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Moroccan Lower House Speaker Welcomes UN Secretary General’s Report on Sahara

Speaker of the Lower House of the Moroccan Parliament, Habib El Malki, welcomed the draft report submitted by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the Security Council calling for an immediate retreat of the Polisario militias from the buffer strip and warning of the degrading humanitarian conditions prevailing in Tindouf. “Antonio Guterres expressed concerns […]

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Forty African Countries Support Morocco’s Return to AU

Morocco is poised to regain its seat within Africa’s institutional family as 40 African Union member countries have so far expressed support for the Kingdom’s membership, said Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar. Speaking to MPs following the adoption of the constitutive act of the African Union, Mezouar underscored the pertinence of the reinvigorated foreign policy towards […]

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Parliament Clears the Way for Morocco’s Return to AU

The Moroccan House of representatives unanimously adopted the constitutive act of the African Union clearing the way for the Kingdom’s return to the African Union. The adoption of the constitutive act by the Moroccan parliament paves the institutional way for Morocco’s return to the pan-African organization in line with the King’s vision in favor of […]

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Election of Parliament Speaker Complicates Benkirane’s Bid to Form Coalition

Leftist MP Habib El Malki of the USFP party was elected Monday Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament amid fears that such a decision may further complicate the stalling formation of a coalition government by Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the Islamist PJD party. Benkirane was appointed Head of Government by King Mohammed VI […]