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Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security has registered in 2024 an impressive record of successes and achievements in security matters, both domestically and at the international level, as revealed by its annual report released this week. The remarkable progress of La Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (DGSN) in 2024 was also marked by significant […]
Thanks to the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco has shifted regional power dynamics, resulting in growing diplomatic gains and more international support for its territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Saharan territory. In 2024, the North African Kingdom has gained the support of France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto […]
King Mohammed VI has instructed a review of the family code in line with Islamic precepts and universal values which introduces amendments protecting the social and economic rights of the Moroccan family. Following widespread consultations, the committee in charge of elaborating the new code provided the broadlines to the media, in line with royal directives […]
King Mohammed chaired on Monday a new working session to follow up on the reform of the family code. Building on the achievements of the 2004 code, the King urged that the adoption of the new family law should be permeated by justice, equality, solidarity and harmony with the percepts of Islam and universal values. […]
In recent days, a powerful campaign has gained traction among Algerians on social media under the hashtag #Manish_Radi (I am not satisfied). The regime, after stifling activists and cracking down on protesters, has responded with arrests against anyone who uses the hashtag. As Algeria’s cash-handout policy reaches its limits, the participants on the hashtag shared […]
In joining Morocco’s Atlantic initiative and the gas pipeline project, Mauritania has expressed full support for regional economic integration and taken its distances vis-à-vis Algeria’s schemes aiming to isolate Morocco in its neighborhood. The recent meeting between King Mohammed VI and Mauritanian President V Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani in Casablanca sent a reassuring message […]
The United States has rejected the “terrorism” designation given by Algerian authorities to the MAK movement, which peacefully seeks an independent state in the Amazigh-speaking Kabylie region. In 2023, Algeria also maintained domestic terrorism designations on the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie and the Islamist movement Rachad. “The United States considers Algeria’s concentration on […]
Mauritania will work together with Morocco to advance royal projects aiming to boost connectivity including the Atlantic initiative to offer landlocked Sahel states access to the Atlantic and a gas pipeline project that will connect Nigeria to Morocco benefiting 13 west African states. This came in a royal office statement following talks between King Mohammed […]
Libya’s House of Representatives and the High State Council agreed to work together to take the necessary steps to form a national unity government and organize fair elections to end the institutional division in the country. This came in a statement following a consultative meeting between the two institutions held in Morocco’s Bouznika. The two […]
King Mohammed VI has called on all stakeholders to double efforts in order to make advanced regionalization a lever for economic and social development that can help address development challenges, unequal growth, and regional disparities. The Monarch’s call comes in a message addressed Friday to participants at the 2nd National Conference on Advanced Regionalization, convening […]