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A Congress bipartisan group sent a letter Thursday to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, raising concerns over Algeria’s growing ties with Russia and calling for sanctions against officials in the Algerian regime for arms deals with Moscow. The call by the bipartisan group, led by Congresswoman Lisa McClain, follows a similar call from Senator […]
Guatemala announced on Thursday its decision to open a consulate in Moroccan Saharan city of Dakhla and voiced support to the autonomy plan offered by the Kingdom for a lasting resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. “Guatemala deems the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty as the solution to the Sahara issue and decides to open […]
The U.S. has donated military equipment including vehicles to the Nigerien armed forces to fight terrorism in the Sahel country. “The United States of America has just donated a significant amount of equipment to strengthen the capacity of the Special Forces Training Center in Tillia and the Peacekeeping Training Center in Ouallam, two strategic entities […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, Edward Gabriel, on Thursday, called on the UN Security Council to move towards a lasting political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco. “Morocco submitted in 2007 a proposal that was accredited as serious, credible and realistic by the UN Security Council, which is […]
Head of Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch met on Wednesday in New York with U.S. billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg, who is also UN special envoy for climate change. The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 77th UN General Assembly, was attended by Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate for Investment and Ali Seddiki, Director […]
The Moroccan-US disaster management exercise “Morocco Mantlet 2022” is held this September 12 to 23 at the Rescue and Salvage Unit of the Military Engineering and the 3rd Air Base of the Royal Air Forces in Kenitra. The exercise, held at the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of […]
Somalia is seeing gains in the fight against the Somali-based, al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militant group al-Shabab, and seeks support from the United States to help the country finally eliminate this threat to its national security, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said during his visit to Washington last week. In a speech to the Somali diaspora community […]
Investing in long-term gas projects in Africa as countries wrestle with powering their development with clean energy may not be a very good idea, United States’ special envoy on climate John Kerry has noted, as African countries denounce developed nations’ pledge to curb fossil fuel investment is unfair. “We are not saying no gas,” he […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has hailed the “transformational changes” generated by the Abraham Accords brokered by the U.S. for the normalization of relations between Israel, Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain. In a press release issued Thursday by the State Department, Mr. Blinken said: “this week, we celebrate the two-year anniversary of the signing […]
A court in Burkina Faso has ruled two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali are guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flood disaster at its Perkoa zinc mine in April 2022 killed eight miners The flood disaster at its Perkoa zinc mine in April killed eight miners, the company’s country manager said. Ditil Moussa […]