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Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development in Southern Morocco

By 18 October 2012, a report that Salafis destroyed an 8,000-year-old petroglyph in Yakour Plain not far from Marrakesh quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter. The rock-drawing depicting the animistic divinity of the sun is one of thousands of stone carvings in the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains. Print and online newspapers repeated these rumors, […]

Morocco-Spain rift: Rabat’s firm response means crisis is more serious than Madrid wants to admit (French Expert)

Morocco’s firm response in the current rift opposition it to Spain confirms that the crisis is much more serious than the Spanish authorities want to admit, said Emmanuel Dupuy, president of the Paris-based Institute for European Perspective and Security (IPSE). The crisis between Spain and Morocco has “astonished by its radicality and its consequences with […]

Sahara: France Renews its Unwavering Support for Moroccan Autonomy Initiative

France on Wednesday renewed its unwavering support for the Morocco-proposed initiative offering a large autonomy to the Sahara provinces in a bid to settle definitely the Western Sahara artificial conflict. The support was reiterated by French Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean-Yves le Drian, at a meeting with the new UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the […]