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UN: Moroccan Activist Appointed to Sexual Exploitation Advisory Board

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Tuesday, Feb.19, the appointment of Moroccan activist Najat M’jid and six other expert members to the Civil Society Advisory Board on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. The board aims to promote “closer interaction with civil society and external experts and organizations as part of the UN’s efforts […]

US-led Sahara talks expose Algeria’s underlying border fears

As the US leads efforts to facilitate negotiations on the Sahara on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan, Algeria’s diplomatic posture is shifting in ways that reveal deeper strategic anxieties about its quest to keep the status-quo of unjust colonial borders drawn to the detriment of Morocco. Beyond the status of the Sahara territory, […]

Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal for Sahara, Best Acceptable Compromise, MEPs

Members of the European Parliament have underscored the soundness of the Morocco-proposed initiative to grant large autonomy to the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, deeming this initiative as the ”best acceptable compromise” for settling the conflict. Their remarks came in a letter they addressed to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs […]