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Washington commends Morocco’s advances in women’s rights

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has praised the important strides accomplished by Morocco in recent decades in advancing women’s rights. During her visit to Morocco (March 8-9), the U.S. official, who attended an event in Casablanca to mark International Women’s Day, said Morocco’s new family code made significant reforms to advance equality for […]

U.S. Foundation for Defense of Democracies calls for designating Polisario terrorist organization

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has called on the Trump administration to designate the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias terrorist organization for its proven ties with Iran & Hezbollah and deadly rocket attacks launched against civilians in Smara, Southern Morocco. In an analysis titled: “Iran’s Foothold Reaches into North Africa”, the experts of the […]

Cameroon, Nigeria agree to peacefully settle border dispute without ICJ involvement

Cameroon and Nigeria announced they have opted to peacefully settle their decades-long border disputes by 2025 and would thus no longer require the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider the case and issue a ruling to settle the matter. Rather, the two nations said, joint delegations will validate a demarcation plan on site to […]