A NATO delegation met with Mauritanian officials in Nouakchott to strengthen military and security cooperation, the Mauritanian News Agency reported last week. Led by Javier Colomina, NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, the talks follow recent discussions between Mauritania and France’s Defence Ministry on defense collaboration.
Mauritania, NATO’s only partner in the Sahel, is seen as a key ally amid growing Russian influence in the region.
Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) that controls eastern Libya, recently held talks with Russian President Vladimir
Egypt has decided not to appoint a new ambassador to Israel until the war in Gaza comes to an end,
France’s development agency, AFD, plans to invest €150 million in Morocco’s southern provinces, including the disputed territory of
The USS Mount Whitney, the U.S. Sixth Fleet’s command ship, has docked in Nouakchott, underscoring Washington’s commitment
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