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Strongman of Libya’s eastern part KhalifA Haftar and his army Thursday announced victory over ‘terrorists’ in the town of Derna after nearly two months of a major offensive and a two-year blockade that has alarmed the UN. “We proudly announce the liberation of Derna, a city dear to all Libyans,” Haftar said in a speech […]
The United Nations Chief Wednesday urged Libyan eastern authorities to surrender the country’s oil installations to Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC) operating under the wig of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). “The Secretary-General recalls, as stipulated in Security Council resolution 2259 (2015), the need for unity of Libyan institutions and the exclusive right […]
Human Rights Watch rebuked Algeria for deporting Sub-Saharan migrants in inhumane conditions, and in many cases without considering their legal status in Algeria or their individual vulnerabilities. “Algeria has the power to control its borders, but that doesn’t mean it can round up people based on the color of their skin and dump them in […]
UN Envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler, who is currently touring the region, met Wednesday in Rabat with Head of Moroccan Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and with Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Köhler, a former German president and ex-director of the International Monetary Fund, arrived in Morocco within the frame of his second regional tour […]
Danone CEO was pushed to pay a visit to Morocco where a local subsidiary Centrale Danone is hit by a consumer boycott slashing sales and triggering layoffs. The CEO Emmanuel Faber met with families and youth who expressed their views on prices and quality. He then held a press conference in which he promised to […]
Morocco stressed the need for stepping up and adapting the efforts of the global coalition for a joint action to defeat ISIS. Speaking to the press after the Regional Meeting of Political Directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, hosted in Skhirate (Rabat’s suburbs) Tuesday, Morocco’s Foreign Minister pointed to the scale of the […]
US Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk commended Morocco’s leading role in the global fight against terrorism. “We appreciate Morocco’s leadership and contributions” within the global coalition to defeat ISIS, said the US official in a statement to the press following a meeting in Skhirate, near Rabat, of the political directors from the member countries of […]
The head of the Algerian national security service (DGSN) Abdelghani Hamel has been fired and replaced by Mustapha El-Habiri, head of civil protection directorate, as investigations on the recent seizure of 700 kg of cocaine in Oran port drags foot. A presidential decree Tuesday announced Hamel’s dismissal without giving any reasons behind the move. However, […]
The 53 people who were arrested last year following the protests and violent events that took place in Al Hoceima were given prison terms ranging from one year suspended sentence to twenty years in prison. The protest leader, Nasser Zefzafi and three of his colleagues were sentenced to twenty years in prison. Zefzafi was arrested […]
Morocco has called for a rational approach to history to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that is nurtured by misconceptions, feeding on false, misleading ideas, and governed by narrow-minded perceptions. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict “can be resolved if delusions and nostalgia for the past are abandoned, and provided a sense of realism and confidence in the future […]