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New EU visit to Rabat in midst of Moroccogate

Just three weeks after the visit of the European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell, the European neighbourhood and enlargement commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, is due in Rabat at a time of very strained relations between the EU and Morocco. [...]

Published on 27/01/2023 at 06:00 GMT

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Morocco
New EU visit to Rabat in midst of Moroccogate

Spotlight | Morocco, Spain
Madrid and Rabat negotiate resumption of trade in Spanish enclaves

Morocco
Rabat's EU ambassador paved the way for Josep Borrell's visit

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy uses Pretoria deal to reconnect with the West

Spotlight | Morocco
How King Mohammed VI rules Morocco from Paris

Tunisia
Tunis asks Brussels to ease loan conditions in face of IMF impasse