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The Wall Street Journal highlighted the independence declaration by Kabylia’s MAK movement after years of repression under the Algerian regime. “After half a century of working with human-rights and democratic groups in Algeria to liberalize the one-party police state, Kabyle spokesmen, including Mr. Mehenni, brought the case for decolonization to the U.N. A few days […]
Russia has found alternative markets to the European space as North African countries now line up for purchases of the Russian oil products despite western sanctions, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has revealed. The US media outlet in a report notes that Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia have stepped forward to become voracious buyers of its […]
Last April, just few months before he hands over power, the former Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, whose country is involved in the UN talks to resolve the Sahara conflict, made a “confidence” to the Palestinian journalist, Abdel Bari Attwane. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz had then revealed that Western countries simply do not want the establishment […]
Morocco has invested heavily in ports infrastructure to become a competitor of its European neighbors, Spain and Portugal, in port-related items in international rankings, Jaime Pérez-Seoane de Zunzunegui, regional editor for North Africa for Oxford Business Group told the Wall Street Journal. “Morocco’s ports really shine, ranking 16th globally for liner shipping connectivity, and 28th […]
Morocco topped the podium of the biggest car producers in the African continent, outpacing South Africa, the Wall Street Journal reported. In 2017, Morocco’s two leading car factories in Tangier and Kenitra achieved a joint output of 376,000 cars, worth 70 billion dirhams. In South Africa, only 331,000 cars were made the same year. Between […]
Leading international papers commented on Morocco’s readmission to the African Union after 33 years of absence as a landmark diplomatic victory reflecting the north African Kingdom’s growing economic and political clout in the continent. Morocco whose bid to reintegrate the African Union was endorsed by 39 of the 54 AU member countries is officially a […]