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Russia is making “tremendous” gains in its disinformation propaganda in Africa, according to a new report by Dan Whitman, fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, who, in a recent interview, described Moscow’s disinformation campaign as the “most rapid propaganda successes in the history of propaganda.” In his report recently published by the […]
Morocco denied that French President will pay a visit to the country after French foreign minister Carherine Colonna spread the fake news in an interview. President Macron’s visit “is neither on the agenda nor it is programmed,” an official source told Morocco’s news agency MAP. Colonna has told French media during her visit to Cairo […]
Earthquake-hit Morocco has been playing a central role in ensuring security and stability in Europe’s southern borders and its autonomy plan for the Sahara requires serious western attention, wrote the Financial Times. As Moroccan authorities and army maintain steady efforts to rescue and shelter population in earthquake-hit villages in the Atlas Mountains, Richard Shirreff of […]
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths,commended on Friday Morocco’s “distinguished” history of building up and investing in its own response capacities, highlighting, in this regard, the country’s action in the aftermath of the Al Haouz earthquake. Morocco has mobilized “tremendous” resources to respond to the earthquake, pulling survivors from the […]
Despite the €600 million spent by the European Union on training security personnel in the Sahel, the countries in the region had “failed to bolster democracy,” the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell has admitted in the wake of a series of recent coups, the latest of which were in Niger and Gabon. Speaking at […]
Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles has expressed her appreciation for the logistical support provided by Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) to Spanish rescuers, enabling them to carry out their mission effectively following the earthquake that struck several Moroccan provinces on September 8. During a visit to a military base in Guadalajara, central Spain, Robles praised […]
Rahul Dhir, Chief Executive Officer of London-based Tullow Oil has told on September 13 Bloomberg the military coup that took place late August in Gabon has not affected the company’s business operations. Tullow Oil Plc’s assets in the central African nation Gabon account for around a quarter of its crude production. Tullow Oil Plc produced […]
Rescuers from the Royal Armed Forces, the gendarmerie, the civil protection and other departments on Monday faced a growing race against time to dig any survivors from the rubble of devastated villages in Al Haouz in central Morocco, three days after the strong earthquake that has killed nearly 2,700 people and injured over 2,500 so […]
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), officially launched at the G20 summit in India, is seen by some analysts as a direct challenge to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure project launched a decade ago with the aim of connecting China to the rest of the world. The launch of the new […]
Niger’s junta has accused France of deploying troops in several West African countries in preparation for a military intervention in Niger, as experts warn the series of coups in the region are putting the unity and capability of the regional grouping ECOWAS to the test. The junta repeated its call on Sunday (10 September) for […]