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Spain Plays a “Constructive Role” in Sahara Issue, FM Says

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, commended Spain for the “constructive” role it plays in the Sahara issue through seeking a political solution to the conflict. The Moroccan top diplomat told a news conference in Rabat following talks Wednesday with his visiting Spanish counterpart, Alfonso Dastis, that the Sahara issue was discussed at this meeting in […]

Libyan Central Bank contradicts government 2021 expenditure figures

The Central Bank of Libya, CBL, published Thursday the government expenditures for 2021 standing at $24.5 billion (85.8 billion Libyan dinars), higher than what figures posted by the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, Libya Update reports. The CBL’s publication comes hard in the wake of announcement by the Government of National Unity (GNU) that […]

South Africa’s Seizure of Moroccan Phosphate, ‘Political Matter Disguised as Legal Claim’

A South African court ruled on June 15 to maintain the seizure of Cherry Blossom, a ship carrying 55,000 tons of Moroccan Sahara phosphates bound for New Zealand, in a hostile action reflecting the use of the justice system in South Africa by the separatists to settle political matters with Morocco. The court decided that […]