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The Sahara issue will be at the center of talks US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale is paying to Rabat April 10 – 11. The Under-Secretary of State will address the Sahara issue with senior Moroccan officials, including Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. David Hale’s trip to Morocco coincides with the ongoing debates […]
The governments of France, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom as well as the United Arab Emirates have expressed deep concern over fighting in Libya and urged all parties to immediately de-escalate tensions, which are hindering prospects for UN political mediation. In a joint statement issued Thursday, the five countries said at this sensitive […]
The United States has revoked the entry visa of the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor, her office has said on Thursday. Fatou Bensouda has been investigating allegations of war crimes by US forces and their allies in Afghanistan despite a warning issued by Washington last month to refuse or revoke visas to any ICC staff […]
Columbia has appointed a new chief of its diplomatic mission in Rabat as the Latin American country raises the level of relations between the two countries with Bogota’s full support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and recognition of its sovereignty over the disputed territory of the Sahara. Del Pilar Gomez will head the Columbian mission in […]
Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Omar Hilale, and the Apostolic Nuncio, have transmitted on Tuesday to the UN Secretary-General the “Al-Quds Call”, signed in Rabat last Saturday (March 30) by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, and Pope Francis. The Al-Quds Call, signed during the Pope’s historic visit to […]
US President Donald Trump has picked former ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Richard Norland, as the new US envoy to Libya. Richard Norland, trained at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the National War College, had served as the foreign policy adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2016, […]
The US National Basketball Association (NBA), in association with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), will launch as of January a new African Basketball League that will involve 12 African nations for a yearly tournament, Reuters reports. The first tournament in January 2020 will gather 12 national teams. Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and Tunisia will […]
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against the growing global climate of anti-Muslim sentiment in the wake of deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch and called on Muslims and Christians to unite against hatred. Speaking in Cairo’s historic al-Azhar mosque on Tuesday, UN chief António Guterres called on societies, faiths and cultures everywhere to “focus […]
Pope Francis who paid a landmark visit to Morocco on Saturday and Sunday as part of his ongoing effort to advance inter-religious dialogue, warned on Sunday that those who close borders will become prisoners of the walls that they build. Pope Francis made the statement two days after US President Donald Trump threatened to seal […]
Pending the effective start of the African Lion 2019, the Moroccan-US yearly military drills, scheduled for April 1, units of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the US Army have deployed in the region of Tata in Southern Morocco, a field hospital that will provide medical care to the local population. As in the previous […]