Western Sahara: 2015, A Gloomy Year For The Polisario
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The year 2015 seems to have started badly for the Polisario Front leader Mohamed Abdelaziz and his cronies, both in the Tindouf camps and on the international arena. The situation in the Tindouf camps is constantly...
Interval International Adds Two Resorts In The Exclusive Palmeraie Area Of Marrakech, Morocco
Business Wire Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced that the Secret Garden and Pavillon du Golf in the exclusive Palmeraie area of Marrakech, Morocco,...
UN Urges Libya’s Warring Factions To Form Unity Government As Rival Parliaments To Resume Morocco Talks On Thursday
Times of Oman The United Nations Security Council pressed Libya's warring factions to urgently form a unity government and threatened sanctions against those behind spiraling violence. In a declaration adopted by consensus, the 15 council members urged the parties...
Where Have All The Arab States Gone?
Foreign Policy Blog BY Aaron David Miller The Arab world’s a mess and its leaders don’t appear ready to assume much responsibility for fixing it. Maybe it’s time for the rest of us to start demanding they step up. The recent reportsof the atrocities perpetrated by the...
Libya Violence: Bomb Explodes Outside Moroccan Embassy
BBC NEWS From the section Africa A bomb has exploded at the gates of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, security officials say, hours after two people were shot dead outside South Korea's embassy. There was some damage to cars nearby, but no reports...
US, Europe Urge Libyan Cease-fire; Unity Government Talks Begin
VOA News A security guard inspects the damage after a bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Tripoli, April 13, 2015. The United States and European powers are pressing Libya's rival factions for an "unconditional" cease-fire as talks aimed at creating a...
Morocco Cuts Euro For More Dollars In New Currency Weighting
Bloomberg by Souhail Karam Morocco’s central bank said it has revised the Moroccan dirham’s currency peg after the weakening of the euro against the U.S. dollar. It’s a “first step in the transition toward a more flexible exchange regime aimed at strengthening...
Morocco Reduces Euro’s Weighting In Its Currency Basket
Al Arabiya By Reuters Morocco's central bank has reduced the euro's weighting in the currency basket used to set the dirham's exchange rate, to reflect a fall in trade with the euro zone, it said on Monday. It is the first time in a decade that the bank has changed...
Morocco Condemns Bombing Attack On Its Embassy In Tripoli
Global Post Xinhua News Agency Morocco on Monday condemned a bombing attack on its embassy in Libya, and called for a prompt investigation. In a press release, the Moroccan foreign ministry said the gate of the embassy in Tripoli was destroyed and adjacent buildings...
King Abdullah: Arab Countries Realized Need To Make “Own Decisions” Without West
BreitBart News by Ian Hanchett Jordan’s King Abdullah II said that as a result of the Arab Spring, Arab countries have realized “we need to stand more on our own two feet, and take our own decisions and be more bullish and straightforward about it” in an interview...