Nigeria/Morocco Standoff: Jonathan Embarrassing Nigeria
Premium Times The Muslim Rights Concern has stated that President Goodluck Jonathan is embarrassing Nigeria and giving off the impression that the country is a nation of liars. The group was reacting to the ongoing standoff between Nigeria and Morocco, a North African...
Libya Talks On Government ‘Decisive’, Resume Thursday: UN
AFP by Jalal al Makhfi, Guillaume Klein - Skhirat (Morocco) (AFP) Talks in Morocco between Libya's rival parliaments to form a unity government will resume Thursday to give the parties time to prepare for a decisive phase, UN envoy Bernardino Leon said. "The UN...
EU Explores New Migration ‘Zone’ In North Africa
EU Observer By Nikolaj Nielsen Over 3,500 people died trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean last year (Photo: DukeUnivLibraries) The EU’s migration commissioner, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is to visit Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco amid an Italian-led plan to...
Matisse’s Favourite Moroccan Hotel Re-opens
Travel Daily News International Vicky Karantzavelou Built in 1880, the hotel became the much-loved watering-hole for an elite of Europeans travelling to the international port of Tangier, and since its opening it has hosted many royals, dignitaries and members of the...
UN Postpones Libyan Talks To Give Parties Time To Prepare
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi * Talks aimed at achieving unity government, ceasefire * Internationally recognised govt to reshape talks team * Rival government wants U.N. ruling on army chief Haftar (Add U.N. envoy quotes) The United Nations has postponed until next...
Crans Montana Forum: Morocco Gives Hard Time To Algerian Rulers
Sahara News by Ali Haidar Morocco, with the successive successes of its official and parallel diplomacy, is giving hard time to Algerian leaders and their protégé, the Polisario. Moroccan diplomacy has actually a strong presence in the UN bodies and the European Union...
Rabat, Morocco, Puts Mark On Cultural Map
Al Arabiya The Associated Press This photo taken March 4, 2015 shows a carved wooden medieval doorway from the Moroccan city of Fez dominating the exhibition room at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary art in Rabat, Morocco. (AP) With its imposing...
Royal Message To Crans Montana Forum (Full Text)
Dakhla (south) - HM King Mohammed VI addressed, this Friday, a message to the annual meeting of Crans Montana Forum, held in the southern city of Dakhla on March 12-14. Here follows the full text of the Royal message read out by Government Chief Abdelilah Benkirane:...
Jonathan Admits He Didn’t Speak With King Of Morocco
The Nation Posted by: Augustine Ehikioya President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday admitted that he never spoke with King Mohammed VI of Morocco, contrary to earlier claims by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he did. President Jonathan consequently ordered a probe...
Dakhla Forum On Africa, South-South, Regional Cooperation Event Organized By Crans Montana Forum In Morocco
ANSAmed Energy, natural resources, tourism, telecommunications and global financial integration are some of the topics to be discussed at the Crans Montana Forum conference held Thursday through Saturday, March 14 in Dakhla, Western Sahara, Morocco. Entitled "Africa,...