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Rabat-Paris ties frostier than ever
The tension between France and Morocco has worsened in recent weeks, with officials in Rabat now under orders not to receive Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier.
Following intense negotiations, the coveted chairmanship of a new network of think tanks to support the AU peace and security commissioner Bankole Adeoye has been awarded to a Cairo-based policy institute close to the Egyptian foreign ministry.
Sisi's African offensive
Veteran Security Services, a company based in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, will provide security services for the European Union delegation there. It was awarded a €15m contract to this end on 17 March. https://t.co/lmekQ7gbQI
(🎁Try our free article) The DRC has begun a process of auditing forest titles. Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba intends to recover illegal permits in order to ban logging and trade carbon credit https://t.co/vjHwOYgNGH
French and Israeli firms are among the contenders hoping to supply electronic listening and geolocation technology to Niger. A veteran military equipment broker known as Petit Boubé has agreed to pay for the equipment. https://t.co/hlOFfHPVOY
Veteran Security Services, a company based in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, will provide security services for the European Union delegation there. It was awarded a €15m contract to this end on 17 March. https://t.co/lmekQ7gbQI
(🎁Try our free article) The DRC has begun a process of auditing forest titles. Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba intends to recover illegal permits in order to ban logging and trade carbon credit https://t.co/vjHwOYgNGH
French and Israeli firms are among the contenders hoping to supply electronic listening and geolocation technology to Niger. A veteran military equipment broker known as Petit Boubé has agreed to pay for the equipment. https://t.co/hlOFfHPVOY
