Algeria: Morocco wants Algiers to join Western Sahara talks

U.N’s special envoy to Western Sahara Christopher Ross told the Security Council that his efforts to settle the territorial dispute between Morocco and the Polisario Front “have not borne any real fruit” according to the Morocco world news but Rabat Read more

Morocco: Green March Anniversary, a Renewed Oath for Territorial Integrity, Development

Morocco is celebrating on Friday November 6 the 40th anniversary of the Green March, the peaceful march of 350,000 Moroccans that enabled the North African country to recover its southern provinces, known as Western Sahara, that had been long colonized Read more

The Moroccan King’s Flat “No” to Outgoing Nigerian President

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has flatly rejected a request made lately by the Nigerian presidency expressing the wish of the outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan to talk to him over the phone. According to a statement released by the Moroccan Foreign Read more

Morocco, Tunisia Renew Resolve to Consolidate Maghreb Union

Morocco and Tunisia have renewed their commitment to the Arab Maghreb Union and their shared determination to consolidate the Union that they both deem a strategic choice. This came in the joint communiqué released on Sunday at the end of Read more

Algeria/Morocco: a Fortuitous Message or a deliberate diversion?

A new escalation in Algerian-Moroccan relations is making the headlines in both countries and fuelling analysts’ comments. Relations between the two neighboring countries deteriorated after the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stressed in a message he addressed earlier this week to Read more

Paris Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara

France has renewed its backing to Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy status to Western Sahara in a bid to resolve the decades-old territorial dispute opposing the North African Kingdom to Polisario front. Morocco has offered to make Western Sahara largely Read more

Carnegie Endowment on Western Sahara

The Autonomy Plan and the Moroccan new constitution are the real steps for a lasting solution for the Western Sahara conflict, revealed a report by the American think tank Carnegie Endowment. The report also appealed various parties in the region Read more