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Morocco seems poised to build on its recent diplomatic and economic success in Africa in order to champion an African model of economic integration based on south-south cooperation, solidarity and win-win partnerships. Led by the Monarch himself, Morocco’s African foreign policy has been given priority. Since his ascending to the throne, King Mohammed VI paid […]
The US Defense Department’s military section for Africa, AFRICOM has told Associated Press (AP) that the number of Tunisian terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State group in Libya has fallen from 5,000 fighters to a few hundreds. According to a 2015 UN report, Tunisia was the largest terrorist supplier, as over 5,000 Tunisians had left […]
President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated King Mohammed VI for Morocco’s return to its African institutional family, saying Rabat’s comeback will give a new momentum to the African Union (AU). A joint statement issued following the official visit paid by the Moroccan Sovereign to this West African country Feb. 16-18 says the […]
Morocco and Ghana opened a new chapter in their bilateral ties with the signing of 25 cooperation agreements during a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI who is currently paying an official visit to Ghana and Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. Five of the agreements were signed between the two governments to promote bilateral cooperation […]
About 170 Senegalese migrants who were in detention centers in Tripoli have been deported back to the west-African nation, local media reported on Thursday. The migrants were sent back home early Thursday from the Mitiga airport east of Tripoli under the supervision of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). “There was coordination with the immigration […]
The Senegalese private TV channel 2Stv has received a warning from the country’s authorities for airing a program calling for armed protest against Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, reports say. The private channel reportedly aired on January 20 a program in which Ahmed Vall Messaoud, a former Mauritanian governor and now a human right […]
Morocco, one of the major allies of the West in MENA region, has become a powerful and successful investor in Africa thanks to the solidarity based “South-South” cooperation spearheaded by King Mohammed VI. After seeing the positive results of the Moroccan African policy based on “win-win partnerships”, Spain, which is Morocco’s closest European neighbor and […]
The United Nations Operations in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) has completed its mission after 14 years of presence in the West African country with the majority of its uniformed personnel to depart by 15 February, including the Moroccan contingent. Moroccan peacekeepers have been deployed as part of the UN mission in Côte d’Ivoire since 2004 where […]
In an effort to diversify the visitor source market, Morocco is launching a charm offensive to attract African tourist to the Kingdom with the opening of a branch of Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) in Senegal’s capital, Dakar. The office in Dakar is the first in an African country in line with the momentum that […]
Tension is brewing between Khartoum and Cairo over the Halaib’s triangle disputed territory on the Red Sea after the long serving Sudanese President Omar Bashir renewed claims to the area threatening to bring the issue before the UN if negotiations with Egypt fail. The Sudanese government has recently renewed with the UN Security Council standing […]