According to Reuters, protesters have ended their blockade of a railway line used to transport phosphates in Morocco, after promises they would be reconsidered for jobs at the state-run phosphate monopoly, OCP.
Major US and international media outlets write about United Nations-backed informal talks between the parties to the Western Sahara dispute, Morocco and the Frente Polisario, which will take place in Long Island, New York on July 19-21, 2011.
Politics
The National (07/15) – The other Morocco, ‘behind the sun’
The Midnight Rider (07/15) – Amidst the Arab Spring, A Quiet Thaw in Morocco
MAP (07/15) – HM the King sends message to international seminar on Rif cultural heritage
Afrique Avenir (07/14) – Migration is a token of cultural enrichment for Morocco, says King Mohamed
Green Prophet (07/14) – A Side Of Sewage With Dinner In Morocco
Global Arab Network (07/14) – The Arab World’s Social Accountability – From Shouting to Counting
MAP (07/14) – President of CNDH examines in Washington human rights cooperation prospects
Jurist (07/12) – Morocco rights group questions passage of new constitution
The Sahara
People Daily (07/15) – Parties to Western Sahara conflict to continue informal talks next week
Xinhuanet (07/15) – Parties to Western Sahara conflict to continue informal talks next week
Antara News (07/15) – Morocco, Polisario to resume Western Sahara talks
Shanghai Daily (07/15) – Parties to Western Sahara conflict to continue informal talks next week
UN News Centre (07/14) – Next round of UN-backed talks on Western Sahara slated for next week
All Africa (07/14) – Western Sahara: Next Round of UN-Backed Talks Slated for Next Week
Sahara Press Service (07/14) – Polisario Front, Morocco to hold eighth informal meeting on July 20-21 in Manhasset
Zawya (07/14) – Morocco, Polisario to resume Western Sahara talks
Algeria Press Service (07/13) – Polisario Front, Morocco to hold eighth informal meeting on July 20-21 in Manhasset
CDRI l(07/12) – Conflict in Morocco
Business
Bikyamasr (07/15) – Morocco, France call for digital technology, renewable energy in Mediterranean
Reuters (07/14) – Morocco says protests over phosphate jobs are over
Global Arab Network (07/14) – Reviving Arab World Job Engines by Getting Entrepreneurs a Fair Shot at the Money
Alyn Smith MEP (07/12) – AGRI Committee Rebuke Flawed Trade Deal
Culture/Sports
The Independent (07/15) – Cultural revolution: How artists have been inspired by the Arab Spring
TV Latest (07/15) – Expedition Impossible Recap: There’s Snow in Morocco?
The Rise of Africa (07/14) – „This is my way“: Imagining a post-Makhzen society in Morocco
Travel Pod (07/12) – Step 17: Immerse in the culture
Morocco London – Morocco Culture
MENA Region
The National (07/15) – Obama disappoints Arabs from Morocco to UAE, poll finds
The National (07/15) – Jassim Al Mannai: at the centre and always on call
The American Muslim (07/14) – The Future of Democracy and the Arab Spring
Magharebia (07/14) – Mauritania boosts counter-terror capacities
Gulf News (07/14) – Several countries keen to join falconry list
New Europe (07/14) – Interview: Verhofstadt sends bureau chief to Cairo to assist ‘Arab Spring’
The Epoch Times (07/14) – Tunisia Opens First UN Human Rights Office
Middle East Online (07/14) – UN opens first north Africa rights office in Tunis
Ahram Online (07/14) – European Investment Bank grants Egypt 900 million euro loan annually
MAP (07/14) – HM the King deems Palestinian issue as central cause: says Moroccan FM
The Inkerman Group (07/12) – HAS THE ARAB SPRING ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVES IN NORTH AFRICA?
