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Moroccan, Mauritanian armies discuss closer cooperation

Senior officials of the Moroccan and Mauritanian armies held their second joint committee in Nouakchott focusing on the means to reinforce cooperation to secure their shared borders. The meeting comes after a three-day visit by Moroccan chief of staff Abdelfattah Louarak to Mauritania leading a senior level delegation. The importance of this meeting also stems […]

France urges all parties to Sahara conflict to return to round table process, reiterates support for autonomy plan

Despite the frost in Rabat-Paris relations, France has leant towards Morocco’s stance at the UN urging all parties, including Algeria, to resume the round tables process with a view to finding a political solution to the Sahara conflict, while stressing the pre-eminence of the autonomy plan. “I reaffirm the historic and straightforward and steady support […]

Morocco to build mosque in Guerguarat

Moroccan authorities launched on Wednesday construction works of a large mosque in Guerguarat in the Moroccan Sahara on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the country’s independence. This mosque will be built over a 3,767 m2 area and will cost over $2.3 million. The news of the mosque construction has been welcomed by the […]