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Algeria has recalled its ambassador to Paris Saturday, after French daily Le Monde published remarks made by President Emmanuel Macron that were deemed destabilizing for the Algerian regime. “Algeria is recalling its ambassador (Mohamed Antar-Daoud) to Paris for consultations and a statement on the matter will be broadcast on the subject,” public television said, showing […]
Morocco reacted on Tuesday to the decision of French authorities to reduce sharply the number of visas issued to Moroccan nationals amid a presidential campaign increasingly focusing on immigration. At a joint press conference held in Rabat following his meeting with Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismaël Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Morocco’s top diplomat said the French decision […]
French authorities on Tuesday expressed concern about the contingency of deploying paramilitaries of the private Russian company Wagner in Mali, warning that such a deployment could prompt the withdrawal of French troops, who have been fighting jihadist groups there for eight years. News surfaced that Bamako had been in talks with the Wagner company for […]
The Group of Seven also known as G7 through their various missions in Tunisia Monday called on President Kais Saied to propose a clear roadmap out of the ongoing exceptional measures including suspension of the parliament and seizure of the executive power that he has taken since July 25 in an alleged attempt to restore […]
French authorities have rejected categorically an Algerian request for the extradition of Ferhat Mehenni, president of the provisional government of Kabylie and leader of the Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie, a movement set up in France to demand the territory’s independence. Mr. Mehenni lives currently in France where he has been benefitting from […]
Paris has described on Tuesday Morocco as being “a great country and a friend of France” and “a crucial partner of the European Union”. Morocco is “a great country and a friend of France” and is “a crucial partner of the European Union,” the French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “Morocco is a great […]
Amnesty and Forbidden stories should apologize for their slander campaign against Morocco after the end of a ten-day deadline to provide evidence for their espionage accusations. Morocco was targeted by a hideous campaign by a media consortium led by French Le Monde, the Guardian and Washington Post accusing Rabat of espionage using spyware Pegasus but […]
Six French soldiers are detained at Bata airport. Malabo accuses France of undermining its security. A few hours after the condemnation of its vice president, Equatorial Guinea accused France of having tried to undermine the country’s security, after a French army helicopter landed at the airport of Bata without authorization. The national authorities do not […]
Moroccan ambassador to Paris Chakib Benmoussa has denounced the attempts orchestrated by networks hostile to Morocco in France and elsewhere seeking to destabilize the Kingdom and denied any spying on President Emmanuel Macron or any members of the French Government. “Morocco did not spy on President Emmanuel Macron. It did not spy on the former […]
Morocco has turned the tide in the trade balance with France over the past decade with a booming automobile industry, French ambassador Hélène Le Gal has told online media le360.ma. “We have gone from a French trade surplus to a Moroccan trade surplus, because Morocco exports much more to France than it imports. Morocco exports […]