WTO Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili & Moroccan tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui

Morocco: Heads of major political parties visit Guerguarat

Heads of major Moroccan political parties visited on Friday the Southern border post of Guerguarat, near Mauritania, after the action carried out by the Moroccan army to secure and restore the normal traffic flow which was obstructed for three weeks by the Algeria-backed Polisario mercenaries. In a joint statement, chiefs of Justice and Development Party […]

AFRICOM Commander Praises U.S.-Morocco Military & Security Partnership

General Michael Langley, U.S. AFRICOM commander, praised on Monday the strength of the U.S.-Morocco military and security partnership during his visit to the North African Kingdom. The four-star General met separately in Rabat with Minister in charge of the National Defense Administration Abdellatif Loudiyi and Morocco’s top General Farouk Belkhir. “It’s clear that the U.S.-Morocco […]

Ceuta government seeks economic alternatives as Morocco cracks down on smuggling

The Spanish-occupied Ceuta in northern Morocco is facing an acute economic crisis after Morocco put an end to all forms of “subsistence smuggling” on the borders.   Head of Ceuta government from the far-right Vox party, Juan Vivas, expressed concern that the Moroccan measures would asphyxiate the economy of the occupied enclave, which relied on […]