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Morocco Confronts Rising Natural Hazards With a New Resilience Imperative

From earthquakes to flash floods and forest fires, Morocco is accelerating the integration of risk assessment into its national infrastructure planning as climate pressures and geological vulnerabilities demand a fundamental shift from reactive disaster management to strategic anticipation. The September 2023 Al Haouz earthquake, which measured nearly 6.8 in magnitude and claimed approximately 3,000 lives, […]

UN Chief Voices ‘Deep Concern’ over Tense Situation in Sahara

Following the cease-fire violation of the Polisario, which introduced armed elements in the buffer strip, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern over the “tense situation” in the Sahara, calling on Morocco and the Polisario to maintain status quo. In a statement relayed by his spokesperson Ban said he was “deeply concerned over the tense […]

Sahara: Senator Inhofe’s approach criticized by prominent US expert

American political scientist, Robert Satloff, a reference in Arab-Muslim world policy and US policy in the Middle East, expressed his strong disagreement with the approach by Republican senator and fervent defender of the Polisario Jim Inhofe, who urged President Joe Biden to reconsider the recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara. “I think this is […]