Laayoune Meeting April 9 2018

Algeria: 109 terrorist killed, 36 nabbed in 2015, Defense Ministry announces

Algerian Defence Ministry in a wrap-up of 2015 counter-terrorism operations Sunday indicated that a total of 109 terrorists have been killed and 39 arrested by the national army. The ministry put at 109 the number of terrorists killed in 2015 while the number of captives is 39. The ministry also announced that the army during […]

Burkina Faso reiterates support for Morocco’s Atlantic access initiative

Burkina Faso reaffirmed its full support for the initiative launched by King Mohammed VI aiming to help landlocked Sahel states access the Atlantic Ocean and global trade. Burkina Faso’s foreign minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said following talks in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Boourita. Traore described the initiative as embodying south-south cooperation in line […]

UN to vote on resolution endorsing autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty

The UN Security Council will vote this Oct 31 on a resolution that calls for the parties to negotiate on the basis of Morocco’s autonomy plan as the conflict nears its 50th anniversary. Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal, first submitted in 2007, is described in the resolution as a “most feasible” basis for a just, lasting, and […]