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World Bank, Morocco strengthen partnership with focus on women’s economic participation

Morocco and the World Bank maintain a robust strategic partnership dedicated to advancing the kingdom’s development objectives, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) region Ousmane Dione emphasized during a Tuesday conference in Rabat. Speaking at the launch of the MENAAP economic bulletin titled “Jobs and Women: Untapped […]

Morocco’s diplomatic rise exposes Algeria’s strategy of obstruction on Sahara issue

In a revealing article published on The Conversation, Algerian academic Manel Ismahane Rebbah attempted in vain to justify Algeria’s decades-long costly support for the Polisario Front in Western Sahara. Yet, her own analysis inadvertently underscores the growing legitimacy of Morocco’s autonomy plan and exposes the contradictions at the heart of Algeria’s foreign policy. Rebbah’s piece, […]

Morocco seizes firearms concealed by recently busted terrorist cell

Morocco seized firearms including Kalashnikovs in the region of Errachidia, near the borders with Algeria, hidden by a recently dismantled cell loyal to the Islamic State taking orders from a chief in the Sahel. Moroccan anti-terrorism agency BCIJ along with the national Police DGSN conducted a thorough search in the terrorist group’s rear base in […]