Finance Minister Mohammed Benchaaboun and Maghreb director at WB Jesko Hentschel

Western Sahara: Autonomy Initiative is the Maximum Morocco Can Offer

Morocco has renewed its readiness to take part in negotiations, either direct negotiations or negotiations through UN mediation, to settle once and for all the Western Sahara conflict, but made it clear that its sovereignty over its entire territory is not negotiable and that the autonomy initiative proposed in 2007 is the maximum that Morocco […]

Morocco, Spain vow to protect rights of seasonal workers

Morocco and Spain promised to protect the rights of Moroccan female seasonal workers who travel every year to the region of Huelva to work in strawberry fields. In 2018-2019 season they were 14,583 who worked in Huelva in an operation lauded in a joint Moroccan-Spanish statement as “successful.” This form of regular migration was “beneficial […]

Morocco: 13 new social centers to support vulnerable communities

King Mohammed VI has authorized the immediate operation of 13 new social centers across Morocco, representing a significant expansion of services for the country’s most vulnerable populations through a $30 million investment. The Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity constructed these facilities across eight provinces as part of three major programs addressing healthcare access, disability support, […]