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International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, called on Algeria to honor its commitments under the 1951 Geneva convention and to bring to a halt all mass deportations of Sub Sharan migrants. The call was expressed in a statement released Friday after Algerian authorities rounded up more than 1400 sub-Saharan migrants in Algiers and deported them […]
It is official! King Mohammed VI of Morocco flew on Tuesday to Rwanda, first leg of a tour in Eastern Africa that will also take him to Ethiopia and Tanzania. The King’s first tour to the English speaking states east of the continent is part of an African strategy that has so far yielded fruitful […]
Morocco’s Attijariwafa bank Group has officially taken over British Barclay’s Egypt branch, reports say. Attijariwafa bank Group, Morocco’s leading bank group, won the transaction after beating several global bank groups, among which Emirati NBD headquartered in Dubai. The transaction estimated at $400 million will enable the Moroccan financial institution to expand its already wide network […]
Algeria’s ambiguity and its suspicious role in the fight against terrorism were raised during the meeting of Presidents and Speakers of Parliaments from the 47 Council of Europe member states, held on September 15-16 in Strasbourg. The remarks made at the Congress signal a growing confidence crisis between Algiers and the EU regarding the fight […]
Morocco’s leading banking group, Attijariwafa bank, has submitted a bid to take over British Barclay’s Egypt branch, a source close to the Moroccan institution told Reuters. The transaction has been estimated at $400 million. Barclay has decided to get rid of its Egypt’s branch as part of structural adjustment policy in a move to generate […]
Morocco will ship military equipment to Niger to help the sub-Saharan country thwart the incursions of the terrorist group Boko Haram from neighboring Nigeria, a Moroccan source requesting anonymity told French daily, Le Monde. “King Mohammed VI allowed, out of solidarity with Niger, the supply of military equipment-with the exception of lethal ammunition- to support […]
UNSMIL Head Martin Kobler announced Wednesday he has been refused landing in Tripoli as he tries to establish the unity government in the capital city controlled by anti-UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA.) Kobler via his twitter account indicated that he had to call off his trip to Tripoli after Islamists ruling the capital refused […]
Tunisian capital Tunis will host on March 21 a regional ministerial meeting of Libya’s neighbors to discuss political turmoil which has crippled the North African country since the ouster of Gadhafi and is posing threats to the internal security of its neighbors due to the increasing expansion of terror Islamic State. The forthcoming meeting will […]
Intelligence sources have claimed that the militants of the IS group in Libya have begun to flee southwards and could be heading to neighboring Sahel countries as fears over western airstrikes increase. Colonel Mahamane Laminou Sani, Director of Niger’s armed forces documentation and military intelligence agency, confirmed that militants of the extremist group are “moving […]
Maroc Telecom, the partly state-owned telecommunications operator in Morocco, which is the third mobile operator in Côte d’Ivoire under its local branch Moov, announced it is increasing its investments in the West African country. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Abdeslam Ahizoune at a meeting with Ivorian President during a visit to Abidjan. […]