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The European Union (EU) reiterated, Friday before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly, its call for the registration by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of the population of the Tindouf camps, in Algerian territory, as requested by the Security Council. Germany’s permanent representative to the UN, Christoph Heusgen, who […]
A third round of talks between Libyan delegations from the Tripoli-based High Council of State and the Parliament of Tobruk was held in Bouznika, Morocco, this Nov. 4-5. The consultation session is part of the Libyan parties’ preparation for discussions set later this month in Tunisia. In a joint statement read out at the end […]
On the eve of the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Green March, 3,000 lawyers, academics, journalists and civil society activists around the world renewed their commitment to defending the Moroccan identity of the Sahara as an irreversible feature of the region and of Morocco as a whole. These three thousand activists, member of […]
Libya is believed to be the second Arab country to open shortly a consulate in the Saharan Moroccan city of Laayoune after the United Arab Emirates, dealing another setback to the Polisario and the Algerian regime. According to local Assabah daily, all necessary measures and preparations have been made for the opening of this new […]
The opening Wednesday of a UAE Consulate General in Laayoune will give a new impetus to the “solid and strategic” relations between the two countries, said Emirati FM, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “This act is an indication of the long-standing and strategic nature that has always marked the ties between our two countries,” […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially inaugurated its Consulate General in Laayoune, in the Moroccan Sahara, this Wednesday, November 4. The inauguration ceremony of the diplomatic representation was co-chaired by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and the UAE ambassador to Rabat El Assri Al Asri Saeed Ahmed Al Dhaheri. The UAE thus becomes the first […]
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) had planned to deliver on Monday before the UN Fourth Committee a declaration challenging Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. However, as soon as the draft declaration was circulated, five member states of this very SADC — Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Malawi, Eswatini, and Zambia — voiced opposition to […]
The Algerian people has sent a strong message of regime rejection by abstaining from a plebiscite on constitutional reform which had only a turnout of 23.7%, Algeria’s lowest ever for a major poll. The snub from the November 1 constitutional referendum, coupled with the worrying state of health of the President, plunges Algeria into […]
The Algerian regime of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune suffered a setback Sunday as the vast majority of Algerians boycotted the referendum on a constitutional amendment, almost a non-event, touted to lead to a new chapter in the history of the country. The regime has put the turnout rate at 23.7%, a figure largely inflated as […]
The Moroccan government expressed satisfaction with the latest UN Security Council resolution, which renewed the mandate of MINURSO for one year, until 31 Oct.2021, saying the text is clear, firm, and consistent, and highlights Algeria’s responsibility in the Sahara dispute. Resolution 2548, adopted by the UN Security Council, Friday, on the Moroccan Sahara, contains three […]