spokesman for the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric

Sahara: UN Envoy Briefs Security Council on Second Round of Talks

The Personal Envoy of UN Secretary-General for the Sahara Horst Köhler briefed on Tuesday the Security Council on the first roundtable meeting held in Geneva Dec. 5-6 on the Sahara that brought together Morocco, Algeria, the Polisario and Mauritania. During this briefing and consultation held in accordance with resolution 2440, Köhler updated the Security Council […]

Morocco boosts industrial investments with 17 agreements

Part of Morocco’s efforts to upgrade the industrial sector, impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, 17 investment agreements, worth $93.6 million, were signed in Rabat Wednesday.   The signing of the agreements relating to several sectors took place under the chairmanship of Minister of Industry and Trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy who described these agreements as an […]

World losing ground against violence in Sahel – Antonio Guterres

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday told delegates at the UN general Assembly that West Africa and international powers are failing to tackle the spiraling threat of Islamist militancy in the Sahel region. “Let’s be clear, we are losing ground in the face of violence,” Guterres told a high-level panel on the sidelines […]