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The United States and the European Union have called on the Algerian authorities to respect the rights of Algerian people to peaceful protest, freedom of assembly and of speech as the oil-rich country is rocked by popular protests against the candidacy of ailing and absent Pdt Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term. The situation in […]
President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law the 2019 appropriation legislation that stipulates explicitly that the assistance funds allocated to Morocco will also benefit the Sahara. Morocco welcomed the text, which recognizes Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara southern provinces, as it is unequivocally pro-Morocco and unusually forthcoming on US development funds for the Sahara. […]
UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has said it allowed a US airstrike on al Qaeda fighters in the southern city of Ubari. The raid, according to spokesman for GNA leader Faiez Serraj, hit Wednesday a number of fighters of the terror group near Ubari, 900 km south of Tripoli. “This joint work between the […]
Washington has commended Morocco’s constructive participation in talks on the Sahara held under the aegis of the United Nations and the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler. This came during a meeting held Wednesday in Washington between US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Moroccan foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The […]
Washington and Rabat gave an African dimension to their Strategic Dialogue with the 1st session meeting of their joint working group on Africa convened Tuesday in Washington. The gathering was co-chaired by Moroccan minister Delegate for African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy. “Africa is at the top […]
The US Congress has included the Sahara into its aid program to Morocco in a move that translates the US administration’s recognition of the North African country’s sovereignty over the land. The decision means a victory for Morocco, comments local Al Massae daily, which notes that the decision was made possible thanks to the Democrats […]
African-focused start-up Andela has raised $100m in a tour in United States, led by Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management. Andela, founded in 2013 to train African software developers and help them get hired by global companies, said it would use the most recent cash injection to expand the business and improve its internal data tools […]
Only few days after the diplomatic victory scored by Rabat with the adoption by the European Parliament with a large majority of the Morocco-EU Farm Agreement that covers the Sahara, the U.S. Congress dropped a House text included in the 2019 draft Appropriation Bill, which excluded the Sahara from the U.S. financial aid to Morocco. […]
Members of a delegation of the U.S. Conference of Western Attorneys General who visited Morocco lately have stressed the need for continued U.S. support to help Morocco resolve the Sahara conflict, describing Morocco as “an exporter of peace”. Two member of the delegation, Sean Reyes and Lawrence Wasden stated in a an op-ed published by […]
A group of U.S. State Attorneys General, who visited Morocco recently, said they witnessed “the popularity of King Mohammed VI and the effects of his wise, progressive leadership” on the country’s socioeconomic development and on regional influence. Since his accession to the throne in 1999, the Monarch has embraced technological advances to modernize the nation […]