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The soft-power approach adopted by Morocco since the advent of King Mohammed VI in 1999 helped the North African country emerge as a model in the Arab world and an inspiring success-story. Now, when Moroccans look back at the achievements and major strides accomplished by their country during the 16-year stewardship of King Mohammed VI, […]
Morocco is poised to adopt a new comprehensive policy on immigration as the country is hosting increasing numbers of immigrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa. The adoption of this new comprehensive policy on immigration was discussed at a meeting held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI and in the presence of the Head […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has vehemently criticized the shortcomings of the educational system in his country blaming the current government, led by the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) for the inadequate policy followed in the sector. In an unusually severe and critical tone, Mohammed VI deplored in a speech he made on Tuesday […]
King Juan Carlos I of Spain started on Monday a four-day official visit to Morocco, the first in more than two years as his latest dates back to May 2011. Beyond the exceptional historical personal relations binding the two sovereigns, the visit of King Juan Carlos holds much symbolic and political significance and is seen […]
Long before the advent of the Arab Spring, the region was boiling as people in most of the countries of the region were denied basic social and economic rights: Unhealthy housing, below standards education, inaccessible health care, ramping unemployment etc. However hard the situation was, people seemed accommodating with their daily hardships, thanking God for […]
King Mohammed VI has been requested by the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to continue sponsoring Inter-Palestinian dialog. Morocco hosted about two weeks ago a three day conference that brought together representatives of the various Palestinian factions, in an attempt to put the Palestinian national reconciliation process back on track. In a phone […]
No tiny Arab country has ever gained more diplomatic leverage than Qatar in recent North African history. Since independence, only a few Arab regional powers had an overarching and successful influence in North Africa’s politics: Jamal Abdel Nasser’s Egypt and King Fahd’s Saudi Arabia were able to diplomatically twist – gently or otherwise – the […]