Category: Columns

Can Africa create half a billion jobs by 2050 to overcome its demographic dilemma?

March 4, 2023

Since Africa's population has quadrupled since 1960, and is projected to double again by 2050, experts are pondering a crucial question for the future of ... Read More

Counterterrorism: Washington commends Morocco’s continued efforts, close bilateral cooperation

March 3, 2023

The United States hailed Morocco's continued efforts to fight terrorism through a strategy, combining security, economic and human development in addition to the fight against ... Read More

French President downplays crisis with Morocco

March 2, 2023

In his first comment on the frost between Morocco and France, President Macron boiled the issue down into a mere “controversy”, a statement that failed ... Read More

Boston Herald: Iranian drones deployed in North Africa pose threat to Morocco

February 28, 2023

The Iranian drones, which are being deployed in North Africa, are posing a direct threat to Morocco, said American daily Boston Herald, noting that Moroccan ... Read More

What leaving FATF grey list means for Morocco

February 28, 2023

Morocco has taken measures to improve financial transparency and protect its economy against money laundering and terrorism financing, earning a well-deserved exit of the grey ... Read More

UN concerned about crackdown over civil society groups in Algeria

February 27, 2023

A UN Human Rights Independent expert has called on Algeria to stop attacking civil society organizations which have been facing increasing pressure from the state ... Read More

Pegasus Case: North American Lawyers, experts refute as inadmissible the ‘pseudo-evidence’ presented by AI/Citizen Lab/Forbidden Stories

February 26, 2023

North American lawyers specializing in handling cybersecurity cases highlighted, Saturday in Tangier, the legal inadmissibility of the "pseudo-evidence" contained in reports by Citizen Lab, Amnesty ... Read More

Pegasus Spyware: Arab journalists join chorus condemning EP smear campaign against Morocco

February 24, 2023

The Union of Arab Journalists has denounced the politically-motivated campaign orchestrated by the European Parliament against Morocco, saying that spying claims made against the North ... Read More

African Union reaffirms neutrality on Sahara issue despite Algerian gas money

February 24, 2023

The standing decision-making organ of the African Union, the Peace and Security Council, issued its annual report without mentioning the Algeria-fueled conflict over southern Morocco, ... Read More

Rabat, Madrid foil Algeria’s gas blackmail

February 23, 2023

When Algeria unilaterally cut gas supplies through the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline in late 2021, it was expecting Morocco to succumb to darkness and electricity cuts. ... Read More