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European Parliament confirms strategic Importance of Morocco-EU partnership

The European Parliament has voted this Thursday a resolution that was tabled by the Spanish Ciudadanos party, member of the Renew Europe group in the European institution, which was expecting a strong condemnation of the North African country amidst the migratory incidents of last May in the occupied enclave of Ceuta. However, the vote fell […]

Morocco urges UNHCR to pressure Algeria to lift blockade on Tindouf camps

Morocco has reiterated its call on the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to put pressure on Algeria to lift its blockade on the Tindouf camps where it has relegated the fate of thousands of Sahraouis to a separatist militia that trades in their suffering. Speaking before the 80th meeting of the UNHCR Standing Committee, Morocco’s representative […]

Morocco Busts 9 Terror Cells, Arrests 189 Extremists in 2017

Moroccan authorities continued their unabated crackdown on terrorists in 2017 with the busting of nine terror cells and the arrest of 189 extremists and 20 returning foreign fighters. These figures were revealed by the chief of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), Abdelhak Khiame who said that the total number of […]