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M62, an umbrella of civil society organizations in Niger, Sunday demanded the trial of former President Issoufou Mahamadou that they accuse of high treason for a railway contract given to French business tycoon Vincent Bollore, Anadolu news agency reports. “We demand the trial of the former President Issoufou Mahamadou by competent jurisdiction for high treason […]
France under President Emmanuel Macron seems to be more concerned about fixing its problematic past with its former Algerian colony at the expense of ties with forward-looking Morocco. Last month, President Macron visited Algeria and spoke to its aged military leadership about the need to turn the page on France’s bloody past, which ironically serves […]
Amid continuing clashes between Mozambique’s federal forces and other African allies against Islamist militants in the Cabo Delgado Province, the country’s president Filipe Nyusi has called on Western energy companies to resume work, assuring them security situation had improved in the conflict-torn region. Addressing the Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit in Maputo Wednesday (14 September), […]
Morocco has received the first batch of its order of 36 Caesar howitzers as part of a push to modernize all segments of its air, sea and land forces, local media reports. The new procurement will deepen the gap between Morocco and its Algerian rival further reinforcing the capabilities of the Moroccan artillery. The French […]
French President Emmanuel Macron said he will pay a visit to Morocco in late October, after wrapping up a visit to Algiers in which no major investment agreement was signed. Macron made the statement while talking to a group of festival goers at Touquet Music Beach. Macron last visited Morocco in November 2018 to inaugurate […]
Since the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco in Nov. 2018 to launch a high-speed train not much has been achieved in political ties between the two countries, leading analysts to argue that the current form of bilateral ties has hit the limit. France remains the first investor in Morocco with French automotive […]
The number of rejected visas by the French consular services in Morocco has surged in recent months after France’s decision to slash the number of entry permits granted to Moroccans, Tunisians and Algerians, a move that propelled Morocco’s National Federation of Consumer Rights to intervene demanding compensations for rejected applications. According to French media, visas […]
Several NGOs and associations of Algerian expatriates have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to raise the issue of deteriorating human rights situation with Algerian leaders during his planned three-day visit to this Maghreban country starting Aug.25. In a letter signed by 13 Diaspora organizations, including “Action citoyenne pour l’Algérie”, “Collectif des Familles de disparus […]
Mali has accused France of violating its airspace and supporting “terrorist groups” by delivering weapons to armed groups, the latest in a barrage of accusations that have strained the relationship between the West African country and the former colonial power. In a recent letter to the UN Security Council’s president, Mali’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Abdoulaye […]
Exiled Chadian rebel leader Timan Erdimi has returned to his homeland after a decade in exile in Qatar for talks aiming to pave the way for democratic elections, though boycotts by rebel and opposition groups remain major hurdles. The 67-year-old Erdimi, who heads the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) returned to Chad Thursday (18 August), […]