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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 2020-2030 defense cooperation deal between Morocco and the US will benefit friendly African countries, said US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the landmark agreement, Esper highlighted the longstanding partnership between the US and Morocco citing a convergence of views regarding a range of security threats. “Morocco is a […]
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. […]
Ways of enhancing further cooperation ties between Morocco and the European Union within the frame of their strategic partnership were at center of a videoconference organized Friday by the Moroccan foreign ministry. EU’s Neighborhood Commissioner Oliver Varheli took part in this meeting along with a large Moroccan ministerial delegation representing the departments of foreign affairs; […]
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 […]
The United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council have reiterated the pre-eminence of the role of the Security Council on matters relating to peace, security and stability in Africa. Members of the two institutions, which held their 14th annual joint consultative meeting by videoconference Wednesday, stressed that when it comes […]
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who is visiting Morocco as part of a Maghreb tour, held separate talks Friday in Rabat, with the Minister Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration, Abdeltif Loudyi, and the Lieutenant General of the Army, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces Abdelfatah Louarak. Talks between Abdeltif […]
Leaders of Sahraoui tribes have condemned the creation of puppet entities in the Sahara aimed at undermining the territorial integrity of the Kingdom and its constitutional and human rights achievements. The Sahrawi notables rebuke the provocative and hostile move made lately by Amanitou Haidar seeking to set up a pro-Polisario entity in the Moroccan Sahara. […]