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Ivory Coast, Morocco
TGCC pips Ivorian and Indian rivals to military hospital contract

One of the flagship contracts of the 2016-2020 military budget, the construction of four military hospitals in Ivory Coast, is on the verge of being awarded to Casablanca-based TGCC. This is much to the dismay of its Ivorian rivals, who had been banking on home advantage, and Indian firms, which had secured the financing.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.02.2022

Morocco
Mohammed VI and Olaf Scholz mend fences on the fly

After Rabat failed to react to his selection a year ago as Germany's ambassador to Morocco, an appointment designed to resolve a diplomatic crisis, Thomas Zahneisen was reassigned to a different posting. But now he's due to go to the kingdom after all and to organise the king's visit to Berlin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.02.2022

King Mohammed VI of Morocco, German chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Morocco
After split with Algiers, Rabat scours horizon for new gas supplies from Madrid to Doha

Having been slow to build its own LNG terminal, Rabat has been forced to turn to Spain for gas but has yet to find suppliers willing to deliver at satisfactory rates. This quest was a key focus of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's recent visit to Qatar.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.02.2022

Morocco's PM Aziz Akhannouch and Qatar's emir Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha, February 2022.

Morocco
South Africa's Sanlam teams up with IRG Real Estate to launch its own property firm

Sanlam Pan Africa is entering the real estate investment market alongside one of the Moroccan specialists in this sector, which has been expanding rapidly in the Kingdom over the past two years.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 14.02.2022

Morocco
Xlinks makes new high-profile hire after bagging ex-Rolls-Royce boss for solar megaproject

The British firm, which hopes to build a gigantic solar and wind farm in Morocco to supply Britain with electricity, has recruited the project director of the North Sea Link, the world's longest submarine power cable.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 08.02.2022

Morocco, Senegal
Mohammed VI's new Dakar envoy Hassan Naciri hopes to get major projects back on track

The Moroccan ambassador in Dakar is expected to resurrect several outstanding projects, which have been put on hold despite the warm relations between the two countries. He will also have to strengthen the historical link between the kingdom and the powerful Tidjane brotherhood.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2022

Algeria
Tebboune to travel to Gulf states to organise next Arab League summit

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants to organise the next Arab League summit on 1 November, the anniversary of the start of the war for independence. In the meantime, he is working on inter-Palestinian reconciliation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.02.2022

The Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Inner circles | Algeria
Tebboune with a mountain to climb on economic reform

An end to subsidies, the use of foreign loans, an increase in non-oil revenues: with his back to the wall, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants to carry out far-reaching economic reforms in the space of a few months.

Subscribers only Politics 28.01.2022

Morocco
Mohammed VI pitches a highly political tent in Dakhla

A specialist in luxury events management has been tasked with setting up a sumptuous "bivouac" on the bank of the Dakhla lagoon to host King Mohammed VI. The last time the sovereign was seen in public in Western Sahara was in 2016.

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2022

Mohammed VI during his last official visit to Dakhla in February 2016.

France, Gabon
How Paris mended fences with Libreville

After several years of mutual distrust, Paris and Libreville are entering a phase of unprecedentedly calm waters, thanks in large part to the efforts of France. And as Gabon takes up its two-year seat on the UN Security Council, the immediate future of the relationship looks rosy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.01.2022

President of France Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo to the Elysée Palace on 12 November 2021.

Morocco
Inwi Money left without a boss after Nicolas Levi's departure

Levi, who oversaw the launch of mobile money at mobile operator Inwi, controlled by King Mohammed VI, has flown the coop for a new job in Dubai.

Subscribers only Business 14.01.2022

Nicolas Levi, managing director of Inwi Money since April 2019, has left the company.

Western Sahara
Western Sahara supporters square up to Rabat-Brussels alliance

The Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic will next month accompany another group of European MPs and journalists to refugee camps in Algeria. The trip comes soon after Brussels painted a rosy picture of the impact in Western Sahara of an EU-Morocco free trade deal.

Free access Diplomacy 13.01.2022

France, Togo
Influential law professor Charles Debbasch dies quietly in France

Frenchman Charles Debbasch, a professor of administrative law and architect of tailor-made constitutions in Africa, died on 8 January, though his family had been trying to keep the news under wraps. Until the end of his life Debbasch advised Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, who welcomed him to Togo shortly after his conviction in France over his management of the Vasarely Foundation.

Subscribers only Politics 13.01.2022

Charles Debbasch in 1994, then dean of the Faculty of Law of Aix-en-Provence.

Morocco
Rabat keen to rejoin executive board following UNESCO humilation

After losing its seat on UNESCO's executive board in November, Moroccan diplomacy is working to wipe the slate clean and prepare its return to the UN body.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.01.2022

Inner circles | Gabon
Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Libreville has beefed up its diplomatic presence in New York for the coming two years. Led by Michel Xavier Biang, Gabon's UN mission has seen the arrival of diplomats trained by former prime minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.01.2022

The Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Michel Xavier Biang.

Morocco
Akhannouch government still deprived of its secretaries of state

A pitched battle centred around the secretariat of state at the foreign ministry is delaying the appointment of secretaries of state to the Aziz Akhannouch government. However, the palace has taken a decision on the two ultra-sensitive interior and communications portfolios.

Subscribers only Politics 06.01.2022

Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch.

Morocco
Rabat's African diplomacy left rudderless

The heads of African Union and African affairs directorates in Morocco's foreign ministry have been appointed as ambassadors. The ministry is currently looking to recruit their successors.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.01.2022

Spotlight | Morocco
Xlinks' solar megaproject quietly brings ex-Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis on board

The British startup, which has plans to build a 10.5 GW solar-plus-wind power plant in Morocco to be connected to the UK grid through the world's largest under-sea cable, appointed the well-connected former chairman of Rolls-Royce to its board of directors last month.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.01.2022

The well-connected former chairman of Rolls-Royce Ian Davis.

Morocco
Possible state visit to Berlin for Mohammed VI after year of diplomatic turmoil

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is poised to invite the Moroccan monarch to pay an official visit to Germany, in the hope of putting an end to a year of high diplomatic tensions. But there are still several hurdles to overcome.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.12.2021

Morocco
Would-be foreign affairs number two Mounia Boucetta forced to bide time at OCP

Head of diplomacy Nasser Bourita is opposed to the appointment of Mounia Boucetta as secretary-general of his ministry, which was endorsed over a year ago by the king's political adviser, Fouad Ali El Himma.

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2021

The former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta.

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Mohammed VI

Ivory Coast, Morocco
TGCC pips Ivorian and Indian rivals to military hospital contract

Morocco
Mohammed VI and Olaf Scholz mend fences on the fly

Morocco
After split with Algiers, Rabat scours horizon for new gas supplies from Madrid to Doha

Morocco
South Africa's Sanlam teams up with IRG Real Estate to launch its own property firm

Morocco
Xlinks makes new high-profile hire after bagging ex-Rolls-Royce boss for solar megaproject

Morocco, Senegal
Mohammed VI's new Dakar envoy Hassan Naciri hopes to get major projects back on track

Algeria
Tebboune to travel to Gulf states to organise next Arab League summit

Inner circles | Algeria
Tebboune with a mountain to climb on economic reform

Morocco
Mohammed VI pitches a highly political tent in Dakhla

France, Gabon
How Paris mended fences with Libreville

Morocco
Inwi Money left without a boss after Nicolas Levi's departure

Western Sahara
Western Sahara supporters square up to Rabat-Brussels alliance

France, Togo
Influential law professor Charles Debbasch dies quietly in France

Morocco
Rabat keen to rejoin executive board following UNESCO humilation

Inner circles | Gabon
Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Morocco
Akhannouch government still deprived of its secretaries of state

Morocco
Rabat's African diplomacy left rudderless

Spotlight | Morocco
Xlinks' solar megaproject quietly brings ex-Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis on board

Morocco
Possible state visit to Berlin for Mohammed VI after year of diplomatic turmoil

Morocco
Would-be foreign affairs number two Mounia Boucetta forced to bide time at OCP

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Mohammed VI

Ivory Coast, Morocco TGCC pips Ivorian and Indian rivals to military hospital contract

Morocco Mohammed VI and Olaf Scholz mend fences on the fly

Morocco After split with Algiers, Rabat scours horizon for new gas supplies from Madrid to Doha

Morocco South Africa's Sanlam teams up with IRG Real Estate to launch its own property firm

Morocco Xlinks makes new high-profile hire after bagging ex-Rolls-Royce boss for solar megaproject

Morocco, Senegal Mohammed VI's new Dakar envoy Hassan Naciri hopes to get major projects back on track

Algeria Tebboune to travel to Gulf states to organise next Arab League summit

Inner circles | Algeria Tebboune with a mountain to climb on economic reform

Morocco Mohammed VI pitches a highly political tent in Dakhla

France, Gabon How Paris mended fences with Libreville

Morocco Inwi Money left without a boss after Nicolas Levi's departure

Western Sahara Western Sahara supporters square up to Rabat-Brussels alliance

France, Togo Influential law professor Charles Debbasch dies quietly in France

Morocco Rabat keen to rejoin executive board following UNESCO humilation

Inner circles | Gabon Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Morocco Akhannouch government still deprived of its secretaries of state

Morocco Rabat's African diplomacy left rudderless

Spotlight | Morocco Xlinks' solar megaproject quietly brings ex-Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis on board

Morocco Possible state visit to Berlin for Mohammed VI after year of diplomatic turmoil

Morocco Would-be foreign affairs number two Mounia Boucetta forced to bide time at OCP

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Ivory Coast, Morocco
TGCC pips Ivorian and Indian rivals to military hospital contract

Morocco
Mohammed VI and Olaf Scholz mend fences on the fly

Morocco
After split with Algiers, Rabat scours horizon for new gas supplies from Madrid to Doha

Morocco
South Africa's Sanlam teams up with IRG Real Estate to launch its own property firm

Morocco
Xlinks makes new high-profile hire after bagging ex-Rolls-Royce boss for solar megaproject

Morocco, Senegal
Mohammed VI's new Dakar envoy Hassan Naciri hopes to get major projects back on track

Algeria
Tebboune to travel to Gulf states to organise next Arab League summit

Inner circles | Algeria
Tebboune with a mountain to climb on economic reform

Morocco
Mohammed VI pitches a highly political tent in Dakhla

France, Gabon
How Paris mended fences with Libreville

Morocco
Inwi Money left without a boss after Nicolas Levi's departure

Western Sahara
Western Sahara supporters square up to Rabat-Brussels alliance

France, Togo
Influential law professor Charles Debbasch dies quietly in France

Morocco
Rabat keen to rejoin executive board following UNESCO humilation

Inner circles | Gabon
Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

Morocco
Akhannouch government still deprived of its secretaries of state

Morocco
Rabat's African diplomacy left rudderless

Spotlight | Morocco
Xlinks' solar megaproject quietly brings ex-Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis on board

Morocco
Possible state visit to Berlin for Mohammed VI after year of diplomatic turmoil

Morocco
Would-be foreign affairs number two Mounia Boucetta forced to bide time at OCP