The memorandum of understanding was signed in Rabat this Thursday by head […]

Africa Headlines International Morocco

Morocco’s King represented at inauguration ceremony of Angolan President

King Mohammed VI has been represented at the inauguration ceremony of the re-elected Angolan president, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, by Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch. The President-elect of Angola Joao Lourenco took the oath of office for a second term as the nation’s president at a ceremony held in Luanda, the capital of Angola, Thursdsay. […]

Energy

Mozambique’s president urges Western energy companies to resume work in troubled region

Amid continuing clashes between Mozambique’s federal forces and other African allies against Islamist militants in the Cabo Delgado Province, the country’s president Filipe Nyusi has called on Western energy companies to resume work, assuring them security situation had improved in the conflict-torn region. Addressing the Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit in Maputo Wednesday (14 September), […]

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UNHRC: NGO exposes alarming situation in polisario-controlled Tindouf Camps

A Non-government organization has called on the international community to take concrete actions to end the sufferings of the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, and hold the polisario militia accountable for the crimes and abuses committed under the watch of Algerian forces. Addressing the 51th session of the Human Rights Council convening […]

Asia International

Limits to Japanese ambitions in Africa to weaken China’s influence

Japan has recently announced an ambitious multibillion-dollar program of economic assistance to Africa — pledging to spend $30 billion on the continent and stressing a focus on training African professionals, food production and green growth — in a bid to provide the continent with an alternative to Chinese lending and investment. The recent flurry of […]

Africa International

Ivory Coast calls for ECOWAS emergency summit over its troops held in Mali

Ivory Coast on Wednesday (14 September) slammed Mali for “blackmailing” over 46 Ivorian troops who have been detained by Bamako and urged leaders of the regional bloc ECOWAS to discuss the crisis “as soon as possible”. Mali’s ruling junta last week tied the troops’ release to the extradition of Malians living in Ivory Coast — […]

Africa International

Namibia’s genocide “from today’s perspective”: opposition demands new deal with Germany

The Namibian opposition has asked Germany for the renegotiation of a controversial genocide deal reached between the two governments last year — this latest move is said to have been prompted by Berlin’s reticence that has led to even more resentment in its former colony. The leader of People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), Namibia’s largest opposition […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project at focus of discussion between Nigerian Petroleum Company and ECOWAS

The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project was at the center of discussions, in Abuja, between the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), Mele Kyari, and the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Omar Alieu Touray. Omar Touray’s visit to Abuja was in preparation of the signing […]