Burkina Faso flag with Morocco flag on a grunge cracked wall

Pope’s visit puts Morocco at heart of interfaith dialogue

Pope Francis will pay a visit to Morocco on March 30-31 during which he will meet King Mohammed VI who also has the religious title of Commander of the Faithful. The visit puts the Kingdom on the forefront of international efforts to promote inter-religious dialogue. Under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco stood out […]

Abandoned in desert: EU accused of migrant ‘dumping’ in North Africa, Sahel

The recently endorsed EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum “is going to run into political and possibly also legal challenges and a largely hostile international setting,” says a new study by the Elcano Royal Institute, while especially left-wing organizations denounce it as “the result of a deliberate EU policy aimed at creating a deterrent effect […]

African High-Level Ministerial Meeting calls for an equitable global financial architecture

The High-Level Ministerial Meeting on accelerating the financing of Africa’s emergence, held on Thursday on the sidelines of the WB-IMF Annual Meetings, culminated in the adoption of the “Marrakech Declaration” which calls for a “global financial architecture that is fairer and more conducive to Africa’s development.” In this Declaration, the 48 countries that took part […]