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Morocco extradited to the USA Renwick Haddow, a British citizen accused of fraud related to Bitcoin, the US department of Justice (DOJ) said. The British citizen is accused of defrauding investors of More than $36 Million, the DOJ said in a statement. The DoJ complaint alleges Haddow, 49, “misappropriated investor funds” and “made false and […]
A high-level delegation from the Royal Armed Forces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking part in the sixth Africa Land Forces Summit meeting in Abuja devoted to discussing the fight against terrorism. The sixth Africa Land Forces Summit meeting, co-organized by the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and Nigeria, started proceedings Monday with the […]
More Abrams tanks are on their way to Morocco, which has launched a program to bolster its land forces. The Donald Trump administration has approved the shipping of 162 Abrams tanks to Morocco last year to help the kingdom respond to regional challenges. The deal was approved last September in a move to equip Morocco […]
Morocco has handed to the UN Secretary General Antonio Gterres and to the President of the Security Council, Peru’s Permanent Representative Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, several evidences of the Algeria-backed Polisario’s breaches of the 1991 ceasefire in the Sahara. At separate meetings with the two UN officials Wednesday in New York, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita explained the […]
Washington Renews Backing to UN Efforts to Settle Sahara IssueThe United States on Tuesday renewed backing to the ongoing efforts made by the United Nations to find a peaceful, sustainable, and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara Issue. This came during a meeting at the State Department between Acting Secretary of State John J. […]
Morocco called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ensure a “transparent” and “equitable” vote for the host country of the 2026 World Cup. The call was made by head of Morocco’s bid campaign Moulay Hafid El Alamy after media reports showed that Infantino may favor the joint North American bid. It is difficult in a […]
Argentina is interested in signing a free trade agreement with Morocco in order to foster bilateral trade, said Argentinian Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie who is on a visit to Rabat. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Secretary of State for Fisheries, Mbarka Bouaida, the Argentinian official underscored that the FTA will help the […]
The US conducted an airstrike that killed a senior leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in war-ravaged Libya, the Pentagon said. The Al Qaeda leader was identified in the Pentagon statement as Musa Abu Dawud who had trained recruits in Libya to carry out attacks in the region. “He provided critical logistics […]
Despite the joint might of the US, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup, there are numerous factors that undermine the undertaking of the North American bid. In addition to the Trump factor, distance between cities and inconvenient time zone, the lack of gun safety in the US surfaced as an issue of […]
The US Army launched this weekend a drone strike targeting jihadists in southern Libya. According to the US military’s Africa Command, the attack killed two militants belonging to Al Qaeda’s branch in northwestern Africa wherein mix of Al Qaeda and other extremist groups operate. These terror groups are also active in the Sahel region of […]