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Morocco explains its vote for a UN resolution asking Russia to leave Ukraine

Morocco voted in favor of a UN General Assembly resolution last week breaking away with its previous abstentions. Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita said the vote was in favor of the UN charter and in support of the territorial integrity of UN member states as well as in support of the peaceful resolution of conflicts. […]

Hamid Chabat: from union activist to leader of Morocco’s Istiqlal

Hamid Chabat, a former factory worker and mechanic , has been elected Secretary General of the Istiqlal party, one of the most powerful political parties in Morocco. Nothing  predestined this man, who started his career at the bottom of the ladder, to this spectacular rise except his boundless ambition that he started to kindle since […]

Libya: US pledges financial support for GNA to tackle insecurity

The United States Tuesday promised to prop up the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli with $500,000, earmarked to improve security in the oil-rich country that has descended into lawlessness. The US pledge was made by US ambassador to Libya Peter Bodde and AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser during meetings with GNA leader […]