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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has reaffirmed Washington’s supportive stand to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting resolution to the Sahara regional conflict. “The United States continues to deem the Moroccan autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic, and as an approach that can meet the aspirations of the people […]
Speaker of Jordan’s Senate and Head of Peru’s Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee have voiced strong backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara in separate meetings held Monday in Rabat with senior Moroccan officials Speaking to journalists following his talks with Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita, visiting Speaker of Jordanian Senate, Faysal Akef Al Fayez, reaffirmed […]
Two tribes have taken arms against each other in the Polisario controlled Tindouf camps that led the military junta to call the Algerian army to the rescue on March 7. The news was relayed in different Moroccan media citing sources within the camps in south-Western Algeria where thousands have been denied their right to free […]
The European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, has reiterated the EU’s non-recognition of the so-called Sahrawi Republic. “None of the member states of the European Union recognizes the SADR,” Borrell wrote in a response to an MEP, stressing that its “participation in the [EU-AU] Summit does not change the position of the European Union […]
Morocco is currently searching for cobalt, a key commodity for rechargeable batteries and renewable energy transition, in tandem with an increasing demand on the metal, a Moroccan official told Reuters. Secretary General of Morocco’s hydrocarbons and Mines office, Abdellah Mouttaqui said that the office and Moroccan mining company are prospecting for cobalt in the area […]
Morocco topped North African countries in the Economic Freedom Index which covers 12 freedoms – from property rights to financial freedom – in 184 countries. Globally, Morocco was ranked the 97th freest in the 2022 Index. But its overall score was above the regional average. Algeria continued to lag behind ranking the 167th globally and […]
The report of the Yearbook of Jihadist Terrorism 2021, published by the International Observatory for Studies on Terrorism (OIET), positively assesses the “great efforts” made to maintain collaboration between Morocco and Spain on anti-jihadist issues despite the “still latent distrust” resulting from the differences between the two countries and the migratory crises, such as the […]
The outbreak of war in Ukraine has put Europe’s energy security under a new test as Germany halted the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline project with Russia, leaving few long-term gas supply options, chief among which is the Moroccan-Nigerian pipeline project. The $11 bln Nord Stream 2 pipeline was intended to double gas […]
The Quebec Government has launched a recruitment campaign to address urgent and severe nursing shortage due to burnout from overworked nurses amidst the recent surge of Omicron. The province’s labor immigration minister Jean Boulet has announced a $65 million funding over two years to properly “recruit and integrate” nurses from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon and […]
Malta welcomed, Tuesday in Rabat, the efforts undertaken by Morocco to achieve a mutually acceptable solution to the regional conflict over the Sahara. “We recognize the efforts you are making to move forward within the framework of the UN in order to achieve a mutually acceptable solution” to the regional conflict over the Sahara, said […]