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The Spanish National Police on Friday announced the arrest in Pamplona (capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre) of an individual for his alleged involvement in terrorist collaboration crimes, including indoctrination and recruitment for the terrorist organization Daesh. This operation was carried out jointly by Spanish security services, Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance […]
A Senegalese patrol boat stopped the journey of 118 irregular migrants off the country’s coast earlier this week, as European countries are stepping up efforts to intercept migrants long before they get near their own shorelines, and Senegal, which restricts migration by boat, is part of the effort. The detention of the 118 would-be migrants […]
An earthquake has hit on Friday night several countries in Western North Africa, including Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria and Southern Europe. Residents of several Moroccan cities, from Rabat to Agadir, via Casablanca and Marrakech, felt the tremor at around 11.14pm on Friday night. Several inhabitants left their homes to gather in the streets. […]
More than 2,000 representatives from Global Geoparks, senior UNESCO officials, scientists, policy makers and government officials from around the world are taking part in the 10th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks convening in Marrakesh from Sept. 7 to 11. The event, organized every two years, is the most important international gathering of Geoparks to […]
The Russian ambassador to Rabat said his country is ready to sell wheat at a competitive price to Morocco, a major wheat importer. “Russia is ready to supply wheat to Morocco at reasonable prices,” Russia’s ambassador Vladimir Baibakov told TASS news agency. “Morocco remains a key Russian trade and economic partner in Africa. In a […]
Nigerien authorities discovered Tuesday a set of military equipment including sixteen uniforms of the Burkina Faso army, in a van coming out of the French embassy in capital Niamey, state-run news agency reported. The van reportedly brought furniture of a French man living in town to the mission but a search of the vehicle as […]
The Chadian army killed Wednesday September 6 two people who were trying to infiltrate a French military base in the northern city of Faya-Largeau amid protests against the death of a Chadian soldier at the hands of a French doctor. Protests erupted Tuesday September 5 in the city after Mahamat Dakou Hamid, a soldier in […]
Two former executives at a Swedish oil company Lundin Oil are going on trial on Tuesday (5 September), with both defendants accused of complicity in war crimes in present-day South Sudan, with prosecutors saying both were complicit in atrocities by Sudanese army and militias between 1999 and 2003, which both flatly deny. Swiss national Alex […]
Easyjet will add more than 94,000 additional seats to Morocco destinations this winter, Morocco’s tourism promotion office ONMT said. ONMT and easyjet signed a deal to link Agadir, Marrakech and Rabat with European destinations, Moroccan media reported. “This is an agreement with a leading airline in Europe. It will foster the implementation of our strategy […]
Ali Lamine Zeine, Niger’s Prime Minister, indicated Monday September 4 that there are ongoing talks with Paris for French soldiers stationed in the African country to leave as millions of Nigeriens have been demonstrating for the withdrawal of the forces. “The talks that are underway should enable these forces to be withdrawn very quickly,” Zeine […]