West Med Initiative

Morocco to re-open consulate in Tripoli after eight-year hiatus

A high key delegation of Moroccan officials arrived in Tripoli Saturday to oversee the reopening of the kingdom’s consulate in the Libyan capital after an eight-year hiatus, Libya Observer reports. The delegation, the Libya media notes citing Libya’s Foreign Ministry, includes the head of the Arab Maghreb Union Affairs and senior officials from the Moroccan […]

Tindouf Camps: Mass Protests Continue against Polisario Leadership

Sahrawis, sequestered in the polisario-controlled Tindouf camps in southern Algeria, have resumed their mass protests against the separatist leaders who facilitated the escape of two killers of a member of the Ouled Tidrarine tribe, Ould Boukhari Bamba. The angry and frustrated protesters gathered in front of the polisario headquarters in Rabouni, to denounce the escape […]

Morocco Tightens Controls on Municipal Subsidies to Combat Electoral Manipulation

Moroccan authorities have implemented stringent measures limiting political intermediaries’ influence in local elections, targeting irregularities in association subsidies and temporary worker contracts managed by municipalities, according to daily newspaper Assabah. The measures aim to break monopolies certain elected officials previously held over decisions regarding association subsidy allocation and temporary worker contract renewals within local authorities. […]