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Morocco’s autonomy proposal is gaining traction as more global players voice support for it as the ultimate political solution of an artificial dispute and a relic of colonialism that has long lasted. Israel was the latest country to join the list of global players who openly back Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and support the […]
Morocco is hosting this March 29-30 the 34th meeting of the Steering Committee of the member countries of the 5+5 Defense Initiative that will assess the situation on the projects initiated within the framework of the Initiative, update the Action Plan for the year 2022, and draw up the draft Action Plan for the year […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected in Morocco next week, as part of a regional tour in the Middle East, reported Wednesday, the American website Axios, which is generally well-informed. Tony Blinken is expected to travel to the Middle East at the end of his trip to Europe where he is accompanying, from […]
The European Union (EU) welcomed, Monday, the positive development of relations between Morocco and Spain, saying this development is “beneficial for the implementation of the Euro-Moroccan partnership as a whole”. “The European Union welcomes any positive development between its member states and Morocco in their bilateral relations, which can only be beneficial for the implementation […]
Spanish media have largely commented on Madrid’s shift in its position on the Sahara issue, pointing out that by expressing clear-cut support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative for the Sahara, as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” to settle the issue, Spain has adopted a “strategic and courageous” decision to build a “stable, solid, […]
Algeria has once again discredited itself and showed the world that it’s the genuine party to the artificial dispute over the Sahara, after it recalled its ambassador to Madrid for consultation following Spain’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and the autonomy plan for the Sahara. Spain’s PM Sanchez had sent a letter to King Mohammed […]
Several civil society activists and NGOs have denounced during the ongoing 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva the enlistment of children as soldiers by the Polisario front and slammed Algeria for the abuses committed in the Tindouf camps on Algerian territory. This came during the general debate of Point 03 relating […]
A coalition of human rights NGOs have renewed their condemnation of the continued use of children as child soldiers by the Polisario and urged Algeria to stop turning a blind eye and assume its responsibility with regards to the human rights violations affecting children under the separatist militias in Tindouf. This came during an international […]
US has exported more gas to Spain than Algeria so far this year as new players seek a foothold in the Spanish gas market. Spanish authorities have often complained at the insufficient gas flow through the Medgaz pipeline which couldn’t match the amount the Spanish market was receiving through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline that used to […]
The lies and fallacious allegations of the pseudo-human rights defender, Sahrawi separatist Sultana Khaya, have been laid bare by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor. The Irish Mary Lawlor posted on her twitter account on Tuesday March 8, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, a picture of Sultana […]