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The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has commended Morocco for co-organizing the first specialized training workshop for AU short-term election observers in Rabat last June. The Council also encouraged the AU Commission and Morocco to continue co-organizing similar training on a regular basis and to mobilize the necessary financial and technical resources […]
After armed clashes between militiamen loyal to former defense minister and those faithful to current ailing Polisario leader Brahim Ghali, a recent audio leak shows the magnitude of divisions and despair within the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf over Algeria’s manipulation of the separatist militia. In the leaked audio message to his followers, Bachir Mustafa Sayed, […]
The UN Security Council is expected to hold a session on Libya this Monday, with the appointment of a new head of UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on top of the agenda, Libya Update reports. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week presented to the members of the Council the new candidate, Abdullah Bitali, to […]
Egypt is considering taking a loan estimated at around $2.5 billion from regional and international lenders to tackle growing economic pressures, reports say. The government, Bloomberg has revealed citing sources familiar with the matter, is negotiating with regional and international banks over the details of the financing. The talks, the unnamed sources told the US […]
Kuwait has named an ambassador to Iran more than six years after it recalled its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia which had severed ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016. Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh handed copy of his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s foreign ministry […]
In the new era of increasing international power rivalry, shifting alliances and global competition for resources, Morocco stands out as a dependable and influential U.S. partner in both the Middle East and Africa, says Newsweek in its latest edition. In an Op-Ed penned by strategist Lonzo Cook, the columnist urges Washington to build on the […]
A fire that broke out on Sunday in the middle of a mass in a church in a working-class district of Cairo has killed 41 people, leaving the Middle East’s largest Christian community of 10-15 million Egyptians in grief. “The air conditioner in a classroom on the second floor of the church building broke down […]
Morocco is among the countries most exposed to geological and climate-related hazards in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, says the World Bank in a recently-published report, noting that although Morocco does not contribute as much to climate change as more industrialized nations, it has still experienced the effects of the global climate […]
Morocco, unlike many countries in which small elites cling to unwarranted privileges based on the exploitation of rent positions, has chosen the path of more broad-based prosperity, and its political stability, geographically strategic location, and robust infrastructure, have contributed to its emergence as a regional manufacturing and export base for international companies. The remarks came […]
Several African officials and actors praised, Friday in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, the pioneering role played by King Mohammed VI in bolstering cooperation between African ulema (theologians) and strengthening the ties of fraternity between the peoples of the continent. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the final of the 3rd edition of the Mohammed VI […]