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The foreign affairs ministry has issued Monday a statement rejecting and rebuking in the strongest terms the verbal blunders uttered by the Istiqlal party’s Secretary General, Hamid Chabat, regarding the borders and the territorial integrity of Mauritania. Chabat said at Read more
BP, oil and gas giant multinational, announced that it has signed a $916 billion joint agreement with US explorer Kosmos Energy to drill for gas offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Under this agreement, BP will acquire 62% interest in Kosmos explorations Read more
Moroccan Royal Armed Forces have thwarted an incursion on the Moroccan territory by a group of the Polisario militias, aided by some Algerian soldiers, reports say. The Polisario militias, assisted by six Algerian soldiers among whom a top officer, were Read more
King Mohammed VI voiced hope that the commitment and sincere solidarity which have always existed between the Algerian and Moroccan peoples would be rekindled so that the two neighboring countries could better defend Arab and Maghreb interests. In his speech Read more
Bahrain on Monday classified 68 organizations operating within the region and beyond as terrorist groups. The move is part of the country’s efforts to fight ideological and religious extremism and its support to international efforts geared towards assuring global peace Read more
Documents released by the US and said to be from the dossiers seized from Osama Bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan during a raid in 2011 which led to his death showed that Al-Qaeda’s branch known as the n the Islamic Read more
The Mauritanian Government has embarked on a seduction operation of Gulf investors through presentation of investments opportunities in various sectors of Mauritanian economy. A high level Mauritanian delegation, led by Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Sid’Ahmed Ould Raiss, started Read more
Mauritanian authorities are on a manhunt after an Islamist militant who is awaiting execution since 2011 after being found guilty of attempting to kill President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz escaped from the Nouakchott central prison where he was being held. Read more
Morocco and Tunisia have renewed their commitment to the Arab Maghreb Union and their shared determination to consolidate the Union that they both deem a strategic choice. This came in the joint communiqué released on Sunday at the end of Read more
Maroc Telecom, the leading telecom operator in Morocco, held its General Assembly in Rabat on Tuesday, at a time French group Vivendi is about to hand over to the UAE Etisalat its 53 per cent stake in Morocco’s largest carrier. Read more