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The UN expressed, on Saturday, its support for the outcome of the consultative meeting, held on Thursday and Friday in Rabat, between the delegations of the Libyan House of Representatives and the High State Council on the legal framework of the upcoming elections in Libya planned for December 24. The United Nations Support Mission in […]
In recent days, thousands of Algerian migrants arrived in Spanish coasts after risking their lives through tumultuous waters to escape hardship in their country. No less than 10,000 Algerians embarked to Spain in September alone compared to 11,000 in the whole year of 2020. This sets a new record that reflects the worrying conditions suffered […]
Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the kingdom’s national carrier, has emerged as the first airline in the North African region over regional and continent giant EgyptAir. World Airline Awards organized by United Kingdom-based aviation consultancy firm Skytrax named RAM the fourth best airline on the African continent. The continental ranking is dominated by iconic Ethiopian Airlines […]
Several international NGOs have decried in Geneva the crimes and the serious human violations committed by the polisario militias in the Tindouf camps, saying the Algerian regime is responsible for these crimes as they are perpetrated on Algerian territory. Addressing remotely the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), NGO “Africa Culture International […]
The massive participation of the population of the Moroccan Sahara in the elections of September 8 confirms its attachment to the territorial unity of the Kingdom, said Monday, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita in his address made remotely to the ongoing 76th UN General Assembly. This also confirms “the willingness of the population of the […]
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are now regional leaders in the fight against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats, said Monday in Kenitra, U.S. diplomats, recognizing the professionalism of the CBRN Intervention Company under the Rescue and Salvage Unit (USS) of FAR as “full mission-capable”. FAR USS CBRN Response Company in Kenitra stood out […]
Moroccan and U.S. military personnel this week concluded a major disaster planning exercise and a four-week training program on handling explosive hazards, highlighting the continued strength of the US-Morocco military partnership, the US embassy in Rabat said in a statement. Members of the Utah National Guard are in Kasr Sghir this week participating in Exercise […]
Head of the RNI party Aziz Akhannouch said his party, the PAM and the Istiqlal agreed to join efforts to form the new government after they emerged as the largest three winners of Sept. 8 elections. The RNI won parliamentary elections with 102 seats followed by PAM with 87 seats and the Istiqlal with 81 […]
The Sahrawi human rights defender and former prisoner in the jails of the polisario, Fadel Breika, denounced Monday in Geneva the climate of terror, intimidation and repression prevailing in the polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, urging the international community to put pressure on Algeria to end the state of lawlessness in these camps. Speaking with the Working […]
Morocco and Mauritania have voiced their shared determination to intensify their contacts and permanent consultations to serve the common interests of the two brotherly peoples. This determination was expressed at a phone conversation Sunday between, the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed. According to the Mauritanian news agency “AMI”, the […]