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The Rabat-based general secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union called for the countries of the region to put forward a joint 2030 world football cup bid. The call was made by the Secretary General of the regional grouping, Tunisia’s Taïeb Baccouche, who urged the five member states of AMU to draw lessons from the solidarity […]
Respect for territorial integrity of member states is a sine qua non for achieving the long-sought integration of the Maghreb Union (AMU), Morocco’s Lower House Speaker Habib El Malki told AMU’s Secretary General Taieb Baccouche. During a meeting in Rabat, the two officials highlighted the wasted potential of the Maghreb as it continues to be […]
The recent Tunisian request to Algeria and Morocco for energy supply during the summer could usher a new era of cooperation between the countries of Africa’s least integrated region. The Tunisian electricity and gas utility (STEG) has called on the two Maghreb countries to help supply it with 300 megawatts during the peak summer season. […]
Morocco was ranked the most secure country in the Maghreb, according to the Law and Order Index of the US Gallup Organization. The Gallup poll found that 81% of Moroccans have confidence in their security forces compared to 79% in Algeria, 75% in Tunisia and 67% in Libya. Mauritania came last with 63% in the […]
Morocco and Tunisia signed on Tuesday two agreements destined to foster cooperation between the two North African countries in the field of civil aviation. The accords, sealed during the visit paid by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita to Tunis, seek to strengthen technical and scientific cooperation ties between the two countries’ civil aviation authorities in […]
Maghreb countries continue to make independent counterterrorism (CT) efforts, without much development of multilateral regional initiatives, says Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). In its Counterterrorism Yearbook 2018, ASPI deplores lack of coordination between Maghreb countries in the fight against the terrorism threat. Morocco has many times urged Algerian authorities to coordinate CT actions against jihadists […]
Morocco’s Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane topped the ranking of Maghreb universities for the third year in a row. The ranking, established by QS Arab Region University Ranking, includes 100 institutions from different countries in the MENA region. The study found that graduates of Al Akhawayn University have better employment prospects with more chances to […]
Algerian officials continue to issue statements calling for reviving the paralyzed Maghreb Union, a five-member regional grouping also comprising Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Libya. Recently, President Abdelaziz Boutefika sent messages on the 29th anniversary of the Union to Maghreb leaders urging collective efforts to reinvigorate the union. Few days later, Algeria’s Foreign Minister said, during […]
France is planning to host in 2018 a meeting between the countries of the Maghreb and Europe to examine the means of reinvigorating the Union for the Mediterranean. The goal was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in a speech at the Tunisian Parliament last week. He said that the UfM could not tap into […]
France and the three Maghreb countries, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, are bound by longstanding historic, cultural and economic ties that makes the three North African states a priority area in the French foreign policy. A report recently published by the Paris-based think thank, Institut Montaigne, stresses that the Maghreb is a priority area for France […]