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The EU, France, Spain and Germany have welcomed the appointment of Germany’s former President Horst Köhler as new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Sahara. “The EU is looking forward to working with Kohler,” said an EU Spokesperson in a statement to Morocco’s news agency. “The EU continues to encourage all parties […]
Over 2200 Algerian nationals will be expelled from Germany after their asylum applications were rejected, according to German magazine Funke Mediengruppe. These Algerians, currently in illegal situation, will be sent home as the repatriation agreement signed between Algeria and Germany has entered into force, explained the magazine, saying that German Minister for Economic Cooperation and […]
While the tourism sector in Egypt was hardly showing signs of recovery, terrorism once again touched this core of the Egyptian economy, with consequences likely to be catastrophic. Following the knife attack targeting tourists at the resort of Hurghada on the Red Sea, on July 14, the Egyptian government has strengthened security measures around major […]
Morocco and Tunisia are listed in a group of five African countries that have first pledged reforms under the Compact with Africa Initiative, a Germany’s flagship G20-Africa Partnership project aiming to improve economic conditions across the continent. The three other countries having registered their interest with the G20 are Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Senegal. More […]
Germany pledged Thursday to provide an additional $3.9 million to help Libya improve living conditions of refugees in the North African country. The pledge comes in response to a call from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. The German assistance was announced during the visit Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel paid to Tripoli. He said Germany is […]
The growing diplomatic rift between Qatar and other regional Doha as S&P downgraded its credit rating from AA to AA- while warning that further steps in this vein could follow. The decision was made late on Wednesday. The crisis has also reflected on the country’s stock market as it slipped by 9%. The riyal has […]
Turkish President could see his dream to host NATO 2018 Summit in Istanbul shattered as Germany, France and The Netherlands push for the conference to take place elsewhere, in protest against Ankara’s internal policy. German media Welt.de reported that Berlin aided by Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and a number of other EU members of the NATO […]
Leaked documents of the German Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) show that Germany is planning a project to build two reception centres in Morocco to deport underage refugees who are involved in criminal activities, the German Die Tageszeitung (taz) daily newspaper reported. Each centre will have a capacity to host 100 minors and […]
The Strait of Gibraltar is the venue of the Jebel Tarik 2017 joint military training between Morocco’s parachutist brigade, the Moroccan Deuxieme Brigade d’Infanterie Parachutiste (2BIP) and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. FAR-Maroc, a website specializing in military issues, said that a second military exercise will take place in the region of Marrakech in the Middle […]
German authorities have established a list of 100 migrants, including several Moroccans, flagged dangerous for national security and are on the verge of deporting them to their home countries. A total of 900 migrants have been flagged ‘dangerous’ but 100 have been put on the deportation list, Moroccan Arabic media Al Massae reports. The list […]