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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chair of the African Union & Pdt. of the Comoros Azali Assoumani, President of France Emmanuel Macron, World Bank Chief Ajay Banga, IMF Managing Director Ms. Kristalina Georgieva and Head of European Commission Ms. Ursula von der Leyen have expressed “full solidarity with the Moroccan authorities and people” following the […]
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 […]
European Union ministers have expressed deep concern about “domino effects” following last Wednesday’s coup in oil-rich Gabon — the eighth nation in the Central or West African region to be hit by a military takeover in the last three years. The EU is increasingly concerned about the growing number of military coups across the continent […]
The East African Community (EAC) last year exported agri-food products worth a staggering 2.16 billion Euros to the European Union, according to a recent report by Eurostat, which highlights the success story of a collaboration between both partners that contributes to the EAC’s economic development. According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistics authority, the volume of […]
The coup in Niger has drawn strong condemnation from much of the international community, but most notably the United States and France, which have troops stationed there, as Niger’s putschists on Monday accused the former colonial ruler, France, of wanting to “intervene militarily” to reinstate the country’s deposed president. West African leaders on Sunday (30 […]
Members of the European parliament rejected the money in return for migration curbs signed between the European commission and President Kais Saied. The deal includes nearly $1 billion in aid, loans and investments to help Tunisia stem the flow of migrants and comes at a context of outcry at Tunisian authorities’ brutal treatment of migrants. […]
Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas Puchades, stressed on Friday in Cordoba that his country ”supports the European Union and Morocco in concluding a new fisheries protocol for the next four years”. “Spain’s position is very clear”, said Planas in a statement to the Spanish media, describing as “positive and fruitful” the […]
Morocco and the European Union (EU) have agreed to continue their cooperation as provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the field of sustainable fisheries, which “remains in force”, in order to deepen their bilateral partnership. “Morocco and the European Union have agreed to continue their cooperation as provided for in the Partnership Agreement in […]
Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Businesses, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri, held meetings in Madrid on Wednesday and Thursday on ways to develop Morocco’s relations with international institutions in the field of skills training for new professions. The meetings, held on the sidelines of a high-level meeting on skills in the Mediterranean organized by the […]
Morocco and the European Union (EU) have announced, on Thursday in Brussels, that they will continue scientific cooperation with the “common objective of ensuring the sustainability” of fisheries resources in the region. “Morocco and the EU have taken note of the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Scientific Committee, which met last June. […]