Western Sahara: After Saadani, Louisa Hanoune Decries Algeria’s Support To The Polisario
Sahara News by Ali Haidar An Algerian political leader has publicly decried Algeria’s unconditional support to the Polisario Front and called the rulers to normalize relations with neighboring Morocco. In an unusual move, the Secretary General of the Workers’ Party,...
Africa: Governance Issues Committee Reviews Experiments Of South Africa And Morocco On Reconciliation
All Africa Sudan News Agency (Khartoum) The committee for governance and implementing the national dialogue outcome of the National Dialogue Conference Thursday discussed a paper on the experiments of South Africa and Morocco in the field of reconciliation and equity,...
Russia Cracks Down On Turkey Food Imports After Jet Downed
Reuters by Polina Devitt and Olga Sichkar Russia has increased checks on food and agriculture imports from Turkey, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, in the first public move to curb trade in a dispute with Ankara for downing a Russian fighter jet. The...
Morocco Arrests Three Suspected Islamic State Militants
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Moroccan police have arrested three people suspected of belonging to a militant cell with ties to the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The cell, the latest in a series of Islamist militant groups the authorities...
In A Domino Effect, Balkan Countries Close Borders To Those Fleeing Poverty, Trigger Pileups
US News & World Report By Dusan Stojanovic, AP Migrants sit at no man's land near Idomeni village, northern Greece on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. The United Nations refugee agency says Macedonia has begun allowing only people from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to cross...
UK, Morocco Conduct Joint Exercise
Shephard News by the Shephard News Team The UK and Moroccan armed forces have conducted Jebel Sahara, a month-long joint training exercise which concluded in the third week of November, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 23 November. Around 500 troops from...
UNEP Research Presented At World Forum On Natural Capital Finds Economic, Social Benefits From Efficient Water Use In Morocco And Kazakhstan
United Nations Environment Programme UNEP.org United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) research presented at the second World Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh has found that efficient water use can bring economic and social gains in Morocco and Kazakhstan. The...
Sanlam, Santam In $375m Morocco Bet
Independent online Business by: John Viljoen Johannesburg - South African insurers Sanlam and Santam agreed to buy a 30 percent stake in Saham Finances of Morocco for $375 million to gain access to insurance markets in West and North Africa. The stake will be...
New Market Study, “Pre-Paid Cards In Morocco”, Has Been Published
USPRWIRE In Morocco, closed loop is the main significant category of pre-paid bank cards in 2015. The main reason behind this drive is the strong competition from debit cards, with many consumers opting for these rather than for open loop pre-paid cards, due to their...
Belgium Seeks Morocco’s Help To Track Paris Attacker
Yahoo! News AFP Belgium has asked Morocco to share any intelligence it has to help track a key suspect in connection with the Paris attacks, the interior ministry in Rabat said Monday. A statement said King Philippe made the request in a telephone conversation with...