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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) held a General Assembly (GA) on 11 December 2020 marked by the absence of its President Ahmad, suspended for 5 years by FIFA, and the appointment of its former boss, Issa Hayatou, to the honorary position of “honorary president” of the institution. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) closed […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the Moroccan-Nigerian off-shore on-shore gas pipeline that will benefit 13 African countries instead of the Algerian ink on paper proposal of a tans-Saharan pipeline. A meeting was held in Burkina Faso on December 9-10 in the capital Ouagadougou by the ECOWAS’ energy ministers in a […]
As the world is racing to stem the spread of the deadly pandemic with vaccination campaigns, the kingdom of Morocco appears to have taken the lead on the African continent with several deals to secure the most effective vaccines and with an early vaccination plan, French media Le Point notes. Indeed, the North African country […]
French top tier soccer power house Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Wednesday honored the assistant manager of the Turkish club Medipol Basaksehir after he was victim of alleged racism during Tuesday suspended European Champions League, UCL, clash between the two sides in Paris. PSG Chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, in a video post by the Turkish club, handed Pierre […]
The Polisario Separatist Front is in an embarrassing diplomatic situation with the increase of its isolation in the wake of South Africa joining the circle of countries supporting Morocco’s positions regarding the transgressions committed by the separatists following the events of El Guergarate, wrote electronic newspaper “Middle East Online”. The news website recalled that South […]
Moroccan Foreign minister Nasser Bourita has reaffirmed his country’s attachment to the ceasefire and to the political process, but warns it will react with the greatest severity, and in self-defence, against any threat to its security. In an interview with the Parliament Magazine, Mr. Bourita said the repeatedly perpetrated illegal acts by Polisario militiamen since […]
The 14th African Union Extraordinary Session of the Assembly on Silencing the Guns has ended with a reiteration of the primacy of the UN as the exclusive framework for a political solution to the Sahara issue. The decision deals a new blow to Algeria and its national Ismail Chergui who heads the AU’s Peace and […]
South African President and current President of the African Union (AU), Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday dealt a blow to the Polisario separatists when he reaffirmed the relevance of Decision 693 of the African Summit held in July 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Ramaphosa, who was speaking at the end of the 14th African Union Extraordinary […]
Algerian foreign minister Sabri Boukadoum has just bemoaned a bygone era in which his country’s diplomacy took advantage of Morocco’s absence from the African Union (AU) to promote Polisario separatism. Speaking recently at an AU foreign ministers meeting, Boukadoum made a desperate call on the continental organization to backtrack from the decision it made two […]
The number of countries expressing support and solidarity with Morocco’s legitimate move to restore the free movement of people and goods at the border crossing point of Guerguarat between Morocco and Mauritania is increasing day after day. The passage was blocked for three weeks by the Polisario and all UN attempts failed to clear the […]