Morocco is a “critical partner” in countering violent extremism, said Monday US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul. “Morocco is a critical partner, one that shares U.S. interests and objectives in countering violent extremism and addressing not only in the Sahel but across Africa the conditions that give rise to Daesh’s expansion,” Stroul pointed out…
Battles raging in Sudan have sparked multiple evacuation operations to rescue foreign citizens or embassy staff by road, air and sea. The main airport in the capital Khartoum has been the site of heavy fighting and is under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that is battling the army. Some evacuations are…
Ecuador and Peru are currently in a state of shock and devastation after a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the region on Saturday. The quake hit the Guayas province in Ecuador’s coastal area at noon on Saturday, leaving at least 15 people dead and several hundred injured. The disaster has prompted Ecuadorian and Peruvian authorities…
The Biden administration, brushing aside pressure from environmentalists, on Monday approved a controversial oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. The Interior Department gave the green light to US energy giant ConocoPhillips to drill for oil at three sites in the federally owned National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’s pristine western Arctic. During the 2020 presidential…
The geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East are set to change following the signing of an agreement to restore ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, analysts and local figures predict. The China-brokered agreement was signed on Friday in Beijing, ending a seven-year rift between the two countries, with the two foreign ministers set to discuss…
Morocco was unanimously elected, Thursday in Belgrade, to the presidency of the World Veterans Federation (WVF) in the person of the High Commissioner for Former Resistance Fighters and Former Members of the Liberation Army, Mustapha El Ktiri. This election took place during the 30th General Assembly of the WVF, held from 06 to 10 March…
Morocco stressed Algeria’s responsibility, as host country, to guarantee safe and unrestricted humanitarian access to the Tindouf camps and to allow free registration of the detained populations in the camps, in accordance with its obligations and the provisions of international humanitarian law. In his speech at the 86th meeting of the UNHCR Standing Committee (7-9…
Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout amid boycotts following President Kais Saied’s July 2021 power grab. The new assembly, elected in two rounds in December and January that saw a voter turnout of just over 11 percent, held its first session…
