France on Monday made an announcement refusing Niger’s appeal, last week, for western military action against Islamist fighters who have established b...
The Storm Is Not Over Yet:Increasing Instability in the Sahel
While South Sudan is witnessing a rebellion and possibly the onset of a civil war, Western nations have airlifted their citizens from Africa’s y...
Morocco’s longstanding relationship with MENA, Africa Opens New Avenues for U.S.-Morocco cooperation
As changes continue to redesign the landscape in the Middle East-North Africa region and in Africa, Morocco’s longstanding, friendly relationships wit...
Obama Urged to Build on Alliance with Morocco to Face Challenges in North Africa, Sahel
In the days preceding the meeting to be held next Friday in the White House between President Barack Obama and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, several inf...
US Navy first X-47B Drone Launch
The US navy has launched on Tuesday for the first time the X-47B drone from the USS George H.W. Bush nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The first 65-mi...
US, Morocco to hold joint multi-lateral exercise
The United States and Morocco are to hold later this month a joint multi-lateral exercise dubbed “Exercise African Lion-13” that will involve more tha...
U.S aid to Egypt Tied to Reforms
The U.S.A has released a quarter of a billion dollar in economic aid to Egypt and has pledged more if Egypt implements economic and political reforms....
Big Challenges Awaiting New U.S. Secretary of State
The stalled peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, the civil war in Syria, Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea, the Arab Spring uprisings,...
U.S. Planned Strikes against Algerian Terrorist Belmokhtar, Dumped Mission (Washington Post)
U.S. military had planned few years ago airstrikes against Algerian Jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar but the U.S. ambassador to Mali at that time opposed t...
Obama’s Second Inaugural Address – No Foreign Policy Strategy Yet
Dustin Dehez Watching Obama’s second inaugural address, I was confident that the President would turn to foreign policy at some point. After all...