Tag: France

Sahel: France to Negotiate US Troops Exit Plan

January 16, 2020

France’s Armed Forces Minister is traveling to Washington in the coming days to discuss US military support to French forces in the Sahel region, the ... Read More

Morocco’s Company Nareva Wins Energy Deal in Tunisia

January 16, 2020

The consortium led by Moroccan energy company NAREVA and French ENGIE group won an international bid for the construction of 120 MWp solar power plant ... Read More

France to deploy more soldiers to West Africa, Sahel

January 14, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and five African leaders agreed that French troops would remain in the Sahel region to fight against Islamist militants and sending ... Read More

Terrorism: Macron meets G5-Sahel Countries’ leaders

January 13, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting this Monday the presidents of the five countries forming the G5-Sahel, namely Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, ... Read More

Orange Opens Africa, Middle East Hub in Morocco

January 10, 2020

French telecom giant Orange this week inaugurated an operational head office in Morocco to transfer operational management of its African and Middle Eastern activities from ... Read More

Railways: Morocco’s ONCF Receives First Batch of Prima Electric Locomotives

January 3, 2020

Morocco’s national railway operator ONCF has received lately the first of 30 Prima M4 locomotives being manufactured by the French Alstom company under a €130 ... Read More

West Africa to replace CFA franc; new currency pegged to the Euro

December 23, 2019

Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has announced that West Africa’s monetary union has agreed with France to rename its CFA franc the Eco and cut ... Read More

French raid kills 33 terrorists in Mali – France’s Macron

December 22, 2019

A raid by French troops in Mali has killed 33 Islamist militants last weekend using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone, near the border ... Read More

Morocco, France seal a dozen agreements; AFD extends €150 Million loan for Youth Economic Integration

December 21, 2019

The 14th France-Morocco high level meeting held in Paris Thursday was marked by the signing of a dozen agreements intended to give a new dynamic ... Read More

President Macron Expected in Morocco in February- Press Report

December 19, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to pay a two-day visit to Morocco on February 12-13 next year. The date of the visit was confirmed ... Read More