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The high voters’ turnout in the Moroccan southern provinces during the general elections held on Sept.8 translates the attachment of the inhabitants of these provinces to their Moroccan identity, said Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, in letters sent to the UN Secretary-General and to the President and members of the Security […]
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell has welcomed the swift appointment of Aziz Akhannouch as head of the Moroccan Government. “I welcome the swift appointment of Prime Minister-designate Mr. Akhannouch,” Josep Borrell tweeted on Saturday. The EU has already worked a lot with Mr. Akhannouch in […]
Morocco held parliamentary, local and regional elections on time marked by alternation and the peaceful transition of power without interference in the sovereign choice of the people who elected the RNI first and dealt a painful blow to moderate PJD Islamists. Islamist PJD climbed to power using the democratic ladder in 2011 and 2016 elections […]
Several countries, organizations, and national and foreign observers and experts have welcomed the successful unfolding of the September 8 triple elections held in Morocco, noting the integrity and transparency that marked the polls. The UK government looks forward to working with the new Moroccan government to be set up following the parliamentary and local elections […]
Several major economic and social challenges are awaiting the next government to be formed in Morocco following the landslide victory scored by the liberal parties to the detriment of the moderate Islamist PJD party in the parliamentary, regional, and local elections held September 8. According to the latest results of the counting of the ballots, […]
The turnout rate of the legislative, regional and local elections held Sept.08 in Morocco reached 50.35 pc, a rate higher than the 43% turnout in the 2016 polls, an increase that shows that Moroccans want change. Commenting the sky-high turnout, Aziz Akhannouch, Head of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), said the participation of […]
Turnout in Morocco’s parliamentary, municipal and regional elections improved to 50.35%, slightly higher than in 2016, with the southern provinces registering higher voter participation rate. As polls closed at 19:00, half Moroccans eligible to vote casted ballot. The turnout rate was higher in Morocco’s Sahara with 66.9% in Laayoune-Sakia-El Hamra, 63.7% in Guelmim-Oued Noun, and […]
Morocco’s local, regional and parliamentary elections will be held on September 8 with Islamists standing as the biggest losers after leading two consecutive governments. The PJD candidates have so far failed to convince after a meager performance at the helm of a coalition government. Running up against fierce opponents such as liberal PAM and RNI, […]
Ugandan musician-turned-lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as as the “ghetto president” has vowed to rock the halls of power with a run for the top job in the East African nation. According to Bobi Wine, incumbent President Yoweri Museveni’s 33 years in power was “a dictatorship”. Museveni has described Wine as an enemy of prosperity, […]