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Joining their voice to that of politicians and elected representatives from Africa, Europe and Latin American, civil society activists have also stressed the importance of supporting the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a serious, credible and objective mechanism and as the only basis to achieve a just and lasting solution to the artificial conflict over the […]
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, […]
The CIA has depicted in a confidential report a bleak picture of the situation in Algeria rattled by political inertia, clans’ internal fights, the regime’s failures and contradictions, an unpopular and uncharismatic president, and a deep economic crisis which exacerbates popular discontent and warned that Algeria would face a general conflagration in the medium term, […]
The stand of the United States on Moroccan Sahara remains unchanged despite the heavy pressure exerted by pro-polisario lobbyists paid by Algeria to push the Biden administration to reverse its predecessor’s recognition of Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. But all the hostile campaign fueled by Algeria’s military junta was deflated on Monday […]
Morocco’s police in Tangier-Med port, in collaboration with the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) thwarted on Thursday an international trafficking operation of psychotropic drugs. The police operating in the port seized 490,000 psychotropic tablets bearing “Tafradol” tags, said the General Directorate of National Security (DSGN) in a statement. The operation was conducted in the frame […]
American political scientist, Robert Satloff, a reference in Arab-Muslim world policy and US policy in the Middle East, expressed his strong disagreement with the approach by Republican senator and fervent defender of the Polisario Jim Inhofe, who urged President Joe Biden to reconsider the recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara. “I think this is […]
Moroccan director Ahmed El Maanouni’s film “Transes” (Al Hal, 1981), which recounts the stage performances of Moroccan mythic musician group Nass El Ghiwane, is among the new releases to be available soon on “The Criterion Collection” platform, an American home video distribution company which focuses on licensing “important classic and contemporary films.” “The groundbreaking […]
US President Joe Biden has reaffirmed his support for the recent normalization of relations between Israel and Arab countries, making reference to the recent establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries: the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Bahrain and Morocco. “The President emphasized US support for the recent normalization of relations between Israel […]
The US Department of State has updated Morocco’s undivided map, including the Sahara southern provinces, on its international travel information website. Regarding the international Covid crisis, the State Department website places Morocco in the yellow zone, while Algeria is cataloged in the red zone for terrorism, kidnapping as well as for the Covid 19 virus. […]
Mayor of Orlando, Florida, Buddy Dyer called for consolidating and building on the historical agreements signed last December by the United States, Israel, and Morocco, a long-standing ally of Washington and a regional pioneer in human rights and political, economic and social reforms. “I want to encourage the new Biden administration to honor the U.S.-Israel-Morocco […]