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The UN has called the Mauritanian regime and opposition to open direct talks in order to overcome the socio-political crisis, which has been gripping the country for many years, hindering the country’s development and economic growth. Both camps have been in finger-pointing game since 2009, year when Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was sworn in as […]
A new attempt to embezzle humanitarian aid by the Polisario separatists has been foiled in north-eastern Mauritania where large amounts of foodstuff and medicines were seized, Moroccan daily Al Massae reported. The diverted humanitarian aid was loaded on trucks coming from Tindouf in southwestern Algeria despite the outcry of the international community against the diversion […]
The Mauritanian President, who has been reportedly angered by the poor consideration shown by Gambian President during his participation in Gambia’s celebration of its 52nd anniversary, has recalled the Mauritanian envoy in Banjul. Two days after his disappointing visit to Banjul, President Ould Abdel Aziz recalled Ba Ousmane, his ambassador to The Gambia, and appointed […]
The Flintlock 2017 military exercises were launched in the Tifnit training base in Morocco’s southern zone area of operations with the participation of US experts and more than 2,000 military personnel from 24 African and Western nations. The tenth annual iteration of the exercise was launched by Moroccan and US military representatives on February 27 […]
In the face of the paralysis crippling the Maghreb union, Morocco opted to look south reaching out to its partners in West Africa with whom it has been building partnerships on a sound foundation underpinned by a south-south cooperation approach. The recent request by Morocco to join the West African economic community (ECOWAS) is the […]
The International community welcomed Morocco’s decision to withdraw troops from the southernmost tip of the Saharan provinces, known as Guerguarat, on the borders with Mauritania in the buffer zone. The decision to retreat from the buffer strip came upon orders from King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed […]
Morocco announced it is beginning as of Sunday unilateral and immediate withdrawal from Guerguarat, a Buffer Strip between the southernmost tip of the Saharan provinces and the Mauritanian border, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. Morocco took note with interest of the statement made on Saturday, February 25, 2017 by the United […]
The Senegalese private TV channel 2Stv has received a warning from the country’s authorities for airing a program calling for armed protest against Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, reports say. The private channel reportedly aired on January 20 a program in which Ahmed Vall Messaoud, a former Mauritanian governor and now a human right […]
The speech delivered by King Mohammed VI before the Heads of State attending the 28th African Union Summit rang the alarm bell as to the state of immobility affecting the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU.) The situation of AMU actually stands in stark contrast to the dynamism characterizing other sub-regional groupings such as the Economic Community […]
The CIA has made available online 930,000 declassified files, that is about 13 million pages, of which 6597 documents are related to Morocco. The trove had previously only been accessible at the National Archives in Maryland and was made searchable online after lengthy efforts from freedom of information advocates and a lawsuit against the CIA. […]