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EU Welcomes Renewed Impetus in Relations with Morocco

The European Council has welcomed the renewed impetus in EU-Morocco relations, saying it looks forward to the upcoming EU-Morocco Association Council. In their conclusions adopted at the end of the European Summit convened in Brussels, the European leaders underlined that they looked forward to the upcoming EU-Morocco Association Council. The heads of State and government […]

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Tindouf: Polisario Intensifies Its Clamp Down on Protesters

The Polisario crackdown on its opponents and pro-democracy protesters in the Tindouf camps (Southern Algeria) is getting worse, tougher and wider with the arrest this week of Fadel Braika, who was nabbed after the kidnapping of the militant Abba Bouzid, member of the opposition group “Sahrawi Initiative for Change”.   Mr. Bouzid was abducted by […]

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Egypt: Israel allowed to videotape Morsi’s burial despite media blackout

Egyptian authorities had allowed an Israeli media to cover the burial of ex-President Mohamed Morsi though the local media and supporters of the first democratically elected leader were barred, Middle East Monitor reports. Rawi’i Kyss, a reporter of Israeli state-run broadcaster Kan was allowed to attend the behind closed doors funeral, which took place in […]

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Climate research: SASSCAL gets €10 million from Germany

The South Africa-based Scientific Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) has recently received €10 million in funding from Germany.   According to SASSCAL, the grant will be used to support research on the effects of climate change in southern African countries.   The funds will finance research and capacity building projects […]

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Mauritania at a crossroads with this weekend polls

Mauritanians are heading to polls this weekend to elect a new president in what is expected to be the West African country’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence from France in 1960. In the capital Nouakchott, where the desert’s vast expanses wash into the capital, tensions are growing after a campaign marred by violence. […]

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French PSA Group Injected €280 million in its New Kenitra Plant

King Mohammed VI chaired on Thursday in the province of Kenitra the inauguration ceremony of the French PSA group’s ecosystem in Morocco, a project that required a €280 million investment and that confirms the thriving car industry in the North African Kingdom. On this occasion, the Sovereign inaugurated the PSA group’s new plant, expected produce […]

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Morocco denounces inclusion of separatist flag in African Cup of Nations Website; Egypt & CAF apologize

Morocco denounced in the strongest terms the inclusion of the Polisario separatists flag in the website where the tickets of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt are sold. Spokesperson for the Moroccan government said such an act is categorically unacceptable and that Morocco’s presence within the African Union bodies shall in no way be […]

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Morocco prepares for crossing of 3 million people living in Europe

Morocco has taken special measure to make the crossing of nearly 3 million Moroccans living abroad as fluid as possible, spokesperson for the Moroccan government said. There has been a steady rise in crossings from Europe to Morocco every summer he said as Morocco sets up stations within the country and in Europe where Moroccan […]

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Malawi: Protests spread after disputed election

Police and protestors clashed in three cities in Malawi on Thursday during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month’s presidential election. Malawian President Peter Mutharika has been narrowly re-elected for a second five-year term following a hotly-contested vote, according to the country’s electoral commission. Thousands of opposition supporters participated in the demonstrations in […]

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Libya: NOC, target of foreign countries – Firm’s boss

Head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) has finger-pointed foreign countries, which, he said, are targeting the national oil firm that has refused to take sides in the ongoing military offensive on Tripoli waged by east-based Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. “The country is experiencing dangerous levels of disinformation. These campaigns, many directed at NOC […]