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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly assured the United States that it will not supply arms to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the north-east African country continues to be ravaged by a bloody civil war. The UAE has reportedly told the US it has cut off weapons supply to the paramilitary forces […]
The Future Congress, which wrapped up on Wednesday in Rabat, underscored the importance of the strategic partnership between Africa and Latin America for progress and development as part of South-South cooperation. In the final declaration issued at the end of the conclave, hosted by the Moroccan Parliament on December 17-18, in collaboration with the “Future […]
Chile reiterated, through the voice of its Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren Stork, “constant support for the process led by the United Nations towards a just, pragmatic, lasting, realistic, viable, definitive and mutually acceptable solution to the question of Western Sahara, within the framework of the initiative presented by Morocco to the United Nations in […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has filed a criminal lawsuit in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the US multinational company Apple, accusing the tech giant of complicity in crimes committed by armed groups that control some of the mines in the east of the country. Acting on behalf of the government in Kinshasa, […]
The U.S. State Department has commended Morocco’s counter-terrorism (CT) efforts which have enabled the North African Kingdom to mitigate the risk of terrorism by promoting economic and human development in addition to countering radicalization. In its annual country reports on terrorism released Thursday, the State Department said Morocco continued its comprehensive strategy that includes vigilant […]
Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc has resumed its direct flight from Casablanca to Sao Paulo on Saturday and inaugurated a new direct route from Casablanca to the Canadian city of Toronto on Sunday. The flight to Sao Paulo marked a long-awaited resumption of direct services between Morocco and Brazil, which were suspended for five years due […]
President Joe Biden wrapped up an African visit during which he promised US investments to counter a growing Chinese influence, while focusing on the Lobito corridor that will ease the transport of critical minerals to the US market. The corridor has been at the heart of the US African strategy due to its potential in […]
Morocco’s House of Councillors and several Latin American and Caribbean regional parliaments announced on Wednesday the signing in Panama-city of a joint declaration on establishing the Morocco-Latin America-Caribbean Economic Forum. This forum aims to strengthen strategic relations between the parties and to set up a formal and permanent institutional framework for inter-regional parliamentary dialogue, with […]
Panama’s recent decision in favour of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara has dealt another hard blow to the Algerian military regime as the Central American country will take its seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council starting January 1, 2025. This is a major diplomatic setback for Algiers as Rabat has gained […]
The African Energy website reported Monday, December 2 that Libya is seeking to recover over $60 billion in assets secretly invested in U.S. Treasury bonds during Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. The funds, previously unknown, were reportedly funneled through complex networks starting in the 1990s, bypassing strict international sanctions. A delegation led by Mohammed Mansli, Director General […]