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France and Spain should be loyal partners and be clearer about their support for Morocco on the Sahara issue, as the kingdom’s role is essential for the stabilization of the Mediterranean area and sub-Saharan Africa, said former French Prime minister Manuel Valls. “It is over an autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty that this issue should […]
The Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP) denounced the repeated violations of the ceasefire in the Sahara by the Algeria-backed Polisario in a letter addressed on April 19 to the UN Secretary General, who referred the document to the UN Security Council. In this letter, the opposition movement to the polisario expressed its “concern over […]
The hospitalization in Spain of the leader of the Polisario, Brahim Ghali, wanted for war crimes and serious human rights violations, has sparked a first reaction of condemnation and rejection in the European Parliament. The European deputy Attila Ara-Kovacs spoke out against the attitude of Spain to host on its soil a notorious criminal. […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Algerian FM Sabri Boukadoum had on Thursday, for the first time, a telephone conversation, under the Biden Administration, but the two top diplomats gave different accounts of their talks, leaving many scratching their heads. In his posted tweet, Boukadoum said Western Sahara was discussed, but Secretary Blinken made […]
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a powerful lobby group in Washington, invited Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to take part in a video conference on May 6, in a move that signals readiness of the Israeli lobby to campaign in favor of Rabat’s stands and interests. The resumption of formal diplomatic relations last […]
Morocco’s SGTM Somagec was retained as the only candidate for the flagship project of Dakhla port, key to Morocco’s development plan for the Saharan provinces. Equipment ministry confirmed the news to multiple Moroccan media which reported that the winner will be officially unveiled after assessment of the technical and financial offer. The Moroccan firm was […]
Egypt is set to build the largest petrochemical complex in Africa and the Middle East to refine and produce a range of petroleum and chemical products, Zawya reports. The project will cost $7.5 billion and will cover an area of 3.56 million square meters located in the Ain Sokhna Industrial Zone of the Suez Canal […]
The hashtags#Spain_protect_criminal #España_protege_criminal #اسبانيا_تحمي_المجرمين #Espagne_protège_les_criminels” are trending and going viral as thousands of social media users continue to lash out at Madrid’s collusion with Algerian military junta to smuggle in Polisario chief with false travel documents though he is wanted by Spanish justice for crimes against humanity. Across social media, especially Twitter, many users […]
Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit has made the case for a rapid adoption of the cannabis legalization bill citing notably the development aims of the project and the need to tap into a growing legal cannabis market. Laftit who was speaking to MPs argued against PJD members mainly who are the main opponents of cannabis […]
Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of member states of the Support Group for Morocco’s Territorial Integrity in Geneva denounced, Wednesday, attempts by a small group of countries to politicize the debates at the Human Rights Council (HRC) to challenge the Kingdom’s sovereignty over its Sahara. Speaking at a virtual meeting of the Group with the High Commissioner […]