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Means and ways of bolstering cooperation between Morocco and Belgium in matters of security, counterterrorism, and struggle against transnational organized crime were reviewed by Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN-DGST) and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Paul Van Tigchelt, as well as the Acting General Administrator of […]
The appointment by the Guinea-Bissau’s president of two new officials responsible for his security — in a country accustomed to coups — are seen by experts and observers in the context of recent coups in Niger and Gabon and other nations in the Francophone Africa Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has appointed Generals Tomas Djassi […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave, Sunday July 30, the new leaders in Niger, one week to give up power and restore elected leader Mohamed Bazoum deposed last week by a junta accusing him of “failing to address the security situation in the country”. General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of the powerful […]
After more than a two-year delay, the EU Council finally ratified (20 July) a new treaty with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that covers a wide range of areas, from sustainable development and growth, to human rights and peace and security. Recognized as one of the EU’s oldest and broadest cooperations with other countries, the […]
When African leaders meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg in late July for a summit, their discussions will likely be overshadowed by Russia’s pull-out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative that could badly damage Moscow’s relations with its African partners. Billed as strengthening cooperation in peace, security, and development, the Russia-Africa Summit […]
The Moroccan-Russian relations and the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit due in St. Petersburg July 27-29 were at the center of talks held Wednesday in Moscow between Moroccan ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara and deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov. The two parties also discussed bilateral political dialogue on regional issues of common concern, said the Russian foreign […]
Moroccan-Israeli relations are gaining momentum as evidenced by the growing number of cooperation deals sealed by the two countries in various sectors, including tourism, defense, industry, scientific research, agriculture, water, IT, healthcare, and security. On Friday, the two countries agreed to strengthen their cooperation ties in the health sector under an agreement inked in Rabat […]
Egypt and Angola signed Wednesday two Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in fields of security and groundwater on the sideline of the visit of the Egyptian leader Abdelfattah al-Sisi. Angolan President Joao Lourenco and his guest al-Sisi witnessed the signings following talks between the two leaders. The talks according to al-Sisi’s Office covered a […]
France’s development agency, AFD, and Niger have inked a financing agreement for two projects worth 22 million euros in the African country. The first project focusing on household food security, will benefit from a 10 million euros subsidy to support the most vulnerable households by improving their food security. Local NGO Karkara and the national […]
The Government of Kyiv has voiced strong support for Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty, describing the plan as a “serious and credible” basis for reaching a “successful” settlement to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand was expressed by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a joint press briefing held […]