China’s 70-year relationship with the Maghreb
China's top diplomat, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, maintained a 35-year-long tradition at the start of this year by
According to analysts at the geopolitical risk consultancy Control Risks, Islamic State is increasingly focused on exploiting security gaps beyond their core Sahelian strongholds. Beverly Ochieng has stated that "IS Sahel has seen that its expansion could be directed much further West and much further North, and Morocco would be one place which would be of strategic interest to it." This comes after the dismantling of a recent terror cell in the kingdom.
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