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Morocco-Africa: King Mohammed VI Clinches another Diplomatic Win

Slowly but surely Morocco’s King Mohammed VI is playing a leading role in the development of the African continent at a time dictators are gradually bowing out of the scene and the continent is crying for sustainable economic development. King Mohammed VI’s diplomatic tactic is winning. No lesson to teach, no arrogance. Taking over his […]

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Morocco Denounces AU Commission Chairperson’s Lack of Neutrality

It seems that plotting against Morocco’s interest and its territorial integrity is the only task the Chairperson of the African Union Commission has excelled at during her tenure in which she accumulated a series of failures on Africa’s key issues. After indirectly complaining against Zuma’s anti-Moroccan stands and her bias in supporting the Polisario separatists […]

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Morocco: After Madagascar King Mohammed VI to head to Nigeria, Zambia

Moroccan monarch King Mohamed VI will kick off next month another African tour to take him to Nigeria and Zambia, two countries still supporting the Front Polisario, reports say. Jeune Afrique citing sources close to the Moroccan diplomacy notes that Mohamed VI is expected in Abuja, Nigeria to visit President Muhammadu Buhari. The Moroccan monarch […]

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Nine Countries Withdrew from 4th Arab-African Summit to Protest Polisario’s Presence

Nine Arab countries, including Morocco, have pulled out from the 4th Arab-African Summit in Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), in protest against the participation of the so-called self-proclaimed SADR in the event. The countries that withdrew from the summit in solidarity with Morocco are Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan, Yemen and […]

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Morocco to Bring a New Strategic Culture to African Union

The imminent return of Morocco to the African Union will offer the North African Kingdom a platform to showcase and share its economic, political and security model that will breakaway with the dominant ideological rhetoric in the organization in favor of a south-south African cooperation model permeated by solidarity and co-development. For decades, the African […]

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Can the Saudis Use Their Leverage to Repair Moroccan-Algerian Ties?

Many political analysts are wondering whether there is currently a Saudi mediation to heal relations between Algeria and its neighboring Morocco as top Algerian officials have softened up lately their anti-Moroccan rhetoric prior a visit to Riyadh by Algerian Premier Abdelmalek Sellal. Morocco is one of the strategic partners of the Arab rich Gulf monarchies, […]

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Chief of UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous in Morocco this Week

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 […]

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Morocco Reiterates Call on Algeria to Conduct a Census of Tindouf Camps Population

Morocco reiterated, at the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, its call on Algeria to conduct a census of the population held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, arguing that their number does not exceed 30,000. Morocco’s Permanent representative at the UN in New York, Omar Hilale, who was addressing the fourth committee, stressed […]

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Morocco Captures Algerian Military Officers, Polisario Fighters in Guergarat

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 […]

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Morocco Welcomes Appointment of Antonio Guterres as UN Chief

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 […]