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Spain applauds Morocco’s election to UNHRC Presidency

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The Spanish government, represented by its Minister of Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares, expressed its satisfaction with Morocco’s election to the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). “We are pleased that a friendly and neighboring country occupies this international position,” Albares said in an exclusive interview with Spanish outlet El Periódico, published […]
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Algeria suffers its first 2024 diplomatic setback as it clutches at South Africa’s straw

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Algeria and its ally South Africa have both ensued a painful diplomatic setback when Morocco won the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council by a comfortable majority of votes. The two resource-rich African countries have waged a campaign against Morocco’s bid using all sorts of propaganda in defiance of an African consensus backing Morocco’s […]