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Morocco expressed willingness to return to the African Union and to regain its place within its institutional family if legality is restored and mistakes are corrected. The wish was expressed by King Mohammed VI in a message he sent Sunday to the 27th Summit of the African Union, held in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, confirming […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar is on an African tour to step up diplomatic ties with a host of African nations in a bid to pave the way for a return of Morocco to its empty Seat at the African Union ahead of its upcoming summit in Rwanda, Moroccan Media reported on July 14. A […]
The African Union decided to reactivate the “High Level Contact Group on Libya” through the establishment of a task force of five heads of state in a bid to end the war that has already killed thousands and forced millions to flee their homes. The announcement was made by Smail Chergui, head of the African […]
President Nkurunziza’s regime has rejected regional mediation proposition for January 6 talks in Arusha in Tanzania, calling for postponement, reports say. “Tomorrow’s talks will not take place! The Burundian government wrote to the Ugandan mediation on December 30 asking it to postpone the meeting to January 15, we are waiting for a response,” a top […]
17 countries including UN Security Council, EU, African Union, Arab League Sunday in Rome pledged full support to the UN-proposed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) and urged Libya political sides to anoint the National Dialogue Agreement on Wednesday as they indicated themselves last week in Tunis. “We fully recognize and support the Libya Political […]
Mauritanian top African Union (AU) Officer in charge of peace keeping operation El Ghassim Wane was appointed last week as Ban Ki-moon’s assistant for UN Peace Keeping Operations, reports say. El Ghassim Wane’s appointment came into force last Thursday and he will replace the outgoing assistant Edmond Mulet of Guatemala, now appointed as Chef de […]
Libya’s neighbors and regional blocs Tuesday expressed concern over the ongoing fighting wrecking the dialogue process in the North African oil-rich country, pointing out that only Libyans themselves can solve their own problems, therefore rejecting foreign intervention. Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Niger, Libya, Sudan, Algeria, the African Union, the EU, the UN, and the Arab League […]
The 25th Crans Montana Forum which was opened Friday in the city of Dakhla (Southern Morocco) as scheduled with hundreds of African and foreign delegates from around the world taking part in the three-day conference turned out to be a big success and hit for Moroccan diplomacy. According to some political analysts, it seems that […]
Algerian energy minister Yousef Yousfi has met with Kazakhstan’s foreign Affairs Minister Yerlan Iddrissov in Astana to discuss broader cooperation between the two countries in energy and trade as well as coordination between their governments within international organizations. Kazakhstan’s Foreign Affairs ministry press service said the country is hoping to solidify its position in the […]
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed is on a two day working visit to Algeria where she met with Prime Minster Abdelmalek Sellal and other senior government officials. Among the highlights of her visit is the signing of an agreement with Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra to set up a joint commission for cooperation and memorandum of […]