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Following his private trip to Cuba, King Mohammed VI flew to Miami where he will hold his first talks with US President Donald Trump, French speaking magazine, Jeune Afrique, reported. Jeune Afrique learned from sources at the Royal palace that President Trump would offer a dinner in honor of the Moroccan Monarch on Sunday. The […]
Control Risks, the specialist risk consultancy, issued its 2017 RiskMap showing that Morocco continues to maintain its standing as the safest country for business and travel in North Africa. Morocco was the only country to be given a low security risk status in Riskmap, the leading guide to political and business risk and an important […]
Sebastian Gorka, a White House Deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, suggested partitioning Libya into three states during a meeting with a senior European Diplomat, the Guardian reported. Gorka was said to have drawn the map on a napkin based on the old Ottoman provinces of Cyrenaica in the east, Tripolitania in the north-west and […]
Arab leaders opened Wednesday in Jordan their annual summit with focus on resolving conflicts and war against terrorism in the region. The Agenda also includes debates on latest developments of the situation in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many Arab countries especially of the rich-oil Gulf monarchies blame Iran for its intervention […]
The Palestinian authority has expressed hope for a possible end of conflict with Israel after leader Mahmoud Abbas held a phone talk with US President Donald Trump on Monday. The first phone call between the two leaders since Trump’s election has hyped hopes and willingness from the Palestinian side to work with US and pro-Israel […]
Egyptian President Sisi and President Donald Trump discussed on Monday the fight against terrorism and extremism. The phone talk between the two Heads of State was positive according to Sisi’s spokesman Alaa Youssef. He said President Trump appreciates Cairo’s “war on terror” and gave assurances of his administration’s desire to support Egypt’s efforts. Washington restricted […]
Leader of the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahdha has debunked claims that the new US President Donald Trump is anti-Islam. For Rached Ghanouchi only Jihadists will fear Trump’s overt anti-Islam philosophy, huffpostmaghreb.com reports. “Terrorists are those who feel threatened by Donald Trump’s policy,” Ghanouchi said Saturday during a ceremony in the governorate of Mahdia to present […]
Only few days ahead of the organization of the climate summit COP22 in Marrakech, the US global climate leadership and Obama’s environmental legacy are facing a tough test with a pending litigation at the Court of Appeals that challenges the Clean Power Plan (CPP) As the COP22 in Marrakech will be dedicated to outlining national […]
As foreign policy debates heat up in the American 2016 presidential election campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump has taken aim at rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of supporting Islamist parties in North Africa, including Morocco’s ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD.) Nobody doubts Donald Trump’s anti-Islam sentiment and everybody knows that the Republican candidate does […]
In just one week, President Barack Obama has recognized on two occasions Morocco’s role in spreading tolerant Islam and fostering inter-faith dialog, the latest occasion was on Wednesday during his first visit to a mosque in America. In remarks he made during his visit to a mosque in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday, President Obama recalled […]