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British Oil Company BP and Norwegian Statoil announced Monday they would withdraw their staff from two Algerian gas plants after terrorists fired rockets at the third largest gas field of the country situated in the Sahara desert. The companies will withdraw their staff from the In Salah and In Amenas gas plants as security measures […]
Two terrorists Monday opened fire at a hotel in the Malian capital, Bamako, where EU military instructors were lodging. The attack targeted Azalaïl Hotel Nord-Sud, located in a posh neighborhood of Bamako, near the US embassy and the UN headquarters in the Malia capital. The hotel is used by European Union multinational military training mission […]
The United Nations Secretary General is supposed to be a peace-maker and most importantly is supposed to observe neutrality in any conflict he is called to settle. But Ban Ki-moon, the current UN Chief has ignored his position and the role he needs to play and recklessly fell in his own trap and in the […]
Tunisian President Caid Essebi Sunday called for national unity to take up the myriad of challenges, including terrorism, which have gripped the country five years after the 2011 revolution. “Without unity, no action can succeed,” President Essebi said in an address to the nation marking the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence. For the President, […]
Cairo announced Sunday it received $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia earmarked for development projects in underprivileged Sinai. The Saudi kingdom has already donated Egypt several billion dollars destined to shore up Egyptian battered economy and finance. The new amount, donated by the Saudi Development Fund, will finance the building of a university, 26 residential complexes, […]
The Libyan Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) started a three day working session in Oman on Saturday to outline the final draft of the country’s constitution to end the war in the North African country. 56 of the CDA 60 members were reportedly present at the opening meeting attended by special envoy Martin Kobler, representatives of […]
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 […]
Morocco’s Premier Thursday reaffirmed Morocco’s historical and political attachment to the Moroccan Sahara saying that no one will ever snatch the territory from Morocco in reference to UN Chief’s recent designation of the territory as “occupied territory.” Speaking at the opening of a cabinet meeting in Rabat, Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane indicated that Morocco will […]
Morocco has decided to resume contacts with the European Union after having rebuffed European institutions following European Court ruling invalidating a farm deal signed with Rabat over Sahara issue. The move comes few days after the visit paid to Rabat by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. During this trip, Mogherini voiced the […]
The Algerian government has reportedly reached in 2012 a secret agreement with Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar to attack Moroccan interests in the Sahara, reveals a confidential e-mail of former US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, made public by Wikileaks on Thursday “According to sources with access to the Algerian DGSE, the Bouteflika government reached a […]