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The United Nations announced Tuesday it closed down, as requested by Morocco, the MINURSO military liaison office in Dakhla. The measure was part of Morocco’s retaliation against the UN Chief’s recent blunders. The UN also withdrew three military observers. According to UN spokesman Farhan Haq, Rabat gave a 72 hour deadline for the military observers […]
UNSMIL Head Martin Kobler announced Wednesday he has been refused landing in Tripoli as he tries to establish the unity government in the capital city controlled by anti-UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA.) Kobler via his twitter account indicated that he had to call off his trip to Tripoli after Islamists ruling the capital refused […]
Two terrorists Monday opened fire at a hotel in the Malian capital, Bamako, where EU military instructors were lodging. The attack targeted Azalaïl Hotel Nord-Sud, located in a posh neighborhood of Bamako, near the US embassy and the UN headquarters in the Malia capital. The hotel is used by European Union multinational military training mission […]
The United Nations Secretary General is supposed to be a peace-maker and most importantly is supposed to observe neutrality in any conflict he is called to settle. But Ban Ki-moon, the current UN Chief has ignored his position and the role he needs to play and recklessly fell in his own trap and in the […]
Morocco’s Premier Thursday reaffirmed Morocco’s historical and political attachment to the Moroccan Sahara saying that no one will ever snatch the territory from Morocco in reference to UN Chief’s recent designation of the territory as “occupied territory.” Speaking at the opening of a cabinet meeting in Rabat, Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane indicated that Morocco will […]
Rabat started as of Wednesday implementing the measures it announced the previous day in response to the “outrageous behavior” and “inappropriate” remarks made lately by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Sahara issue. Morocco which had decided to significantly scale down its participation in the civilian component of MINURSO, particularly in the political section, […]
Russia has joined its voice to Morocco’s to express opposition to any violation of the parameters set by the United Nations Security Council with regard to the settlement of the Sahara issue and to any attempt to change the pace of the political process. This came in the Statement on the Extended Strategic Partnership adopted […]
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has considered the march staged in Rabat last Sunday with the participation of over 3 million Moroccans, in response to his biased remarks on the Sahara issue, as a “lack of respect” towards him and towards the UN. Ban Ki-moon held a meeting Monday in New York with Morocco’s […]
The British Government Tuesday denied plans to send British troops to Libya to shore up the Government of National Accord as the members of the House of Commons were seeking answers. A government spokeswoman has dismissed allegations by MPs of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons that they received confirmed information during […]
The Presidency Council (PC) based in Tunisia and formed under the Libya Political Agreement announced that the majority of the lawmakers at the Tobruk-based parliament signed a document supporting the Government of National Accord (GNA) giving a “green light to start work.” The council said in a statement that Libya’s Political Dialogue Team (PDT,) a […]