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The United States hailed Morocco’s continued efforts to fight terrorism through a strategy, combining security, economic and human development in addition to the fight against radicalization, while highlighting the close cooperation between the Kingdom and the United States as part of international efforts aimed at fighting this scourge. In its 2021 Country Reports on Terrorism, […]
In his first comment on the frost between Morocco and France, President Macron boiled the issue down into a mere “controversy”, a statement that failed to convince the political class in Rabat. Speaking publicly on France’s African strategy, Macron spoke about what he described as “friendly” ties with his majesty but denied any involvement of […]
The Iranian drones, which are being deployed in North Africa, are posing a direct threat to Morocco, said American daily Boston Herald, noting that Moroccan diplomats are actively raising the issue with Western governments. In an Op-Ed published lately, columnist Llewellyn King said that the Mullah regime, in collusion with Algeria, is supplying the Polisario […]
Morocco has taken measures to improve financial transparency and protect its economy against money laundering and terrorism financing, earning a well-deserved exit of the grey list of the Global financial crime watchdog Financial Action Task Force. The Moroccan government welcomed the FATF decision which will “positively impact the sovereign and local bank ratings in addition […]
A UN Human Rights Independent expert has called on Algeria to stop attacking civil society organizations which have been facing increasing pressure from the state which has dissolved the country’s prominent two non-governmental human rights entities. La Ligue algérienne pour la défense des droits de l’homme [The Algerian League for Human Rights Defense] (LADDH) and […]
North American lawyers specializing in handling cybersecurity cases highlighted, Saturday in Tangier, the legal inadmissibility of the “pseudo-evidence” contained in reports by Citizen Lab, Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories regarding the alleged use of Pegasus software by some countries. This came at a hearing organized by Morocco’s Personal Data Protection Committee (CNDP) with the participation […]
The Union of Arab Journalists has denounced the politically-motivated campaign orchestrated by the European Parliament against Morocco, saying that spying claims made against the North African Kingdom were “baseless allegations”. The MEPs have failed to provide scientific evidence to support their false allegations, said the Union, expressing astonishment over the French judiciary system which has […]
The standing decision-making organ of the African Union, the Peace and Security Council, issued its annual report without mentioning the Algeria-fueled conflict over southern Morocco, the Sahara. The decision confirms once more the neutrality of the African Union, in line with its resolution 639 of July 2019, which considers the Sahara as an issue to […]
When Algeria unilaterally cut gas supplies through the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline in late 2021, it was expecting Morocco to succumb to darkness and electricity cuts. But none of that happened. Instead, a new energy partnership was forged with Spain giving the halted pipeline a new life. Spain received annually 2 million euros from Morocco for […]
Tunisia’s authoritarian president Kais Saied is pushing conspiracy theories to the limit. After accusing the West of trying to undermine Tunisia’s sovereignty amid an uphill battle to gain a new IMF credit line, he now changed targets to scapegoat poor Sub-Saharan migrants uttering comments that verge on abject racism. “The undeclared goal of the successive […]