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King Mohammed VI appoints new ambassadors to several countries, heads of a number of agencies

King Mohammed VI has appointed new ambassadors to several countries as well as a number of officials to senior positions, during a ministers’ council held Friday in Rabat, the Spokesman for the Royal Palace said in a statement. The diplomats’ appointments were made on the proposal of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, while the […]

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As Morocco nears final close to Sahara issue, Algeria beats drums of war

After about five decades of nurturing a separatist chimera in the Sahara territory, Algeria is beating the drums of war again deploying troops on the Moroccan borders as the Sahara issue nears a final close under Moroccan sovereignty. International media has been warning of an Algerian attempt to end the state of “low intensity” war […]

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French documentary spotlights Morocco’s achievements under King Mohammed VI

Morocco under the reign of King Mohammed VI has become an “African power” thanks to an array of policies and reforms, a French documentary on public TV Public Senat concluded. The documentary started with the enthronement of King Mohammed VI at the helm of a centuries-old monarchy with longstanding traditions of diplomatic engagement with global […]

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US report decries Algeria’s persecution of Christians

Christian churches have been forced to close in Algeria amid a crackdown on religious freedom and a persecution of Christians across the country, said the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. In a recent report, the Commission recommended the US to put Algeria on a Special Watch List in view of the violations of religious […]

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Algeria moves from backstage to explicit involvement in Sahara issue under Tebboune

For decades, Algeria has played a tacit role in perpetuating the Sahara regional conflict until the military regime recycled itself in the form of a new military-civilian duo that made the dispute a matter of life and death for the Algerian state. Algeria hosted the Polisario group, who at first had no separatist agenda, following […]

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U.S. Think-Tank: Morocco’s Royal Atlantic Initiative seeks to reshape Sahel & Sub-Saharan regions

The initiative launched by King Mohammed VI offering Atlantic access to African landlocked countries seeks to reshape the geostrategic landscape of the Sahel and Sub-Saharan regions amid a wave of coups fueled by economic and social decline, said a U.S. think-tank. In an analysis on the royal initiative, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the […]

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Royal speech hailed in France as auguring new era in Moroccan-French ties

The Speech delivered on Friday by King Mohammed VI at the opening of the Fall session of the Parliament was hailed in France as auguring a new era in Moroccan-French ties and as consolidating the dynamic momentum of bilateral relations. In his speech, the King paid a special tribute to France, which now, he said […]

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Sahara: King Mohammed VI thanks French President for his support for Morocco

King Mohammed VI has thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for his crystal-clear support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and for his backing to the autonomy plan as the only basis for a reaching solution to the Sahara regional dispute. In July, President Emmanuel Macron backed, in a letter to King Mohammed VI, Morocco’s sovereignty […]

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King Mohammed VI highlights Morocco’s achievements to bring Sahara issue to final close

King Mohammed VI said Morocco made headway in bringing the artificial dispute over its southern provinces, the Sahara, to a final close urging pro-activeness and decisiveness in gathering further support for the autonomy plan for the territory as a final solution. “Our achievements to bring this issue to a final close and the economic and […]

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Morocco’s King welcomes growing international support for Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara

King Mohammed VI highlighted the positive momentum in the Sahara issue with the growing support for the Kingdom’s sovereignty over the territory and its autonomy plan. In a speech on the opening of the Fall session of the parliament, King Mohammed VI,  who was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, […]