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Morocco indirectly deplored the desperate anti-Moroccan stands shown by the African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma of South Africa, who fell short of distributing to the AU member states Morocco’s official request to join the Pan-African organization. With this blatant anti-Moroccan attitude, Dlamini Zuma, an ardent defender of separatism, shows disregard for the AU […]
A new chapter has been opened in Moroccan-Tanzanian bilateral relations with the signing of 22 cooperation agreements, which set foundation for win-win partnerships in the fields of economy, finance, renewable energy, agriculture, fisheries, air transport, hydrocarbons, mines as well as science and culture. The agreements were signed at a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI […]
After Rabat, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous flew to the southern city of Laayoune where he will meet local authorities and visit the headquarters of the UN mission in the Sahara, MINURSO. In Rabat, Ladsous held talks with Charki Drais, Minister Delegate to the Interior. Talks focused on the security conditions in […]
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said he would pay a visit to Morocco this week to meet Moroccan officials and visit the headquarters of the UN mission to the Sahara, MINURSO. The announcement of this visit surprised many as the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy Christopher Ross saw his visit to Morocco postponed on […]
The Royal Armed Forces conducted an operation that foiled an Algerian plan to establish a polisario separatist military presence in the southernmost tip of the Sahara, Guergarat, capturing 6 Algerian military officers and several polisario fighters. The news is relayed by Assabah daily which says that the Moroccan Armed Forces (known by the French acronym […]
Moroccan authorities have welcomed the appointment of Portugal’s Antonio Guterres as the new UN Secretary General, as they pin high hopes to see his term usher a new era of trust and cooperation on the Sahara issue following the turbulences between Morocco and the UN during Ban Ki-moon’s terms which was marred by verbal blunders […]
Algeria’s responsibility in prolonging the Sahara conflict was decried by Morocco’s Representative at the UN in New York Omar Hilale, who deplored that Algiers continue to block efforts aiming at reaching a lasting political solution to the Sahara dispute. Hilale, speaking before the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, presented arguments showing the invalidity of the […]
The EU reiterated at the fourth Committee of the UN’s General Assembly its support for the efforts led by the UN Secretary General to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara issue. The EU representative at the UN Minister Counsellor Carl Hallergard called for a consensual solution to the Sahara […]
Three months following the UN-Morocco agreement to allow for the return of civilian staff of the MINURSO, the full functionality of the UN mission in the Sahara is yet to be fully restored, the UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said. The MINURSO “continues to operate under existing arrangements and procedures,” Farhan told Innercitypress, noting that […]
The association of victims of the Polisario Front, who suffered from torture practices and human rights abuses in Tindouf camp, in Algeria, Tuesday called on the autonomous government of the Spanish archipelago to help justice prevail and bring members of the separatist movement wandering in the archipelago to the book, reports say. Dahi Aguai, head […]