(MENAFN) Algeria has canceled a longstanding visa exemption agreement for French diplomats and service passport holders, responding to what it described as France’s “provocation, intimidation, and bargaining” in an escalating diplomatic dispute....
This week, US President Donald Trump makes his inaugural visit to the Middle East since the start of his second term, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on May 13-16. Amid the heightened focus on US policy toward the...
(MENAFN) Algeria has annulled a ten-year-old pact that allowed French diplomatic and service passport holders to travel without visas. This move is a response to what Algeria described as France’s “provocation, intimidation, and bargaining” amid...
(MENAFN) Algeria has canceled a decade-old visa-free travel agreement for French diplomatic and service passport holders, responding to what it described as France’s “provocation, intimidation, and bargaining” amid worsening bilateral relations....
Honourable House Chairperson, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Moraka, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Director-General Zane Dangor and Members of the South African...
Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment. Through attracting Foreign Direct Investment, we intend to...
Honourable Speaker / House Chair, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Botes, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Senior Officials of DIRCO led by Director-General Zane...
SLOVENIA, April 18 - During Minister Fajon's visit to Rabat last year, the two ministers signed the Joint Declaration on further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Friendly relations between Slovenia and Morocco have recently...
(MENAFN) French President Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune held a lengthy and candid phone conversation to address rising tensions and strained relations between their countries, the Élysée Palace announced Monday. The...
Introduction The Middle East and North Africa has the potential to become the world’s largest renewable energy-producing region. Solar energy is MENA’s most abundant renewable energy resource. The Sahara Desert, which covers the majority of North...
Rabat — Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita will travel to China on September 19-20 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday that Bourita is going on a visit based on an invitation from...
The United Nations General Assembly is meeting in New York this month after 80 years of trying to help bring about world peace. But do you care? Should we care? The fact that UNGA continues is positive, a sign of goodwill and good people coming...
POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading from Africa’s impoverished western coast to the Canary Islands. The ramshackle wooden vessel –...
The United Nations General Assembly is meeting in New York this month after 80 years of trying to help bring about world peace. But do you care? Should we care? The fact that UNGA continues is positive, a sign of goodwill and good people coming...
The French town of Dreux considers ignoring a ruling in the French courts and to engage with a controversial energy operation in occupied Western Sahara. A company partly owned by the French town of Dreux is seeking opportunities to engage with...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Bahrain?s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani standby prior to signing the Abraham Accords with U.S. President Donald Trump at the...
Police detectives have started an investigation as “at least” 50 migrants have been tortured shot, murdered and thrown into the sea after they were accused of witchcraft. The boat was carrying around 300 people and bound for Europe and the...
Rabat – As foreign companies continue to explore opportunities in Morocco’s southern provinces, the separatist Polisario Front and its dwindling cohort of global advocates are growing desperate to halt this momentum before it gathers more steam....
Moroccan authorities on Sunday barred two foreign activists supportive of the separatist Polisario Front from entering the city of Laayoune, citing national sovereignty and legal entry requirements for foreigners. The two women, Ilaf Hassan Qasim,...
Iran and its Resistance Axis suffered heavy blows since October 7, 2023: Syria’s Assad regime lost, Hezbollah decimated, the Houthis degraded, and Hamas annihilated. Yet the Axis is not shrinking. Its latest addition is the Polisario Front, which...
