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Throne Day: King Mohammed VI chairs ceremony of allegiance in Tetouan

King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, chaired Monday afternoon the ceremony of allegiance, in commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the accession of the Sovereign to the Throne. The Moroccan Sovereign was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Prince Moulay Ahmed, during this ceremony, which took place at the […]

UN Envoy De Mistura invites representatives of parties to Sahara conflict to bilateral consultations

The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has invited the representatives in New York of Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario “to informal bilateral consultations with him,” ahead of his upcoming briefing to the Security Council due next month. The announcement was made Tuesday by Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for […]

On Javier Bardem’s Cause in the Western Sahara

Western Sahara was front and center in CNN’s latest edition of Amanpour, marking a rare instance in which the oft-overlooked and stalemated conflict has been treated as more than a peripheral issue in the Western media. Amanpour hosted and plugged a new documentary film on the Western Sahara that claims to shed light on the […]