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Switzerland has unveiled its 2025-2028 Economic Cooperation Program with Morocco, reinforcing bilateral ties through targeted initiatives in sustainable development, innovation, and market access. The program launch in Rabat this week included the signing of a sustainable tourism project for the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, demonstrating immediate implementation of strategic objectives. Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs […]
In a bold step to safeguard global trade from rising protectionism, fourteen small and medium-sized countries, including Morocco and Rwanda, have officially launched the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership, a new international alliance aimed at promoting open markets, attracting investment, and addressing modern trade challenges. Announced during a virtual ministerial meeting attended by […]
Tunisia’s textile exports grew by 2.61 percent in the first five months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 3.94 billion dinars (€1.18 billion), according to Economy and Planning Minister Samir Abdelhafidh. Speaking at a seminar held in Monastir on Wednesday, August 27, he projected that exports could total 9.36 billion dinars […]
President of the Swiss National Council, Eric Nussbaumer, expressed, Tuesday in Rabat, his country’s support for a “just, lasting and mutually acceptable” political solution to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. “Switzerland supports the efforts of the United Nations and the work of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, […]
The Swiss government has affirmed that “there is no official representation of the polisario front either at the UN Office in Geneva or to the Federal Council,” dealing another blow to the Algeria-backed separatist group. In a diplomatic note addressed to the Moroccan embassy in Bern, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said “the […]
Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday (15 May) fund a former Gambian interior minister guilty of crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the West African country’s security forces under former dictator Yahya Jammeh. After four months of hearing, the Swiss court in Bellinzona sentenced Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s government minister from 2006 […]
Africa Collective, an independent, business-driven network dedicated to creating a platform for exchange and action on African topics, will kick off a series of activities during the time of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which takes place January 15-19 in Davos, Switzerland. Held in partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Africa […]
The trial of Ousman Sonko, a Gambian ex-interior minister accused of crimes against humanity committed under the regime of a former dictator Yahya Jammeh from 2006 until 2016, began in a federal court in Switzerland on Monday (8 January). Sonko is the highest-ranking official under Jammeh’s dictatorship, to be prosecuted for widespread rights abuses. Sonko […]
The Swiss ambassador to Libya, Joseph Ringli, has surrendered to the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs a list of items, including antiquities belonging the North African country, seized inside Switzerland, Libya Observer reports. The announcement came in statements by the Director of the Antiquities Authority, Mohammed Faraj. Faraj indicated that appointments had been set with […]
The Attorney General of Switzerland has filed an indictment in the Federal Criminal Court against former Algerian defense minister Khaled Nezzar for crimes against humanity committed during the 1990s civil war. According to the indictment, Nezzar is accused of violating the laws of armed conflicts in accordance with the Geneva Conventions between 1992 and 1994 […]