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The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) has reasserted the relevance of the Skhirat and Bouznika processes to resolve the Libyan crisis. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 1244th meeting, held on November 12, the AU PSC reiterated that “the Skhirat Agreement, signed on December 17, 2015, resulting from the reconciliation […]
Morocco is closely following recent events in Niger and stresses the importance of maintaining the stability of this brotherly country. The remarks were made by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi, at an urgent meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) on the situation in Niger. Morocco trusts […]
The government of Morocco has voiced readiness to provide the necessary and possible support to help Sudan overcome its crisis, saying Rabat is confident in the Sudanese people’s capacity to reach a compromise for the sake of security and stability of their country. Addressing remotely the African Union Peace and Security Council, convened this weekend […]
Morocco has sounded the alarm over the proliferation of terrorist acts in Africa, which counts 19 separatist movements, and which is the second region of the world where terrorism strikes most often and, above all, indiscriminately. This came in the address delivered Friday by Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, during the ministerial meeting of the […]
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union has called on the Chadian junta to stick to 18 months period for the completion of the transition and said it opposes the candidacy of any member of the Transition Military Council (TMC) led by Mahamat Deby, son of former leader Idriss Deby. The PSC’s […]
Morocco reiterated, Tuesday before the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), its solidarity with the states of the Great Lakes region, and called for effective cooperation and collaboration among member countries to combat and eradicate the scourge of terrorism and create an environment conducive to stability and development in the region. Speaking at a […]
The Summit of the African Union Peace and Security Council emerged as a platform to disavow Algeria and Kenya, who vainly maneuvered to include the Sahara issue in the agenda of the meeting initially devoted to climate change. At Algeria’s instigation, Kenya, which holds the rotating presidency of the AU Peace and Security Council, […]
Morocco took over as of this Sept.1 the rotating chairmanship of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) for one month. Morocco, which has been elected in January 2018 to the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) for a two-year term (2018-2019), chairs for the first time the AU standing decision-making […]
The African Union Commissioner for Peace & Security, Smail Chergui, has apparently snubbed the meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union, convening in the Moroccan coastal city of Skhirat with the participation of delegates of all its 15-member countries. In a bid to justify his absence, the cunning Algerian diplomat, […]
Morocco called once again for a genuine reform of the African Union’s most powerful body, the Peace and Security Council (PSC), to be better placed to resolve the issues compromising African stability and hence its development. The call was made this time by Minister delegate in charge of African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli who was speaking […]