Algeria Columns Europe Features Headlines International Maghreb Morocco Opinions

Algeria outsources pro-Polisario judicial activism to European pawns

The Polisario and its mentor Algeria have suffered a new setback in their new strategy to hassle Morocco economically through challenges filed by European proxy NGOs, with a painful blow by the UK’s justice system rejecting a challenge to a trade deal with Morocco covering the Sahara. The new resounding failure adds to past desperate […]

Business Columns Emerging Markets Europe Headlines International Morocco Opinions

The EU should follow UK’s suit in dealing with Polisario’s judicial maneuvers

A UK court rejected irrevocably the challenge by the Polisario to the association agreement with Morocco which includes the Sahara territory, in a new setback for the Algerian-backed separatist group that should serve as an example to follow for the EU. The appeal was filed by the UK-based Algerian proxy Western Sahara Campaign (WSC) which […]

Columns Emerging Markets Europe Headlines International Morocco

An Ode to Morocco on the Financial Times

The charm of Morocco with all its picturesque landscape, enchanting centuries-old cities, and enchanting cultural diversity, arts, cuisine and smells were neatly woven in a story by the Financial Times’ travel editor Maria Shollenbarger, who gave the reader a sense of the Morocco experience. Shollenbarger traveled with her 80-year-old mother who came all the way […]

Editorials Features Headlines Morocco Opinions

Sahara: Morocco’s Ambassador to Moscow Received by Russian Deputy FM

Russia’s Deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin received Tuesday in Moscow Moroccan Ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara. They discussed a number of issues on the UN Security Council agenda, with a focus on the Sahara issue settlement, according to a press release issued by the Russian foreign minister. The meeting comes following the visit paid by […]

Africa Editorials Headlines International Maghreb Morocco

Cabo Verde reaffirms support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, autonomy Plan as “only solution” to Sahara issue

The government of Cabo Verde has reiterated its support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and reaffirmed its backing to the autonomy plan initiative presented by Morocco as “the only credible and realistic solution to the dispute” over the Sahara. In a document sent Tuesday, May 23, 2023 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cabo Verdean […]

Columns Europe Headlines International Maghreb Morocco Opinions

On Italy’s double speak on Sahara issue

Italy’s embassy in Rabat has issued a statement reiterating its stand in favor of a UN solution to the Sahara issue, while dismissing Algeria’s news reports which interpreted the opening of a visa processing center in Tindouf as a sign of support to the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists. In the statement, the Italian embassy said the […]

Business Columns Emerging Markets Headlines Morocco Opinions

Morocco should build on its strategic metals to achieve industrial sovereignty

Rich in phosphates and cobalt deposits, Morocco is poised to attract investments in the fields of electric batteries and environment-friendly vehicles as it pushes to achieve industrial sovereignty and expands high-tech manufacturing. The country’s officials have on multiple occasions mentioned an active quest to attract investors to build a gigafactory that will lure other EV […]

Asia Columns Headlines International Libya Morocco

Arab Leaders laud Morocco’s efforts for resolution of Libyan crisis & solidarity with Yemen

The Arab Summit, convened Friday in Jeddah, lauded Morocco’s efforts engaged for the settlement of the Libyan crisis and praised the Kingdom’s solidarity with Yemen. In their final declaration, the Arab leaders stressed the importance of the Libyan Political Agreement signed in Skhirat in 2015 for a lasting and peaceful resolution of the Libyan crisis. […]

Columns Headlines Morocco Opinions

Morocco’s Saharan Dakhla Oued Ed-Dahab Region Adds Senegal’s Mbour to Its Partner Cities

Morocco’s Saharan region of Dakhla Oued-Edahab is expanding the circle of its regional and international alliance for shared progress and prosperity in the new world order taking form. After having signed lately twinning agreements with U.S. Hollywood city and Peru’s “Pueblo Libre” in Lima, the Moroccan Saharan region sealed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding […]

Columns Emerging Markets Europe Finance Headlines International Morocco

Anti-money laundering: EC removes Morocco from list of high-risk countries

After leaving the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) thanks to its financial transparence, Morocco exits the European Commission’s list of high-risk countries presenting strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The decision, announced this Wednesday by the European Commission, will help Morocco attract more foreign […]