Moroccan ambassador Joumana alaoui & Florizelle Liser, President and CEO, Corporate Council on Africa

Belgium Liberal Party calls for recognizing Moroccanness of Sahara, knocking out Algerian regime

President of Belgium reformist party Georges-Louis Bouchez has called openly on his country to recognize Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory following in the footsteps of major Western allies including the United States, France, Spain… He said he introduced a legislation demanding his country’s government to recognize officially Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara […]

Mali-National consultations: transition charter adopted without 5-June Movement’s adherence

After three days of discussions in Mali between the military government, political leaders and civil society groups, a transition charter was presented Saturday evening, September 12 in Bamako by the military Junta, despite the objections of the 5-June Movement (M5), which led the protest against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The charter, meant to chart the […]

Tunisia: Emergency plans to save mausoleums

Following the repeated attacks of shrines by unidentified individuals, the Tunisian government has decided to adopt emergency measures to protect Sufi Muslim mausoleums, considered as religious and cultural treasures. The latest such attack took place last Thursday when two Sufi mausoleums were torched. Many believe that ultra-conservative Salafist Muslims are behind such acts. The government […]