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How Morocco foiled Algerian-Spanish plot to help separatist chief evade justice

Spain has flawed Schengen rules and its own judiciary by letting in Polisario leader Brahim Ghali under what Rabat called fraudulent conditions. La Razon and other Spanish media have reported that an investigation has been opened at the Spanish airport where Ghali was let in to determine the conditions of his access to the country. […]

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Moroccan movie ‘Casablanca Beats’ by Nabil Ayouch competes for Palme d’Or at Cannes Festival

The movie “Casablanca Beats” or “Haut et Fort” by Moroccan Nabil Ayouch features on the list of competitors for the Palme d’Or at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, held July 6 through 17. This is a première in the history of Moroccan cinema, the Moroccan Centre for Cinematography (CCM) commented. “This is a première in […]

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At King’s orders, Morocco to receive back unaccompanied minors in EU

King Mohammed VI has reiterated instructions for the Interior and Foreign Ministries to readmit Moroccan unaccompanied and duly identified minors residing illegally in the EU. A statement of the two ministries underscored that Morocco has always cooperated with the EU in readmitting minors, notably with France and Spain. The King “reaffirmed on multiple occasions- including […]

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Morocco to tighten anti-Money laundering measures

Morocco has adopted a new law to fight money laundering which enables tracking and seizing funds acquired illicitly in line with FAFTA jurisdictions. This law helped the country leave the grey FAFTA list and strengthen its legal arsenal to address strategic deficiencies in its regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing The […]

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Main points of Development report presented to King Mohammed VI

The special committee to elaborate a new development model presented its proposals in a detailed report to King Mohammed VI who stressed over the past few years the need to add fresh impetus to Morocco’s development efforts in order to meet the legitimate aspirations of the people to a prosperous state and efficient civil service. […]

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How Spain created a crisis with Morocco and wants EU to pay for it

Spanish officials and media have pressured the EU to intervene following the influx of migrants on the occupied enclave of Ceuta in northern Morocco. It also desperately tries to cover up its strategic mistake of hosting under a false identity a Polisario leader wanted by Justice for war crimes. Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez tried […]

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Ceuta incidents showed scale of migration control burden carried by Morocco

In a first reaction to the recent incidents in Ceuta, which Morocco calls Sebta, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that migration is not the cause of the crisis with Spain and that Morocco carried 99% of the migration burden on the borders with the Spanish occupied enclave. The origins of the crisis are to be […]

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Ramallah: Moroccan humanitarian aid handed to Palestinian National Authority

The urgent humanitarian aid sent to Gaza and the West Bank at the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, was handed on Thursday in Ramallah to the Palestinian National Authority. The aid, which was sent to Marka International Airport in Amman, Jordan, before entering by land through the Jordan-Palestine border […]

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Morocco wants political gains in return for protecting EU borders

Morocco wants an end of the transactional approach in return for its irregular migration control efforts in favor of clear political positions in support of its territorial integrity.   This has been expressed tacitly by Morocco after it has relaxed migration control with thousands flocking from Monday to Thursday to Ceuta, a Spanish occupied enclave. […]

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Letter by Sahrawi Movement for Peace to UNSG distributed to all UN members

The letter sent to the UN Secretary General by the Sahrawi Movement for Peace regarding the violations of the ceasefire in the Sahara by the Polisario was handed out to the 193 Member States of the United Nations, as an official document of the Security Council, in the six official languages of the international organization. […]