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The Polisario has long indoctrinated children and took them to indoctrination camps where they have been trained to become soldiers against their will in a blatant human rights violation. This breach of the rights of children to education and healthy development was denounced once again in Geneva before the international community which is asked more […]
Morocco reported a surplus for the fourth consecutive year in its trade with Africa although its exports dropped 2.4% in 2018. Morocco exported 21.57 billion dirhams in goods to Africa in 2018. The continent takes 7.8% of Morocco’s exports. Over four years, Morocco’s exports to Africa grew 29% while imports dropped 5% as the Kingdom […]
Already one of the biggest arms importers in Africa, Morocco has multiplied contacts with international partners to develop its own military industry in a bid to curb imports and boost independence as well as ensure technology transfer. Moroccan papers announced lately that the first armament factory will be launched soon in the country as a […]
Moroccan minister delegate for African Cooperation Mohcine Jazouli met, on Thursday in Niamey, with Mauritania’s Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who handed him a written message from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to King Mohammed VI. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the […]
Indonesian university professor Mawardi Ismail has urged the polisario to drop the unrealistic option of independence and accept the pragmatic autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting and peaceful resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. Addressing the 10th international academic research seminar held on Monday at United Nations under the theme: “Territorial autonomy as […]
Morocco and the United States convened on Wednesday a working group of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue in Washington to enhance further the existing security cooperation between the two countries. The meeting was co-chaired by Nathan A. Sales,US Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Director of Global Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ismail Chekkori in […]
Morocco expressed its deep concern following an attack on a migrants’ detention center in Libya that killed 44 people. The United Nations has called for an independent inquiry into the bombing of the detention center that left at least 44 dead and more than 130 severely injured, describing the attack as “a war crime and […]
Morocco, which has seen its share of emigration and more recently become a springboard for other migrants on their way to Europe, has since the beginning of the 21st century become a default destination for many sub-Saharan migrants, writes the Washington-Based Migration Policy Institute (MPI). In its latest analysis focusing on Morocco’s migration policy, MPI […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted Morocco $94 million to finance the kingdom’s inclusive socio-economic development program. The grant related agreement was signed Wednesday in Rabat. The inclusive socio-economic development program has three components, according to MAP. The first concerns an integrated local development program that will encompass the economic growth […]
Morocco’s security services seized on Tuesday over 5.5 tons of cannabis at the Tangier Med-Port. The drugs were concealed in an international cargo truck that was heading to a European port. A statement released by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said the driver, a 30-year-old Moroccan national, was arrested. The illegal substance was […]