International Policy Digest

Moroccan King’s key role in defending Al Quds, shared heritage of humanity highlighted at UN

King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, plays a key role in the protection of the legal, civilizational and religious status of the Holy City, said Morocco’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Omar Kadiri. Speaking during the quarterly open debate held Wednesday by the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including […]

Financial inclusion: IMF Managing Director cites Morocco’s strategy as example

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, cited, on Saturday in Marrakech, Morocco’s financial inclusion strategy as an example of a “comprehensive” strategy reflecting the Moroccan government’s determination. “To accelerate the process of financial inclusion, governments need to show more determination by putting in place comprehensive national strategies like the Moroccan financial […]

South Sudan’s fragile peace tested as calls mount to replace Machar with SPLM-IO breakaway leader

South Sudan’s political stability faces renewed strain after General Khamis Abdel-Latif Chawul Lom urged President Salva Kiir Mayardit to replace First Vice President Riek Machar with Stephen Par Kuol, leader of a breakaway SPLM-IO faction. Machar, a key architect of the 2018 peace accord, has been under house arrest since March over an ongoing criminal […]