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UK’s largest coach operator, National Express Group, has announced that its Spanish and Moroccan division, ALSA, has won a €1 billion bus contract in Morocco. The 15-year deal, which includes an option of a further 7-year extension, will enable ALSA to expand its services in the North African Kingdom. The transportation company, which will operate […]
Morocco’s Agriculture and Fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch is visiting London where he held talks with UK secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove centering on the impact of Brexit on bilateral cooperation. The meeting was an opportunity for the two ministers to review the relations between Morocco and the United Kingdom […]
UK has promised to offer Libya technical expertise and practical support to help the North African country in its efforts to curb illegal migration. The pledge was made by British Minister for Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, during talks in Tripoli Monday, with UN-backed Libyan officials. Talks discussed how Britain can help Libya, […]
The UK announced the allocation of £3 billion to companies willing to export to Morocco or operate in the North African country whose business climate, geographic location and qualified labor is luring companies targeting the African market. This announcement was made Tuesday in London by representative of the UK Department for International Trade in Morocco, […]
Morocco’s steady efforts to promote legal migration and fight all sorts of criminal activities linked to illegal migration have earned it the support and respect in the European continent to an extent that Rabat has become a must-stop capital in all efforts to tackle migration in the Mediterranean. In a recent visit, Finnish Interior Minister […]
A panel of British lawmakers has submitted a request to visit former President Mohamed Morsi in detention since he was overthrown in 2013 by incumbent President who is seeking a second term in office. The group, made of the UK’s two leading parties, Conservative and Labor, reportedly wrote to Egypt’s UK ambassador to request a […]
British tourists started this week returning to Tunisia after the 2015 terrorist attack in Sousse, which claimed 38 lives, including 30 Britons, and left 39 wounded. The return of British holidaymakers to this North African country is arranged by Thomas Cook, one of Europe’s biggest tour operators, which resumed tourist flights from Birmingham, Manchester and […]
The UK prepares to support French counterterrorism efforts in the Sahel region, through providing surveillance aircraft and helicopters, British government sources told different media outlets. Currently about 4,500 French troops are engaged in counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel where France has spearheaded efforts to create a joint-military force bringing together soldiers from five Sahel countries […]
The UK government has been accused of putting arms sales to despots ahead of human rights as British arms manufacturers have exported almost £5bn worth of weapons to countries that are judged to have repressive regimes, including Algeria, in the 22 months since the Conservative party won the latest election, the Guardian reported. Algeria was […]
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, in an interview with BBC Radio on Monday admitted that the removal of Libya’s strongman Colonel Muammar Gadhafi from power has been a tragedy for Libyans. According to the British Top Diplomat, the killing of Gadhafi in 2011 has plunged the North African oil-rich […]