David Schenker’s visit comes ahead of the expected opening of provisional US consulate in the contested desert region. A top United States envoy has visited contested Western Sahara after Washington recognized Morocco’s sovereignty there in [ More … ]
Under the agreement, Morocco will establish full diplomatic relations and resume official contacts with Israel. Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, [ More … ]
Morocco ‘could take an initiative, which would bring an end once and for all to this matter,’ says Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune The president of Algeria said Saturday he would welcome an initiative to end [ More … ]
Moroccan-Saudi relations have never been as cool and strained as they have become in the past week, By Hassan Aourid* following a report on Western Sahara disputed broadcast on Al-Arabiya, a television channel close to decision-making circles [ More … ]
European Parliament’s (EP) vote today could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according to a coalition of international NGOs. The vote, on European Union’s (EU) export control regime for dual-use items, [ More … ]
Former Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz faced angry protestations from delegates to a joint conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) and the World Trade Organization at the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat on [ More … ]
The royal’s holiday is expected to account for 1.5 per cent of north African country’s foreign tourism revenue – amid austerity measures by the Saudi government, including new fees on expats and companies. Saudi Arabia’s [ More … ]
Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev will visit Morocco in early October, a day before the RR’s arrival in the kingdom, reports Russian news agency Sputnik. Svetlana Kovaleva, the director of the business projects of the [ More … ]
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Thursday arrived in Morocco on a private visit that coincides with the presence of where he is expected to meet the Saudi Arabia’s, King Salman. According to the official SUNA, al-Bashir [ More … ]
Pro-Christian militias killed two Moroccan UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic’s southeast on Tuesday, according to the United Nations. Two Moroccan UN peacekeepers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic’s southeast [ More … ]
Morocco plans to set up an embassy in Zambia in September as the two African countries are interested in deepening bilateral relations, said Mounia Boucetta, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs [ More … ]
The Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mounia Boucetta, arrived in Ethiopia on Monday to consolidate bilateral relations and continue the agreements made by King Mohammed VI during his [ More … ]
Morocco’s Public Prosecutor in Casablanca Hassan Matar has ordered on Monday an investigation into the leaking of a video of Nasser Zafzafi, the leading Hirak (protest movement in Rif region), currently under detention in Oukacha [ More … ]
Moroccan King Mohammed VI has instructed security forces to withdraw from the northern cities of Al Hoceima and Imzouren after violent clashes erupted between police and protesters in the region. “Following royal directives, the law [ More … ]
A number of leading detained activists from Al Hoceima and other towns in the Rif were reportedly called for “extensive” interrogations on Monday. Al Yaoum24 said that two activists detained in Casablanca’s Oukacha Prison were [ More … ]
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