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Morocco stops 400 migrants from storming into Ceuta

Moroccan authorities stopped some 400 migrants from jumping the fence surrounding the Spanish occupied enclave of Ceuta. Spanish authorities said that 150 migrants managed to enter the enclave in a major assault on the fence since the 2018 summer. Moroccan authorities said that 9 migrants were injured in the attempt and 90 others arrested. Morocco […]

Re-election of Moroccan Omar Hilale as President of CAR Configuration of UN peacebuilding Commission

Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Omar Hilale has been re-elected by acclamation as President of the Central African Republic Configuration of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), during the body’s first formal meeting of the year. The PBC, a subsidiary body of the Security Council and of the General Assembly, has the mandate […]

The EU and the ‘New Libya’: a Fresh Chance for Europe’s Normative Power ?

The relations between the EU and Gaddafi-ruled Libya saw two important turning points over the last decade before the dictator’s regime collapsed. Relations between the EU and Libya quickly developed after many years of international isolation following Gaddafi’s pledge in 2004 to abandon Libya’s WMD program. This development was completely reversed in February 2011 when […]