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Spain faces a choice: either Morocco or Polisario leader, Foreign Minister warns

Foreign minister Nasser Bourita has reiterated Morocco’s strong rejection of the Spanish decision to host Separatist leader Ibrahim Ghali, and said that Spain has to choose either Morocco or Ghali. The Spanish decision risks seriously undermining relations with Morocco, Bourita told Spanish news agency EFE. Ghali was admitted at a Spanish hospital after entering the […]

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Former French PM urges France, Spain to be clearer about their support for Morocco on Sahara issue

France and Spain should be loyal partners and be clearer about their support for Morocco on the Sahara issue, as the kingdom’s role is essential for the stabilization of the Mediterranean area and sub-Saharan Africa, said former French Prime minister Manuel Valls.   “It is over an autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty that this issue should […]

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Indignation at the European Parliament over Spain’s decision to allow in a wanted criminal

The hospitalization in Spain of the leader of the Polisario, Brahim Ghali, wanted for war crimes and serious human rights violations, has sparked a first reaction of condemnation and rejection in the European Parliament.   The European deputy Attila Ara-Kovacs spoke out against the attitude of Spain to host on its soil a notorious criminal. […]

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Madrid-Polisario cover up scandal sparks anti-Spain hashtags

The hashtags#Spain_protect_criminal #España_protege_criminal #اسبانيا_تحمي_المجرمين #Espagne_protège_les_criminels” are trending and going viral as thousands of social media users continue to lash out at Madrid’s collusion with Algerian military junta to smuggle in Polisario chief with false travel documents though he is wanted by Spanish justice for crimes against humanity.   Across social media, especially Twitter, many users […]

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Attempts to politicize debates at HRC to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity denounced in Geneva

Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of member states of the Support Group for Morocco’s Territorial Integrity in Geneva denounced, Wednesday, attempts by a small group of countries to politicize the debates at the Human Rights Council (HRC) to challenge the Kingdom’s sovereignty over its Sahara. Speaking at a virtual meeting of the Group with the High Commissioner […]

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Africa: Emmanuel Macron calls for a “New Deal”

Three weeks before the summit on the financing of sub-Saharan African economies that will take place on May 18 in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a “New Deal” for Africa. How to react to a “very strong slowdown” of African economies caused by the Covid-19 crisis? Yesterday’s recipes are ineffective, said Emmanuel […]

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Morocco’s cooperation with OHCHR & UN Human Rights Mechanisms hailed by Commissioner Bachelet as positive

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday commended Morocco’s positive cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) and the UN human rights mechanisms.   Speaking at a virtual meeting with the Group of Support for the Territorial Integrity of the Kingdom at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Bachelet […]

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European Parliament Underlines Strategic Aspect of EU-Morocco Relations, Recommends More Support for Kingdom

The European Parliament stressed, on Wednesday, the strategic aspect of relations between Morocco and the European Union (EU) and recommended more support for the Kingdom.   In a report on the implementation of the EU general budget for the financial year 2019 adopted in a plenary, the European Parliament considered that the funds allocated under […]

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Spain, Algeria caught in act of forgery

Ghali’s hospitalization in Spain under a false identity is an embarrassing intelligence failure for Spain and Algeria and a breakthrough for Morocco. Ghali entered Spain on board an Algerian airplane using an Algerian passport and a false identity putting to the test the Moroccan-Spanish partnership and cooperation. Spain and Algeria had agreed at the highest […]

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Sahara: What if Morocco makes tit-for-tat response to Spain?

Following the American recognition of the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara, Spanish government has frowned at the Trump historic and bold decision which took neighboring countries by surprise. As it could not challenge openly Washington’s move, Madrid, the former colonial power of Western Sahara, keeps fuming and edged closer to Algiers to the detriment of […]