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Blinded by their endemic anti-semitism, Algerian and Tunisian leaders of parties hailing from the Muslim Brotherhood called for a Maghreban union that excludes Morocco. Head of Algeria’s Islamist MSP, Abderrazak Makri, has called for a Maghreb Union without Morocco because it has normalized ties with Israel. “We should exclude Moroccans, because they brought closer to […]
More voices have risen to call France to express clearly its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, as such a move will help stabilize the whole of the sub-Saharan region, which is so strategic. The latest such call came from Francisque Vigouroux, President of the Union of Mayors of Essonne (Île-de-France region). […]
The glue holding Algeria together is no longer binding. The country’s finances have been hit hard by low oil prices and the regime is unable to buy social peace as the currency, the economy and public services crumble further fueling the pro-democracy protests known as the Hirak. Two years on, the flame of the Hirak […]
A new shipping line between Morocco and the United Kingdom will be launched shortly, connecting Tangier directly to Poole in southern England, and avoiding thus the complications caused by Brexit, reports the British specialized website thegrocer.co.uk. The new direct shipping route will help Moroccan products avoid the border friction created by Brexit on goods arriving […]
Speaker of Libyan Parliament Aguila Saleh said the interim government of technocrates should have representatives from all Libyan regions and work for the best interest of the country. Speaking following talks with Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat Friday, Saleh said the Libyan Parliament will meet in Sirte where security conditions are propitious or […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) set up, Friday in Rabat, a project worth $275,000 to support the UNHCR’s response program to the Covid-19 crisis for refugees residing in Morocco. The UNHCR and JICA said in a joint statement that, as of February 1, 2021, […]
Some 250 political leaders and elected officials from 25 countries in Europe and Latin America have addressed a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their support to the U.S. decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and to open a consulate in Dakhla. “Mr. President, We, former heads of government, former ministers, elected officials, […]
Tunisia’s Human rights League, LTDH, Thursday called on Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi to step down few hours after a meeting between the two sides. The call came in a statement issued by the organization without providing reasons for its call. Mechichi hours before the statement, received an LTDH delegation to discuss the state […]
It is an unnamed organization chart that the Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, transmitted, Thursday, Feb. 25, to the heads of the Presidential Council and the Parliament. He said at a press conference held in Tripoli that his government formation was ready but that the chosen members will only be revealed before the Parliament. […]
Mali’s Vice President, Colonel Assimi Goïta, dedicated his first visit to north Africa to Rabat where he discussed with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita Sahel security cooperation. Goita has emerged as Mali’s strongmen gearing the transition in the country since the ousting of President Boubacar Keita following a coup last August 18, 2020. His Morocco visit, […]