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Albania endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara as “serious and credible” and commended the kingdom’s role in promoting regional stability. This came in a joint statement following talks between Albanian foreign minister Igli Hasani and his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. “Albania recognizes the importance of the western Sahara issue for Morocco as well as […]
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murat Nurtleu, expressed his country’s support for Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and for the autonomy plan for the Sahara presented in 2007. In a Joint Statement, signed by Nurtleu and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, following talks in Rabat on Friday, Kazakhstan expressed its […]
The Republic of El Salvador has reaffirmed steadfast support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire Saharan territory. The supportive stand was voiced by Mr. Félix Ulloa, vice-President of this Central American country during a meeting held Monday in San Salvador with Fouad Yazourh, Director of International Political Affairs at Moroccan foreign Ministry […]
The terrorist cell recently dismantled in several Moroccan cities was a strategic project of the “Daesh wilaya in the Sahel” to set up its branch in Morocco, Director of Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) Cherkaoui Habboub said on Monday in Salé. Speaking at a press briefing organized by the BCIJ, Habboub stated that […]
The levels of coordination between Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the United Nations Mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) were described as exceptional in the operational, security, demining, and logistic support fields. This came during a meeting between FAR Inspector General and Commander of the South Zone, Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, and Force Commander of […]
A group of archaeologists discovered the Maghreb’s first pre-Phoenician settlement, where they found evidence of a bronze age village that challenges assumptions about the region’s history. The archaeologists, led by Hamza Benattia from the University of Barcelona, made the excavations in Kach Kouch, in the northern Oued Laou valley near the Strait of Gibraltar. The […]
The Algerian beleaguered regime has crossed a new line in abomination in its repressive measures against all dissenting voices. Its latest absurdity showed when it demanded that French writer Boualem Sansal, jailed since November, changes his lawyer by a “non-Jewish” attorney. This outrageous blackmail illustrates, if need be, the reckless drift of the current government. […]
French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, announced on Monday in Laayoune the establishment of a French Alliance in the city, aiming to boost cultural cooperation between France and Morocco, particularly in the southern provinces. “We want this Alliance to become a resource center and a key hub for cultural cooperation between France and Morocco,” Dati […]
The President has been deployed himself at what appears as a life or death election for the position of “deputy” African Union commission chairperson, which was won by Algerian diplomat Selma Malika Haddadi. The Algerian large delegation- which came to campaign for their candidate equipped with lavished leather bags- burst out in jubilation in the […]
Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown and Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces & Commander of the Southern Zone Lt. Gen. Mohammed Berrid have reaffirmed commitment to advancing security cooperation activities between the two countries to improve security in the Sahel and Maghreb regions. During a phone conversation […]