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German Minister of State for Migration Bernd Kroeser expressed Germany’s willingness to collaborate with Libya, both bilaterally and through the European Union Commission, to address illegal immigration. The remarks were made during a meeting with Libya’s acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taher Al-Baour, on Wednesday. Talks focused on illegal immigration and the efforts by Libyan […]
Germany’s top diplomat has talked up the prospect of closer political ties with Senegal and the Ivory Coast, two of the last democracies in a region otherwise plagued by sectarian conflict, in the latest attempt by a senior EU politician to rebuild the bloc’s political influence in West Africa. Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is […]
Morocco and Germany signed a climate and energy alliance that includes cooperation in green hydrogen, to which Morocco attaches utmost importance in its energy diversification plans. The alliance was signed by Foreign minister Nasser Bourita and German Development Minister Svenja Schulze in Berlin. Hydrogen is key to Germany’s goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2045. […]
Germany commended the social and economic reforms carried out by Morocco, and the kingdom’s active contribution to peace and stability in the region under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, and said it is closely following the royal initiative meant to enable Sahel States access the Atlantic Ocean. Germany welcomed “the reforms carried out by […]
Germany considers the Moroccan autonomy plan to be “a good basis and a very good foundation for the final settlement” of the Sahara conflict, said, on Friday in Berlin, German Federal Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock. Speaking at a press conference held at the end of the first session of the bilateral strategic dialogue between Morocco […]
Ways and means to strengthen security cooperation between Rabat and Berlin in counterterrorism, struggle against organized cross-border crime, and security measures during major sporting events were at the focus of talks held this week in Berlin by Director General of the DGSN-DGST (Moroccan police and intelligence services), Abdellatif Hammouchi, with senior officials of the German […]
Germany has granted Morocco a €100 million loan to assist the Kingdom’s earthquake reconstruction program, alleviate the socio-economic burdens placed on the local population, and assist in managing the aftermath of the disaster that hit Morocco in September last year. The loan agreement was signed in Rabat on Wednesday by Minister in charge of Budget, […]
Angered by a proposal in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany, claiming that, contrary to some misconceptions in Europe, an explosion in the number of the mammals roaming his country has produced a “plague”. In comments published by German tabloid Bild […]
Police officers of the town of Guercif arrested, on Monday, a 63-year-old Dutch national of Egyptian origin, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by German judicial authorities. A check of the database of the International Criminal Police Organization “INTERPOL” revealed that the suspect was wanted internationally under an arrest warrant […]
Botswana’s President strongly protested against a German plan to restrict imports of hunting trophies from the African country. Germany raised sustainability and poaching concern for its hunting trophy restrictions. President Mokgweetsi Masisi responded to the decision saying he would send 20,000 elephants as a gift to Germany, complaining of an over elephant population. “It is […]