Spain has made-a volte face giving up on a referendum for self-determination in the Sahara in favor of supporting UN efforts to reach a political and mutually acceptable solution to the dispute opposing Morocco to the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed in his speech before the UN General Assembly the central […]
The trial of Karim Tabbou, a key figure in the Hirak anti-government protest movement, opened on Monday, after several postponements. The chairman of the small, unregistered opposition party the Democratic Social Union (UDS), appeared free before the Kolea court. He is accused of undermining the morale of the army. Journalists were initially barred […]
Roadmap of Moroccan Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation The National Agency for the Regulation of Cannabis Activities has unveiled, during its first meeting chaired by the Minister of the Interior, its roadmap to develop the industry of this plant for legal purposes. During the meeting held this week in Rabat, the Interior Minister […]
