Category: Maghreb

Spain says Morocco’s autonomy plan for Sahara most serious, realistic and credible solution

March 18, 2022

Spain said it supports Morocco’s autonomy initiative as “the most serious, realistic and credible” basis for settling the Sahara issue and pointed out that it ... Read More

Moroccans trust security services more than politicians- independent think tank

March 18, 2022

The Moroccan army and the police scored higher compared to politicians in the annual trust index released by the independent Rabat-based MIPA think tank (Moroccan ... Read More

UNHRC: Civil society activists denounce enlistment of children by Polisario, slam Algeria for abuses committed in Tindouf camps

March 17, 2022

Several civil society activists and NGOs have denounced during the ongoing 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva the enlistment of children ... Read More

Tunisia: Powerful labor union vows to oppose socio-economic reforms requested by lenders

March 17, 2022

UGTT, Tunisia’s powerful labor union, has pledged to stand in the way of the economic and social reforms wanted by international lenders prior to any ... Read More

Human Rights NGOs pin responsibility on Algeria for letting Polisairo use children as soldiers

March 16, 2022

A coalition of human rights NGOs have renewed their condemnation of the continued use of children as child soldiers by the Polisario and urged Algeria ... Read More

U.S. Congress includes again Sahara in assistance program to Morocco; reaffirms pre-eminence of Autonomy Plan

March 16, 2022

The U.S. Congress has included again the Sahara into its aid program to Morocco in a move that translates the US administration’s recognition of the ... Read More

Morocco’s Saharan City, Dakhla, signs twinning accords with two Italian cities

March 16, 2022

The city of Dakhla, pearl of Moroccan Sahara, has sealed lately twinning agreements with the Italian cities of Crotone and Vibo Valentia to bolster partnership ... Read More

Morocco to access LNG market in April – Energy Minister

March 15, 2022

Morocco will access for the first time the LNG market in April using the existing infrastructure in the country and in Europe, energy minister Leila ... Read More

15th Energy Conference of MENA region opens in Rabat; UAE guest of honor

March 14, 2022

The 15th energy conference of the MENA region opened Monday in Rabat, under the theme "Energy transition: progress report and prospects for 2035", with the ... Read More

US unseats Algeria as Spain’s first gas supplier, Nigeria on way to take Algiers’ market share

March 14, 2022

US has exported more gas to Spain than Algeria so far this year as new players seek a foothold in the Spanish gas market. Spanish ... Read More