The Sahel region, long a hub for trade between sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb, has now become a hotspot for illicit activities, with organized criminal gangs exploiting the instability caused by political unrest. Smuggling, human trafficking, and drug trade have flourished amid weak governance, fueling violence and displacement. In Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the […]
The government Council, held this Monday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency across the national territory until Tuesday October 31, 2021, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of health emergency, in force since March 2020 and that was scheduled to expire […]
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, began, on Tuesday, consultations with members of the Security Council, in order to appoint Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura as his Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, MAP correspondent in New York learned from diplomatic sources. The information was confirmed to MAP by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN […]
