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The number of migration attempts foiled by Morocco in 2023 increased 6% year-on-year to 75,184 as the number of rescue operations at sea also grew, the interior ministry said. The same year, the Moroccan navy rescued 16,818 people, up 35%. The rescued migrants received medical assistance and accommodation in keeping with Morocco’s humane approach to […]
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will hold this January 24 talks with his Chadian counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby who embarked Tuesday on an official visit to Moscow. Vladimir Putin’s office said on X that talks will focus on the prospects for the development of Russia-Chad relations in various areas, as well as issues on the regional […]
Five soldiers, among nine people suspected for the murder a local mayor, have been detained after appearing Tuesday January 23 before a court, local media in Madagascar reports. The soldiers from Security Support Detachment of Ankazobe municipality have been sent to the main incarceration Center of the country, Tsiafahy. Five other people, all civilians, among […]
Benin and Bahamas have established diplomatic and cooperation relations between the two countries and have waived visa requirements for all sorts of passports. Fredrick Mitchell, Bahamas’s Foreign Minister and Benin’s counterpart Olushegun Adjadi Bakari sealed the move on the sidelines of the third South-South Summit (G77 + China) held in Kampala, Uganda. In line with […]
King Mohammed VI has extended an invitation to Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu to visit Morocco. The monarch extended the invitation during a phone call with the Nigerian President this Tuesday. A statement from the royal palace said the phone call focused on the development of bilateral relations between the two countries over the […]
King Mohammed VI was represented at the official inauguration ceremony of president-elect of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi El Alami. The official investiture ceremony that took place at the Capitol Building (Parliament) was attended by several heads of state and foreign delegations, members of the diplomatic corps accredited […]
Cairo will stand shoulder to shoulder with Somalia and will not allow any threat to the Horn of Africa country, Egypt’s president has said, referring specifically to Ethiopia’s recent agreement with the breakaway Somaliland that would give it access to the sea and allow it to establish a marine force base. “Egypt will not allow […]
The US top diplomat’s tour of four African countries began on Monday (22 January) with a visit to Cape Verde, as the Biden administration seeks to prove the United States is a key partner on a continent where China and Russia have sought to expand their influence. In Cape Verde, US Secretary of State Antony […]
The newly elected presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi and of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, have been sworn in, with both promising to improve living conditions and security in their respective countries. The DRC’s President Tshisekedi has been sworn in following a landslide victory in the highly contested elections in December that […]
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) deplored, Monday, “without going into the logic of the accusations” all the unsportsmanlike behaviors that followed the Morocco-DR Congo match, played on Sunday, for the 2nd day of group F of the Africa Cup of Nations (2023 AFCON-Côte d’Ivoire). In response to the controversy that followed the match, the […]