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A Moroccan diplomat accredited to South Africa has been reportedly killed and his lifeless body was found in his home in Pretoria on Tuesday. According to Morocco’s Embassy in South Africa, the victim, M. Noureddine Fatmi, who was in charge of consular affairs, was apparently murdered in his apartment in the district of Monument Park […]
The tug-of-war between Ankara and Cairo is reaching new heights after Egypt’s foreign Ministry labeled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest attacks as “insulting comments.” Erdogan has always described the removal of Mohammed Morsi as a coup d’état and continues to consider the government led by Al-Sisi as unconstitutional. President Erdogan told the Turkish parliament that […]
Morocco’s unique approach to defusing terrorism and countering incitement to terrorist acts within the context of Islam was highlighted this week at the United Nations during a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Some officials from the North African country, including Minister of religious affairs, Ahmed Toufik, made the trip to […]
Energy companies are all trying to get a share of Algeria’s oil and gas reserves as the country tries to boost its production capacity. The latest company to join the energy companies in Algeria is Dragon Oil Company based in the Emirates. It is an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company. The […]
Ennahda has begun seeking for external support ahead of the legislative elections scheduled to be held in October and the presidential elections in November. The leader of the party, Rached Ghannouchi, currently in the US said Tunisia will be an example for the Middle East as its transition towards democracy reaches its final stages. Ghannouchi […]
Morocco has warned the international community that it should support developing countries and help them achieve progress, security and stability, otherwise its inaction would entail more conflicts and greater fanaticism, violence and terrorism, plagues that are all kindled by the feelings of injustice and exclusion. “The world stands at a crossroads today. Either the international […]
The relation between Cairo and Washington seems to be on the right footing after Egyptian Presidential Spokesman, Alaa Youssef, announced that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will be meeting with his homologue from the US to clear the air about Egypt’s situation. He said “the reality” will be told to President Obama in order to clear the […]
With less than 2months before the much anticipated presidential elections in Tunisia, the Elections Board (ISIE) closed for the reception of files from hopeful presidential candidates on 22 September. Voters will be having a large pool of candidates to choose from because 70 individuals have submitted their files to become the country’s next president. The […]
UNITED NATIONS – “Fighting terrorism needs to be accompanied by a genuine process including all Syrians,” said the United Nations’ new Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at the United Nations headquarters following American and Arab airstrikes of ISIS targets for the first time on September 23. At least 70 ISIS fighters were killed […]
The governments of several countries namely Algeria, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States together with the European Union and United Nations have released a joint statement calling for an end to the violence in Libya in order to pave the way for development and […]