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France has confirmed that the Prime Minister-designate Fayez Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord will be meeting, in Paris on Tuesday, with Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army, loyal to the Tobruk-based House of Representative. An official statement highlighted that the initiative is geared towards facilitating “a political agreement” between […]
The decision by Mauritanian authorities to seal off borders with Algeria as a military zone forbidden to civilians is the tree that hides the forest. The closing of the borders signals cracks in the Algerian-Mauritanian short-lived alliance. As Mauritania tilts towards its Sahel neighbors in their efforts to counter the terrorism scourge, it takes steps […]
French company Faurecia, a world leader in car parts manufacturing, is planning to build in Morocco its third plant specialized in car interiors and emissions control devices. The plant will open its doors next year in the coastal city of Kenitra, Faurecia Chief Executive Patrick Koller said in a statement, following the inauguration of the […]
PSA Group has signed a partnership agreement with leading Moroccan universities and engineering and business schools to establish an OpenLab dedicated to boosting sustainable mobility for Africa. The agreement was signed by the leading French automotive manufacturer and five Moroccan universities, two American universities with campuses in Morocco, an engineering school of Ecoles Centrales based […]
For the third time in a year, French justice has condemned the self-proclaimed kick boxing champion Zakaria Moumni for defamation against the Moroccan king’s private secretary, Mounir El Majidi. Last Wednesday (July 5), the 17th Civil Chamber of the Paris High Court sentenced Zakaria Moumni for defamation in the lawsuit brought against him by Mounir […]
The absence of Algeria from a meeting on Sahel security held on July 3 in Seville between the Interior Ministers of Spain, France and Morocco shows the low expectations of the international community of the Algerian regime when it comes to countering terrorism in the Sahel. During the Seville meeting, the participating ministers agreed on […]
French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday told media in an interview that the removal of Bashar al-Assad was no longer a priority for France, adding that the embattled Syrian President represents an important pillar in the fight against terrorists. “The real change I’ve made on this question is that I haven’t said deposing Bashar al-Assad is […]
France’s new President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that the “invasions” of foreign forces in Libya to end Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s rule in 2011 was an error. In an interview with European Media, a part of which was published by Il Corriere della Sera newspaper, the French President said “(France) was wrong to join the war […]
The UN Security Council unanimously welcomed in a resolution the deployment of a military force by West African states to combat terrorism and arms, drug and human trafficking in the Sahel region after France and the US reached a consensus on the issue. To secure the support of the US, France softened the resolution language […]
France attached utmost importance to its special political, economic and security ties with Morocco as evidenced by the recent visit of the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco, a visit that set the future of ties between the two countries on the track of “becoming an axis in global geopolitics,” writes Rudroneel Ghosh […]