UNSG personal envoy Kohler Laayoune

Sahara: UK Commends Morocco’s Serious Efforts for Reaching Lasting and Peaceful Solution

The UK government has praised Morocco’s serious efforts to advance the UN-led process seeking a lasting and peaceful resolution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand comes in the Joint Statement issued Tuesday in Rabat following the 4th UK-Morocco Strategic Dialogue co-chaired by Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita and UK Minister for MENA region […]

Feeling Insecure, Algeria’s Berbers Look to Set up Own Forces

The Amazigh population (Berbers) in Algeria’s restive Kabylie region are looking to establish their own security forces to protect themselves against the violence and excess of the Algerian law enforcement agents. The call for setting up a local force was made by head of the movement for the self-determination of Kabylie, Ferhat Mhenni, who lives […]

Morocco’s King Urges IsDB Group to bolster Private Sector, Engine of Growth

King Mohammed VI has urged the Islamic Development Bank to help its member countries to diversify their economies and stimulate the private sector, a growth engine and a source for the creation of wealth. In a message to the 44th annual meeting of IDB Group, convening in Marrakech (April 5-6), the Moroccan Sovereign said most […]