Bouteflika with Gaid Salah

Moroccan navy rescues 117 migrants in two days

Morocco’s royal navy rescued 117 migrants on May 10-11 on board dinghies, a military source told national news agency MAP. The migrants were rescued off Morocco’s Mediterranean coast and were taken to the ports of Ksar Sghir and Nador. Morocco came under pressure as the main gate for migrants looking to reach Europe. So far […]

Maghreb Union Secretariat Calls for joint Maghreb 2030 World Cup Bid

The Rabat-based general secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union called for the countries of the region to put forward a joint 2030 world football cup bid. The call was made by the Secretary General of the regional grouping, Tunisia’s Taïeb Baccouche, who urged the five member states of AMU to draw lessons from the solidarity […]

Libya: Skhirat talks resume, GNC promises to join

The last stages of the Libyan peace talks resumed Thursday in the Moroccan city of Skhirat without the General National Congress which indicated that it would later join the talks. Pressed by the UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon, Libyan political stakeholders resumed dialogue in Morocco in the bid to fine-tune the last points to lead to […]