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The Spanish Congress of Deputies (lower house of Parliament) has voiced its support for a “just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution” to the Sahara regional conflict. In a motion unanimously adopted on Tuesday, the Spanish MPs call on the government to continue to back the UN-led dialogue process engaged with the parties to the conflict […]
King Mohammed VI sent a verbal message, through his advisor Fouad Ali El Himma, to Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. El Himma who was in Riyadh expressed to Bin Salman the Moroccan monarch’s willingness to develop the distinguished partnership between the two countries at all levels. The meeting, attended by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, […]
A recently conducted survey covering different social categories found that 89% of Moroccans back open borders in Algeria and believe that closer economic cooperation is the way forward to resolve political disputes, the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis said. More than 1200 people took part in the survey, which revealed a strong popular support for […]
Algerian foreign ministry unilaterally postponed a planned visit by Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez in what appears as a reaction to Spain’s support for the Moroccan position on the Sahara issue. Spain has recently taken stands that Morocco welcomed and has abstained from expressing support to the referendum option for the area, which the UN […]
The city of Dakhla, the pearl of Southern Morocco, will have its own leisure port to enhance its attractiveness for tourists and investors and foster its connections with the Canary Islands. Morocco’s ports authority (ANP) has invited consultancy firms to submit feasibility study bids for building such a port to offer diverse range of leisure […]
Head of Egypt’s spy agency Abbas Kamel embarked Monday on a tour of North African countries, including the eastern region in Libya, to curb Turkey’s influence in the region. The Egyptian official’s tour is aimed at building “intelligence cooperation among North African government” and ways “to confront terrorism in the region,” reports Middle East Monitor […]
Following the careless act of Spanish Secretary of state in charge of social affairs Nacho Alvarez who hosted in his office a Polisario delegation, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not take long to admonish the minister of the leftist Podemos party and clarify again Spain’s position on the Sahara issue. The Spanish Foreign […]
Spanish Secretary of state in charge of social rights Nacho Alvarez decided to go carelessly against the current of his government making a storm in a very small cup by hosting a Polisario delegation in his office. Alvarez went further in his anti-Moroccan sentiment and provocation to express in the name of the Spanish government […]
Morocco has implemented reforms to achieve inclusive growth, improve governance and fight corruption and is “leading the way in the region and in the continent,” said IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva. Morocco thanks to its role and investments in Africa is well-placed to be the venue for the annual meetings of the IMF and WB […]
The Algerian rulers have always denied their direct involvement in the Sahara, but their scathing diplomatic move made against Côte d’Ivoire after it opened a Consulate in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune shows clearly that they are the main stakeholder in the Sahara conflict. The Algerian authorities, the real puppeteers of the Polisario separatist […]