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Morocco looks to get more involved in Mali via Transition Support Group and the African Union

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“African Union: the battle of the giants”

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

Morocco has been invited for the first time time to take part in the meetings of the Mali Transition Support Group and is trying to get more involved in Malian affairs at the African Union. Its efforts have met with a suspicious response from Algeria, however. [...]

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Morocco, Sahel
Morocco looks to get more involved in Mali via Transition Support Group and the African Union

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Rabat deploys religious diplomacy for rapprochement with Niamey

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New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

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