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HRW Urges UN S-G to Intervene for Release of Women Detained by Polisario

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Human Rights Watch has urged the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who is currently touring the Maghreb region to intervene in favor of Sahrawi women who are prevented by their families from leaving the Polisario-run Tindouf camps for Spain, where they legally reside. HRW called the UN chief to seize the opportunity of his visit […]
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Morocco: IS could target Morocco with sarin gas, reports

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Threat of use of sarin gas against Morocco is taking serious tone as local media in the kingdom Monday indicate that IS in Libya now in possession of stocks of the dreadful gas is marching through Sahara with Morocco standing as potential victim. According to the Moroccan daily Assabah relayed by the le360.ma, IS has […]
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Stockholm’s New Stand on Western Sahara, a Meddling in the UN Peace Process & a Geopolitical Threat

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Sweden’s plans to recognize the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic has sparked widespread anger in Morocco where the Islamist-led government and all political parties denounced Stockholm’s political hostile move. All Moroccan political actors in the North African nation are in shock. They cannot figure out why some Swedish political parties are taking such a perilous stand instead […]