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The College of European Commissioners unanimously adopted the exchange of letters covering the Sahara region in the agriculture agreement with Morocco. The decision will be submitted to the vote of the European Parliament after a European Court of Justice decision on the Sahara. Sources from Morocco and the EU said that under the new agreement […]
French President Emmanuel Macron called for more support to the counterterrorism Sahel force known as G5. “Money now needs to be disbursed” to allow the five-nation regional force fulfil its tasks, said Macron at a press conference with visiting Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou. He also called on other donors like Saudi Arabia to meet their […]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has once more fell short of upholding neutrality in the race to hosting the 2026 World Cup opposing Morocco to the joint North American bid. In an interview with Equipe du Jour, Infantino has vindicated the information that he supports the Joint American bid. In a stark breach of neutrality required […]
The Tunisian foreign minister Monday summoned Italy’s ambassador to protest the newly appointed interior minister’s claims that the North African country is exporting criminals and ex-prisoners to Italy in the wake of the death of 48 illegal migrants off Tunisian coasts. After summoning the Italian ambassador, the ministry also released a statement indicating that it […]
Morocco and the EU have resumed talks to renew the four-year fisheries agreement to expire on July 14. The Moroccan delegation was led by Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, while the EU’s was chaired by Joao Aguiar Matchado Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. The EU decision to open talks for the renewal of the fisheries […]
The European Union has earmarked €467 million funding to assist vulnerable migrants and refugees and address root causes of irregular migration. The new support measures in the Sahel/ Lake Chad region and the Horn of Africa will foster stability, jobs and growth, especially for young people and vulnerable groups. They complement ongoing bilateral and multilateral […]
Morocco is committed to a political, mutually acceptable and lasting solution that would restore Libya’s stability, unity and safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. “The Maghreb needs a stable Libya in the same way that Europe needs a stable Maghreb,” Bourita said at the UN’s international conference on Libya held […]
British paper, the SUN, wrote that Iran used its notorious military unit, the revolutionary guard Al Quds Brigade (IRGC) to train the Polisairo separatist group in their rear-base in Algeria. “Ayatollah Khamenei’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps is now believed to be training and arming the Polisario Front, an anti-Western rebel movement in Morocco,” the paper […]
Hungary has dealt a blow to the propaganda machine of the separatists by affirming that it has not accredited a Polisairo representative in Budapest. This denial was issued after a pro-Separatists website claimed that Ahmed Slimane was appointed as Polisario’s diplomatic representative in Hungary. In reaction to this fake news, Hungarian authorities sent a letter […]
As France braces for hosting on Tuesday an international conference on Libya to overcome the political stalemate in the North African country, some powerful Libyan military factions oppose the French initiative. The UN-sponsored meeting will bring together key Libyan players and representatives of several countries and international organizations. The Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, General Khalifa […]