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UN Secretary General echoes Morocco’s Atlantic Initiative for the Sahel

UN Secretary General Antonion Guterres highlighted in his annual report on the Sahara territory the relevance of Morocco’s Atlantic initiative to offer the Sahel access to the Atlantic. Guterres referred to the Royal initiative “for the Atlantic coastline becoming a gateway for trade and economic integration with Africa and the Americas by facilitating access for […]

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OIC summit: King Mohammed VI underscores relevance of Atlantic initiative

King Mohammed VI highlighted the relevance of Morocco’s Atlantic initiative that aims at promoting regional integration by offering landlocked Sahel countries access to the Atlantic and global trade. This came in a speech read on the King’s behalf before the 15th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), held in Banjul April 4-5. In […]

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Moroccan king’s Atlantic Initiative marks emergence of a New Africa (Experts)

The Atlantic Initiative, launched by King Mohammed VI to facilitate access for Sahel States to the Atlantic Ocean, stands as a distinctive framework aimed at fostering multidimensional African cooperation, ultimately paving the way for the emergence of a new, prosperous, and stable Africa, experts and intellectuals said during a conference held on Tuesday in Rabat. […]

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Morocco-Peru Political Consultations: Lima praises Atlantic Initiative launched by King Mohammed VI

Peru has praised the Atlantic Initiative, launched by King Mohammed VI, a move aimed at transforming this continental maritime space into a zone of peace, stability, and development. This position was expressed at the seventh edition of the Morocco-Peru Political Consultations Mechanism, held this week in Lima. The edition coincides with the 60th anniversary of […]

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Niger rapprochement with Morocco makes Algerian junta extremely anxious

The Algerian regime has lost its leverage and credibility in the Sahel region, becoming untrustworthy for its southern neighboring countries due to its interference, support for separatism, and dirty-games serving agenda of former French colonial power. On Wednesday, Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine was received in Rabat by Moroccan peer Aziz Akhannouch. During […]

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Morocco underscores Mauritania’s key role in Atlantic initiative

Mauritania has a central role to play in Morocco’s Atlantic initiative aiming to offer access to the ocean to landlocked Sahel countries and promote regional economic integration and shared development. Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita made the remarks at a joint press conference in Rabat with his guest Mauritania’s foreign minister Salem Ould Merzoug. King […]

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Dakhla, poised to serve as gateway to west Africa, Sahel

Morocco is matching words with actions as far as making the Sahara territory a bridge to the rest of Africa through win-win partnerships. The Atlantic initiative, spurred by King Mohammed VI, aims to benefit landlocked Sahel countries from the future 1bln Dakhla port and other logistics and infrastructure to help them access global trade and […]

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Landlocked Sahel countries subscribe to Morocco’s King Atlantic initiative

Four landlocked countries in the Shael welcomed the initiative launched by Morocco’s king to facilitate their access to the Atlantic coast, a goal that requires investments in infrastructure and a co-development approach. Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad expressed at a meeting hosted by Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita in Marrakech Saturday their gratitude to […]