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The US Development agency USAID has donated to Côte d’Ivoire more than 2 million doses of Pfizer to help the West African country to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The US embassy in capital Abidjan said in a statement that the vaccines will support the efforts of authorities to vaccinate 52 per cent of the population, […]
The U.S. has donated military equipment including vehicles to the Nigerien armed forces to fight terrorism in the Sahel country. “The United States of America has just donated a significant amount of equipment to strengthen the capacity of the Special Forces Training Center in Tillia and the Peacekeeping Training Center in Ouallam, two strategic entities […]
The United States should help boost Morocco’s military-industrial capability to counter the threat of Iranian destabilization via Algeria in Africa and the Middle East, says a Washington-based think tank. In an Op-Ed published by Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA, retired army Gen. Steven Blum and policy analyst Samuel Millner stress the importance […]
The United States has decided to support Morocco with integrated air defense networks against missile & drones’ attacks, dealing another hard blow to the Polisario militias, which are armed, funded and sheltered by the ruling Algerian military junta. The decision has been approved lately by the U.S. Congress in its vote for the appropriation bill […]
Israel and the U.S. plan to build on the regional alignment under the Abraham accords in order to counter Iran’s influence, US media reported. The renewed Israel-U.S. cooperation to curb Iran’s influence in the region will be discussed between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is paying his first visit to Washington, and President Biden. […]
The United States has reaffirmed its recognition of Morocco’s undivided official map that includes the Sahara following the American recognition in December 2020 of Moroccan full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory. On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Rabat said that the official MAP of Morocco adopted by the U.S. government is […]
As violent clashes intensify between Israelis and Palestinians, the U.S. administration has reached out to Morocco for its peacemaking leverage to end hostilities in the region. In this connection, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita this Tuesday. “The Secretary and the Foreign Minister discussed their shared […]
The African Lion military exercises kicked off with the participation of about 1300 military personnel from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Spain and Tunisia. “We are excited to conduct training with our Moroccan partners. African Lion gives us the ability to enhance our operational capabilities in an unfamiliar, yet non-austere, […]
The Flintlock 2017 military exercises were launched in the Tifnit training base in Morocco’s southern zone area of operations with the participation of US experts and more than 2,000 military personnel from 24 African and Western nations. The tenth annual iteration of the exercise was launched by Moroccan and US military representatives on February 27 […]
U.S. exports to Morocco have more than tripled in the decade following the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, Global Trade Magazine says in an Article on August 31. Citing data released by the International Trade Administration, the Magazine notes that with the entry into force of the Morocco-USA […]