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The Tunisian foreign minister Monday summoned Italy’s ambassador to protest the newly appointed interior minister’s claims that the North African country is exporting criminals and ex-prisoners to Italy in the wake of the death of 48 illegal migrants off Tunisian coasts. After summoning the Italian ambassador, the ministry also released a statement indicating that it […]
Morocco and the EU have resumed talks to renew the four-year fisheries agreement to expire on July 14. The Moroccan delegation was led by Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, while the EU’s was chaired by Joao Aguiar Matchado Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. The EU decision to open talks for the renewal of the fisheries […]
The European Union has earmarked €467 million funding to assist vulnerable migrants and refugees and address root causes of irregular migration. The new support measures in the Sahel/ Lake Chad region and the Horn of Africa will foster stability, jobs and growth, especially for young people and vulnerable groups. They complement ongoing bilateral and multilateral […]
Morocco is committed to a political, mutually acceptable and lasting solution that would restore Libya’s stability, unity and safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. “The Maghreb needs a stable Libya in the same way that Europe needs a stable Maghreb,” Bourita said at the UN’s international conference on Libya held […]
British paper, the SUN, wrote that Iran used its notorious military unit, the revolutionary guard Al Quds Brigade (IRGC) to train the Polisairo separatist group in their rear-base in Algeria. “Ayatollah Khamenei’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps is now believed to be training and arming the Polisario Front, an anti-Western rebel movement in Morocco,” the paper […]
Hungary has dealt a blow to the propaganda machine of the separatists by affirming that it has not accredited a Polisairo representative in Budapest. This denial was issued after a pro-Separatists website claimed that Ahmed Slimane was appointed as Polisario’s diplomatic representative in Hungary. In reaction to this fake news, Hungarian authorities sent a letter […]
As France braces for hosting on Tuesday an international conference on Libya to overcome the political stalemate in the North African country, some powerful Libyan military factions oppose the French initiative. The UN-sponsored meeting will bring together key Libyan players and representatives of several countries and international organizations. The Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, General Khalifa […]
Pope Francis is said to be planning an official visit to Morocco, a destination for intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, Italian media said. Turiweb.it was first to relay the news quoting Vincenzo Abbinante, Morocco’s honorary council in Bari. The visit will take place in a few months, he said adding that preparations are ongoing. Neither the […]
Libyan factions are likely to be invited in the French capital late this month as France seeks to secure holding of elections in the conflict-torn North African country as a way out of chaos. The meeting in the French capital is likely to take place on May 29, Reuters reports citing three unnamed European diplomats. […]
The EU External Action Service (EEAS) has rejected Polisario’s claim to represent the Sahrawi population and expressed support for a political and mutually acceptable solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara in line with UN resolutions. “The Polisario is not entitled to claim exclusive representativeness of the population of the Sahara,” said the EEAS […]