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Migration should not be dealt with as an emergency but should rather be approached with a sense of responsibility and solidarity, and a ‘security first’ approach should be abandoned, stresses the report of King Mohammed VI, Leader on the issue of migration. The report on the follow-up to the operationalization of the Morocco-headquartered African Migration […]
Moroccan rescuers have managed this Saturday evening to pull out the lifeless body of the 5-year-old boy, Rayan, who had fallen in a narrow 32-metre-deep well last Tuesday. A statement from the Royal Office confirmed the news shortly after medical staff took Rayan outside of the well. Following this tragic incident which claimed the life […]
The Republic of Senegal has been entrusted the rotating presidency of the African Union from this Saturday. During the opening ceremony of the 35th ordinary session of the African Union Summit being held in Addis Ababa this February 5-6, the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, received the attributes of power (flag and gavel) and thus […]
The Biden Administration and the United Nations have reiterated their strong support to the political process seeking a lasting solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand was voiced by U.S. top diplomat Anthony Blinken and UN envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura during a meeting held Thursday in Washington. “Secretary Blinken emphasized […]
Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of the Libyan eastern region, has resumed his position as general commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA); an army opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Unity headquartered in capital Tripoli. Update Libya, citing an informed source, said Haftar has returned to his post after stepping down temporarily in September […]
Moroccan rescuers are digging for the third consecutive day to get a 5-year-old boy out of a narrow 32-metre deep well located in a village in the rural northern province of Chefchaouen. The trapped boy, Rayan, is still responding thanks to an oxygen tube and water sent to him by the rescuers through a rope […]
Over two third of the African Union member states renewed their trust in Morocco to seat in the supreme decision-making body of the Union, the Peace and Security Council. The election of Morocco for a three-year membership of the council confirms the trust enjoyed by Rabat among African peers in gearing the African Union towards […]
Tunisia is backpedaling to authoritarian rule following President Kais Saied’s power grab, a déjà vu for many Tunisians. But rights groups in particular are worried about their hard-won freedom as the crackdown on them intensifies. Last month, authorities prevented rights activists from staging protests against President Saied in a move that invokes fears of the […]
Morocco was elected on Thursday for a three-year term to the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union by the Executive Council of the African organization. The Kingdom received more than two-thirds of the votes in this election. The election of Morocco and the fourteen other members for terms ranging between two and […]
Morocco has pleaded for African solidarity to address the COVID-19 pandemic and renewed its firm commitment to the principle of this solidarity to protect the African continent and help eradicate the pandemic. The plea was made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, in an address before the 40th session of the Executive Council of […]