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Moroccan Sahara Getting Multibillion Dollar Facelift

Upgrading the basic infrastructures of the southern provinces of Morocco and improving the socioeconomic living conditions of Sahrawi people are among the top priorities of King Mohammed VI who is currently touring the region. These inclusive priorities, supported by US and international community, have been mapped out by the Sovereign on the occasion of the […]

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Algeria: another soap opera episode to nurture acrimony towards Morocco

As if relations between Algeria and Morocco were not strained enough, Algiers created out of nothing another uproar, announcing that it will start repatriating the Moroccans heading to Libya via Algeria as their number has been constantly increasing lately. To give the issue an official dimension, Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel summoned on […]

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Morocco & UAE, Two Friends with Special Bonds

Morocco and the United Arab Emirates are two Arab countries sharing deep and sound friendship ties that are expanding to all sectors of common interests. The two countries stand side-by-side in their common endeavor for sustained development and in their determination to establish world peace and security in this global village. Moroccan community is rapidly […]

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Counter-terrorism: Morocco Helps France Dismantle Terror Cell in St-Denis

Once again Morocco played a key role in the fight against terrorism. It provided French security services valuable intelligence that helped them locate another deadly terror cell that slipped the police net after the series of attacks committed in Paris last Friday. Thanks to Moroccan tip-off, the French police launched a dawn raid on a […]

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Paris Attacks: It’s Time to Enhance Morocco’s Imams Training Program

Following the barbaric terror attacks that rocked last Friday Paris, claiming 129 lives, several analysts and intelligence experts have called on France and other European countries to step up their support to Morocco which spearheads a landmark training program for imams to counter Islamic radicalization. This ambitious program is deemed so far by worldwide experts […]

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Paris attack leaves France in Trauma, places Europe on war footing

While France is embarking on a long journey to heal its wounds after the Friday terrorist onslaught that traumatized the country, the whole world is continuing expressing solidarity with the European State and condemning the outrageous attempt that left 132 people dead and more than 350 wounded, the highest casualties ever in a terror assault […]

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The Roots of the Moroccan-Algerian Discord: Historic Rights vs the Inviolability of Colonial Borders

Following the Moroccan Monarch’s speech on the occasion of the Green March, a recurrent spat sparked in the Moroccan and Algerian press reflecting the increasing tension between the two countries. Yet, the causes of the Morocco-Algerian discord remain largely misunderstood, because most analyses on the issue focus on the symptoms rather than on the deep […]

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Morocco: a royal roadmap for the development of the Sahara

King Mohammed presented on Friday a genuine roadmap for the development of the Moroccan Sahara provinces, announcing a number of large-scale, wealth and job generating projects, and pledging to make of these provinces a model of integrated development and to enable the Saharan populations to become full-fledged citizens and to enjoy a dignified life. “Morocco […]

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Spain finally admits Polisario committed acts of terrorism

The Spanish Interior Minister, Jorge Fernandez Diaz, will be meeting in Las Palmas on November 6, members of ACAVITE, the Canary Association of Victims of Terrorism. This meeting with the members of ACAVITE sounds like a candid recognition by Spain that the Polisario did commit terrorist acts and did have connections with terrorist networks in […]