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Morocco’s capital city of Rabat will host the regional hub of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) destined for counterterrorism training and cooperation in Africa. A host-country agreement and contribution agreement were signed remotely on Tuesday by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and UN counter terrorism chief Mr. Vladimir Voronkov. The deal mirrors Morocco’s […]
Delegates of the Libyan parliament and the Libyan High Council of state currently taking part in talks in Bouznika, near Rabat, called on the international community to back their talks. Bouznika talks “reached significant results” at a positive context auguring well for the war-torn country, said Idriss Amrane of the Libyan parliament in an address […]
The Bouznika dialogue represents a “positive precedent” that Libyan parties can build on to settle the crisis in the North African country, said Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Morocco is currently hosting the second round of negotiations focusing on Article 15 of the political agreement on governmental institutions, including the central bank, anti-corruption and accountability […]
The sheikhs and notables of the Sahrawi tribes of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region have denounced the desperate provocations made recently by the enemies of the territorial integrity of Morocco. At a meeting held Sunday in Dakhla, the Sahrawi notables rebuked the provocative and hostile move made lately by Amanitou Haidar seeking to set up a […]
In the wake of the Polisairo’s ceasefire violations and threats to return to arms, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored a worsened cooperation with the separatist front. “There was a notable decline in compliance with the terms of military agreement No. 1, particularly east of the berm,” Guterres said in his latest report to the […]
UN Secretary General deplored that thousands of Sahraouis still undergo all sorts of rights violations under the yoke of the Polisario in the Tindouf camps, South Western Algeria. In a strong worded report, Guterres recalled that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has pointed out in multiple reports this year to […]
The UN Secretary General reaffirmed, in his latest report to the Security Council on the Moroccan Sahara, made public on Friday evening, the fundamentals of the political solution to this regional dispute, as recommended by the Security Council in all its resolutions since 2007. On October 30, 2019, the Security Council adopted resolution 2494 by […]
Polisario militia leader Ibrahim Ghali has bluntly announced that his men are ready to sap the UN peace process by threatening to block Morocco’s border crossing with Mauritania known as El Guerguarat, adding in a pitiful monologue that the separatist group was ready to go back to war. The very fact of sending armed men […]
The second round of inter-Libyan dialogue resumed in Bouznika Friday evening with the participation of delegations of the Libyan High Council of State and the House of Representatives. The delegation of the Libyan High Council of State is chaired by Fawzi Al-Agab, while that of the House of Representatives is chaired by Youssef El Akkouri. […]
Morocco and the United States signed this Friday, October 2, in Rabat a defense agreement, described as historic on both sides. The agreement, entitled “Roadmap for 2020-2030 defense cooperation between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America”, was signed during the visit to Morocco by US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. The […]