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In a new report to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has once again rebuked Polisario for lack of cooperation with the UN mission in the Sahara, MINURSO. Guterres expressed to the Security Council his “great concern” over the refusal of the “Polisario” to receive in Rabbouni camps in eastern Algeria, his Special […]
Japan has dealt a hard blow to the Polisario separatist group and their Algerian supporters who failed this weekend to impose the presence of the secessionists in the follow-up meeting of Africa-Japan summit held in Tokyo (Oct.5-7). “Even if a group which claims itself as a State which Japan does not recognize was sitting in […]
The Moroccan delegation taking part at the preparatory meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has left the event in protest over the presence of Polisario members. Representatives of the Algerian backed separatist SADR entity managed to intrude into the meeting, which they have not been invited to. They used Algerian passports […]
The latest report of the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Sahara issue has demystified, once and for all, the propaganda nurtured for years by the “Polisario” and its mentor, Algeria, on the so-called existence of “liberated territories” East of the defense wall in the Moroccan Sahara. The report, presented to the Security […]
Morocco will take part in the round table on the Sahara issue to which Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario were also invited, Moroccan government spokesman Mustapha Khalfi said. At the end of September, UN envoy for the Sahara Horst Kohler sent an invitation to the three north African countries in addition to the Polisario separatists […]
Morocco and Russia will sign shortly an agreement on civil nuclear energy. The deal would be the first of its kind to be sealed between the two countries. The content of this agreement, proposed by the Russian side, has not yet been specified. The announcement of this project was made Thursday in Rabat by a […]
Russia has once again distanced itself from the maneuvers of Algiers and its proxy, the Polisario, by stating that only a political solution would settle the regional dispute over Morocco’s southern provinces. President Putin’s Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhael Bogdanov has reiterated that Russia backs a political solution to the Sahara issue […]
Algeria will continue to supply gas to Morocco through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline as the two countries prepare to renew a contract that will expire in 2021, Algerian Energy Minister Mustapha Guitouni told Reuters. Morocco will take full ownership of the pipeline that channels gas to Spain in 2021, the Algerian minister said following talks with […]
The Euromed University of Fez has received over €13 million, donated by the European Union via the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the construction and equipment of its eco-friendly campus. This world-class campus, to be built over 26 ha area, will be able to accommodate about 7,000 students and 650 staff members of diverse nationalities […]
The European Parliament has approved the “Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area” (PRIMA) sealed with Morocco, which has been involved in this project since its inception. PRIMA is supported by Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation framework program. It is the first public-public partnership under Horizon 2020 enabling participation of non-EU […]