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Italy and Tunisia are reviving plans for power interconnection between the two countries. The project has been under development by Italian transmission company Terna and Tunisian gas and electricity group STEG since 2003. The project was originally conceived to export power generated in Tunisia to Italy but is now based on an electricity exchange in […]
A Moroccan court decided Thursday to postpone until May 16 the hearing of the case against the suspects involved in the killing last December of two Scandinavian tourists in the High Atlas mountains. A total of 24 persons, including a Spanish-Swiss convert to Islam, are expected to appear before a criminal court in the city […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday promised millions of Euros in new German aid to support the G5-sahel countries in their fight against terrorism, while a French Senator, Nathalie Goulet, pleaded for a Marshall plan for West Africa. The Chancellor who started Wednesday a visit to Burkina Faso, part of a West Africa tour that […]
The US Africa Command has announced the holding of joint military exercises bringing together Britain, Morocco and the USA. The two exercises called “Judicious response” and “Epic guardian 19” started on April 29 in and around the city of Agadir, said Africom in a statement. Africa Command and subordinate service components will conduct the joint […]
The autonomy plan presented by Morocco is a “serious and credible basis” for negotiations aimed at reaching a final political solution to the Sahara issue, said France on Tuesday. “It is important for the four delegations (Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario) to continue their discussions in a constructive spirit of compromise with a view to […]
The Libyan crisis has been at the focus of talks Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte held on Tuesday in Tunis with President Beji caid Essebssi as well as with his Tunisian peer Youssef Chahed. Giuseppe Conte, who is in Tunisia to take part in the 1st session of the Tunisian-Italian Higher Council of Strategic Partnership, voiced […]
Two figures of the Spanish opposition expressed their opposition to Spain’s plans to co-host the FIFA 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Morocco as they question the advantage of a joint bid. The objections came from the People’s party figure, Vicente Azpitarte and Roberto Nunez of Citizens-Party, who were both of them attending a meeting […]
The Egmont Institute, an independent Think-thank based in Brussels, has praised Morocco’s counterterrorism policy, saying the North African Kingdom has been successful in preventing terrorist attacks and getting intelligence information, which has been helpful locally and internationally. In its latest report entitled: “Returnees in the Maghreb: Comparing Policies on returning Foreign Fighters in Egypt, Morocco […]
The Czech Republic supports a peaceful, realistic and lasting resolution of the Sahara issue through UN-led process, said on Wednesday in Rabat Vice-speaker of the Czech Senate Jiří Oberfalzer. Speaking to journalists after his meeting with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta, Mr. Oberfalzer welcomed the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the […]
Security cooperation between Morocco and Spain has acted as a bulwark against terrorist plots with the arrest in the North African country of a terrorist four days ago planning attacks on Spanish Sevilla. Spanish media reported that the suspect was planning terrorist attacks on Sevilla as it prepares to host the Semana Santa religious festival […]