Morocco Threatens To Pull U.N. Peacekeepers In Western Sahara Row
Newsweek by Conor Gaffey Morocco is threatening to withdraw its soldiers from global peacekeeping missions as a dispute with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon over Western Sahara heats up. Huge protests have been seen in Morocco following a visit by Ban to the disputed...
Kenya: Moroccan Bank Raises Stake In Boa Kenya
All Africa By James Kariuki Morocco's BMCE Bank has increased its shareholding in Kenya's Bank of Africa (BOA) to 72.7 per cent and acquired a Sh1.4bn office block in Nairobi's Westlands to house its regional headquarters. Incoming BOA's Managing Director Ronald...
Soyuzneftegaz Interested In Oil Exploration In Morocco Offshore Shelf
Maritime News Author: Svilen Petrov The Russian oil and gas group Soyuzneftegaz is interested in obtaining offshore license for oil exploration and development in the territorial waters at the continental shelf of Kingdom of Morocco, according to press release after...
Key Projects Underway In Morocco
World Highways A series of key highway projects are underway in Morocco, with others now being planned. The Moroccan Government is calling for a study for the construction of seven stretches of highway. The winner of the tender for a consultancy will be announced on...
A Vital Visit: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI’s Visit To Russia Has Significant Geopolitical Implications
Times of India Blogs Rudroneel Ghosh in Talking Turkey Apropos my previous blog, I had mentioned how Russian intervention in Syria has created conditions for a negotiation process to end the five-year-old Syrian civil war. But given that the latter along with the rise...
UN Security Council Meets On Morocco’s Move In Western Sahara Mission Dispute
Source: Xinhua [Editor: huaxia] The UN Security Council on Thursday held emergency consultations on Morocco's "unprecedented" threat to withdraw support for the UN Mission for a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) over a wording dispute with UN chief Ban Ki-moon,...
UPDATE 3-Morocco Demands U.N. Cut 84 Staff From Western Sahara Mission
Reuters By Louis Charbonneau and Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco ordered the United Nations on Thursday to pull 84 international staff from its Western Sahara mission after accusing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon of no longer being neutral in a conflict over the disputed territory....
Morocco Says Resumes Contacts With EU After Court Row
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco said on Thursday it was resuming contacts with European Union institutions after the bloc's senior diplomat promised to resolve a crisis triggered by a European court ruling on a trade deal. Morocco said last month it had suspended...
Western Sahara: Has Ban Ki-Moon Been Trapped In Algeria?
Sahara News by Ali Haidar The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, who visited recently the Tindouf camps and Algiers, in an attempt to restart talks on the Sahara conflict, has allegedly been victim of Algerian and Polisario leaders. This is anyways the...
US Needs To Avoid Internationalising Self-determination Rows’
Business Standard Press Trust of India | Washington The US should avoid assertively internationalising other countries' self-determination conflicts so as to maintain peace and stability in the region, an eminent expert has told lawmakers. "There are good reasons for...