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A new momentum was added to Morocco’s Africa foreign policy with the recent eastern African tour undertaken by King Mohammed VI to Rwanda and Tanzania. This impetus will be strengthened with another Royal visit to two longstanding friends of Morocco in western Africa, namely Gabon and Senegal. The news was related by the Arabic speaking […]
More countries have joined the group of 28 member states of the African union, which addressed last Monday a motion to the AU chair expressing support to Morocco’s return to its African family and demanding the suspension of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic from the pan-African organization. In this vein, Egypt’s Ambassador in Rabat, Ihab Jamaleddine […]
The days of the self-proclaimed SADR as a member of the African Union seem to be counted after 28 African countries called for suspending the membership of the Algerian-based republic from all the bodies and activities of the African Union. This came in a motion submitted by the 28 African nations to the President of […]
Morocco Made Huge Strides in Girls’ Education, U.S. Commits to Help in these Efforts, Michelle Obama U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama who has just paid a two-day visit to Morocco underlined that the North African country has made “huge strides” in girls’ education and that nearly all Moroccan girls attend elementary school. “Morocco has made […]
The White House has confirmed that First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Morocco on June 28 and 29. The visit, which is part of the Let Girls Learn initiative, will take place after a visit to Liberia. She will highlight during her trip in these two African countries the US Government’s work to help adolescent […]
The Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara smashed again requests by supporters who want him to change the constitution to be able to stand for another third term in office. “Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and I concerted each other and we said no, we don’t need that,” President Alassane Ouattara said in the presence of the Liberian President. […]
African Restoration Initiative, a coalition of African countries and donors unveiled on Sunday, an ambitious initiative on the side-lines of a crunch UN climate conference, to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2030. The ambitious project for which nine financial partners and 10 technical-support partners have already pledged support, aims to […]
Ankara has replied through its Foreign Ministry to a posting on Facebook threatening to shoot down any Turkish plane that enters Libyan airspace. The account is believed to be used by the Libyan Air Force. Turkish Airlines is the only foreign commercial company that has been flying to the country but announced the suspension of […]
Mauritania and Morocco were the only two Maghreban countries that took part in the international maritime security cooperation exercise organized lately off the Mauritanian and Senegalese coasts. This regional naval drill, dubbed “Saharan Express 2013”, aims to enhance maritime security and improve communication cooperation between the U.S., West African countries and their key European partners. […]
Doing business in North Africa seems to be very challenging and still largely for the intrepid. The World Bank’s annual survey ‘Doing Business’ provides data on the relative easiness (or difficulty) of running a business around the world. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is more conducive […]