First Independent Mena Newspaper
The participation of Morocco at the high-level G5 security summit in the Chadian capital Ndjamena confirms Morocco’s commitment to multilateralism in addressing security and peace issues in the Sahel, in keeping with its solidarity-based foreign policy towards its African neighbors. The invitation of Morocco to such a key event attended by heads of state of […]
Al Qaeda in the Sahel is currently developing an “expansion project” towards the Gulf of Guinea, particularly Côte d’Ivoire and Benin, said Bernard Emié, head of French foreign intelligence. Bernard Emié made the remarks Monday while taking part in an executive committee meeting devoted to the fight against terrorism at the Orléans-Bricy air base, during […]
One hundred people were killed in Niger Saturday and Sunday, between the two rounds of the presidential election, while two French soldiers from the Barkhane force were killed Saturday in Mali. In Niger, the one hundred people were killed in the attack on two villages in the west, one of the worst massacres of civilians […]
The blocking of the free movement of people and goods by the “polisario” undermines peace and security in the Maghreb and Sahel region, said the deputy speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies (lower house) and Chairman of the Czech-Morocco Friendship Group Vojtech Filip. The blocking of the free movement of people and goods […]
The Polisario is involved in the trafficking of arms, people and drugs and represents therefore a real threat to security in the Sahel region, said on Friday former French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls. Valls, who was the guest of Spanish TV Channel “Antena3”, described as “irresponsible” the positions of Podemos, a minority party in the […]
Chad Monday threw its weight behind Morocco’s autonomy proposal for the Sahara, whose independence is claimed by the Algeria-backed separatist Polisario front. Chadian Foreign Minister Amine Abba Sidick stressed his country’s position as he visited his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita in Rabat. Chad, the Foreign Minister recalled, has severed ties with the pseudo-Sahrawi Republic since […]
Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi, targeted by an international arrest warrant issued by the regime of former Mauritanian President Ould Abdelaziz, returned Sunday, October 18 after eleven years in exile. After eleven years of exile, Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi returned to the country Sunday evening on board a […]
Algeria Tuesday registered over 1,000 cases of malaria, one year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the country malaria-free. The cases, according to the health ministry, are imported cases and have been spotted in five governorates namely Tamanrasset (918), Adrar (96), Illizi (89), Ouargla (5) and Ghardaïa (2). The ministry noted that every year, […]
The United States announced last week nearly $152 million in humanitarian assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region countries of Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Mali. US Special Envoy to the Sahel Peter Pham announced the aid following a trip to West Africa, where he visited Mauritania and Niger. “More than […]
The surge of security threats and terrorist groups in the Sahel has imposed a closer cooperation between Morocco, which have centuries-old ties with the region and economic cooperation projects, and France with its anti-terrorism boots on the grounds. In this respect, Minister delegate in charge of Defense Abdellatif Loudiyi met in Rabat with chief of […]