Emir-of-Qatar-Receives-Royal Advisor Ali El Himma & FM Bourita

South-south cooperation, Morocco matches words with action in Sahel

The foreign ministers of the three landlocked states of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso reaffirmed their full endorsement of the Atlantic Initiative, put forward by Morocco’s King to help them access global trade and address their development challenges. This came following an audience in Rabat offered by King Mohammed VI to the three Foreign Ministers […]

Spain defends again UN centrality in settlement of Sahara issue

Spain has defended again the “central role” of the United Nations in settling the Moroccan Sahara issue.   “The central role in the political settlement of the Sahara issue belongs to the UN,” said Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha Gonzalez Laya.   “In this regard, we always support the efforts of the Secretary General […]

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development in Southern Morocco

By 18 October 2012, a report that Salafis destroyed an 8,000-year-old petroglyph in Yakour Plain not far from Marrakesh quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter. The rock-drawing depicting the animistic divinity of the sun is one of thousands of stone carvings in the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains. Print and online newspapers repeated these rumors, […]