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A diplomatic row between Algiers and Nouakchott has erupted over an article published by Mauritanian e-journal Al-Bayan, alleging that Mauritania had complained to the U.N about Morocco flooding it with drugs. Mauritania, infuriated by the false news that could strain its ties with Morocco, immediately expelled the Chief adviser at the Algerian embassy Belkacem Cherouati […]
The latest developments of the situation in Yemen, after the Saudi-led military coalition in the country ended the Operation Decisive Storm and launched the Renewal of Hope Operation, will surely be at the center of the summit talks to be held on Wednesday by the Saudi ruler King Salman and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI. The […]
The newly appointed head of the recently formed Muslim Brotherhood Bureau in Exile, Ahmed Abdul-Rahman, has acknowledged that the Muslim Brotherhood committed errors and a “radical review” of the group’s charter has begun. In the same vein, he apologized to Egypt and her people for the “mistake” that the Brotherhood committed even though he didn’t […]
A UN expert has called on rich Western countries to take in some thousands of the Syrian and sub-Saharan migrants to end the tragedies of boat disasters occurring in the Mediterranean Sea. The call was made as the EU leaders are convening an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the migration crisis and consider all […]
Parliamentary election will not be held until after July if the comments of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ibrahim El-Heneidy are anything to go by. The Minister also heads the government-appointed drafting committee tasked with reviewing the electoral law after the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that some articles were unconstitutional. The news could come as a […]
An agreement between the two rival Libyan governments seems getting closer, as the two parties agreed on 80% of the UN draft proposal, but attention could soon switch to extremist groups linked with the Islamic State after a video released on social media showed the killing of around 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. UN Envoy […]
The Islamic State group has released a video showing its militants savagely beheading and shooting 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya. This is the first time that ISIS, which gained a foothold in Libya, targets Ethiopia which has sent soldiers to Somalia to fight Al Shabab Islamist rebels within the frame of the African forces. […]
President Obama has called on Gulf counties to be more cooperative in Libya in order to end the war because military action will not be enough. The war between the two rival governments has been going on alongside negotiations. Groups who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State have also begun operations in the country […]
The European Union has granted Morocco € 10 million to finance a program destined to promoting the integration of migrants in the North African country. The program that was launched Friday in Rabat in the presence of European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is meant to support Morocco’s migration policy, part […]
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni of the Tobruk-based government is in Moscow and has called on Russia to support the lifting of the arms embargo on the country as he held the West responsible for the situation in Libya. A U.N-led dialogue for a transitional unity government is about to resume in Morocco but renegade General Khalifa […]