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Algeria’s emerging military role in Niger raises a fundamental question: what exactly does Algeria bring to the Sahel besides what seems to be self-serving troop deployment? For decades, Algerian officials presented themselves as champions of regional stability. Yet many of the jihadist movements that have destabilized the Sahel trace their origins, leadership, or ideological lineage […]
Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, visited on Tuesday in Kigali the Mike Stenbock Gemura Kitchen, the first central kitchen in Rwanda for hospitalized patients, established with the support of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development. Designed on an industrial scale, this kitchen helps the Rwandan association Solid’Africa provide patients most […]
Morocco’s Princess Lalla Asmaa, President of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, and First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Kagame launched on Monday in Kigali the fifth phase of Lalla Asmaa Foundation’s program “”Together, We Hear Each Other Better” program aimed at providing hearing healthcare across Africa. Princess Lalla Asmaa and Rwanda First Lady inaugurated the same day […]
Algeria’s parliament has formally agreed to authorize the deployment of Algerian troops to Niger. The decision was never genuinely in the hands of the lawmakers. It had already been taken by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the military clique that effectively runs the country. The vote was pure theater. This move was prepared well in advance […]
A high-level delegation from Somalia visited Dakhla on Friday to learn about the development momentum in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region and explore prospects for economic cooperation and investment between the two countries. The visit forms part of Somalia’s Economic Promotion Week in Morocco, held from October 19 to 24, to showcase the country’s economic potential […]
The Union of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of Africa (UCESA) and the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union (AU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday in Rabat, aimed at strengthening their cooperation and coordination. Initialed by the current president of UCESA and of the Economic, Social […]
Morocco took the lead in presenting the African Union Peace and Security Council’s position on youth, peace and security at the 11th Joint Informal Seminar between the AU body and the UN Security Council in New York on Thursday. Speaking as the council’s principal representative on the subject, Ambassador Mohammed Arrouchi stressed the growing role […]
The African Development Bank Group has approved $ 487 million funding for Morocco to help the country advance economic reforms, strengthen climate resilience and support more inclusive growth. “Our ambition is to help cushion exogenous shocks, whether economic, energy-related or climate-related. It is also to consolidate the structural reforms necessary to sustainably strengthen the resilience […]
King Mohammed VI has congratulated the members of the national futsal team on winning their fourth CAF Futsal AFCON title after defeating Angola 5-2 in the final match played Wednesday in Rabat. In his message of congratulations, the King expressed pride over the victory of the national futsal team at the Futsal Africa Cup of […]
Morocco ranked third among African countries for recorded cyber-threat events in 2025, behind Nigeria and South Africa, Le360 reports, citing a Mastercard report. Its Cyber Insights platform logged nearly 7,300 events targeting Moroccan organizations over the year, or 10.6% of the 69,236 recorded across the continent, roughly one every eight minutes. Morocco averaged 612 events […]