AFRICOM boss Stephen Townsend in Bamako with Malian President Boubacar Keita

Hot Issues to Watch at AU’s 30th Summit

Since it joined the African Union a year ago, Morocco has been working closely with African states to address the continent’s pressing issues, notably migration, sustainable development and peace and security. The next African summit, the 30th, scheduled on January 28-29, will see Morocco present a new Agenda on Migration in Africa along with the […]

Moscow Hails Morocco’s Peace-Oriented Stance in Middle East Crises

Russian President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, lauded the positions adopted by Morocco in support of peaceful and political solutions to crises in the Middle East and in Africa. The Russian official made the statement following talks in Rabat Thursday with Moroccan Foreign Minister, Salaheddine […]

Cost of “Non-Maghreb”, exorbitant for North Africa

The countries of the Maghreb set up in February 1989 a union that was designed to be a milestone in promoting inter-Maghreban relations on the political, economic, cultural and social scales. More than twenty years after the Arab Maghreb Union, also known by its French acronym as UMA, came into being, little has been achieved […]