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Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN Omar Hilale has deflated with sound and accurate arguments Algeria’s claims that it only has an observer status in the Sahara issue, stressing that the genesis of the conflict and the ensuing facts confirm that without Algeria’s aggressive activism, interference, and support to separatist theses, there will be no […]
The government of Chile expressed on Friday its full support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco to reach a realistic, viable and definitive political solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara. In a joint statement issued in Santiago following the visit paid by Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, the government of […]
Senior Irish officials voiced on Friday their full support to the process led by the Secretary General of the United Nations for the resolution of the Sahara issue. During meetings held in Dublin with a delegation of elected representatives from Morocco’s Southern Provinces, the Irish officials welcomed the in-depth, productive and enlightening presentations made by […]
The European Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have earmarked about €67 million to support the fight against climate change in Niger. The funding will support the Program for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (PIDACC) in the Niger Basin. The funding agreement was signed by the Nigerien Minister of Planning, Kané Aichatou […]
The UN highlighted the sacrifices of Moroccan peacekeepers who served in different UN missions across the continent describing the North African country as a key partner. “Morocco is a longstanding and key partner for the UN peacekeeping operations,” UN peacekeeping spokesman Nick Birnback told the Moroccan news agency on the international day of peace keeping, […]
Islamic countries leaders, meeting in Makkah Friday, for the 14th OIC Summit, urged Libyan parties to cease hostilities around Tripoli, to stop bloodshed amongst Libyan people, and appealed to them to return to the UN-sponsored political process. The leaders, in a statement over Libya, voiced grave concern over the military operations around Tripoli and urged […]
What is the reason for the surprise resignation of the German Horst Köhler from his job as special envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara? For Algeria, which voiced its speculations through a Polisario media outlet, American pressures are behind Köhler’s abrupt exit. It is both normal and understandable that a 76 year-old, […]
Two years after its instalment, the current Moroccan government will undergo a reshuffle without altering the components of the majority, Moroccan media said citing multiple sources. “The leaders of the government coalition raised the reshuffle with the head of the government and it is very likely to take place next month once conditions are met […]
Saudi Ambassador to Rabat made it clear that his country stands with Morocco in the defense of its territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. Morocco’s territorial integrity is a “Red Line” for Saudi Arabia and support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces is a principle in Riyadh’s foreign policy, Ambassador Abdellah Ben Saad […]
Morocco handed Russia a native of Daghestan region who fought for IS in Syria, Russian federal security service (FSB) said. “Morocco’s security forces arrested the Russian national, Salamov Ramazan Magomednuriyevich, born in 1970 and wanted for his involvement with international terrorist organizations,” Russian news agency TASS cited an FSB statement as saying. The Russian suspect […]