UN Deplores Morocco’s Western Sahara Move
United Nations (United States) (AFP) The United Nations condemned Wednesday Morocco's decision to reduce its contribution to the world body's MINURSO mission in Western Sahara, saying it would now take "mitigating measures." UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said...
Morocco: U.N. Chief Angers Officials
The New York Times World Briefing by Rick Gladstone An angry dispute between Morocco and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations spilled into the open on Wednesday over Mr. Ban’s recent description of the Western Sahara territory as an occupation. That...
Morocco Cuts UN Mission Over Western Sahara Remarks
Anadolu Turkye By Mohamed al-Tahiri Morocco has cut staff at the UN mission in the Western Sahara in protest of recent comments by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about the disputed region. In a Tuesday statement, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said Rabat will cut a...
Bank of China Opens Representative Office In Morocco
Africa News AFP Bank of China has opened a representative office in Morocco. The bank which is one of the largest in China, established its presence in the capital Casablanca on Monday, in a move that aims to support Chinese companies in the region. The bank will also...
Morocco Jan-Feb Trade Deficit Rises 10.1 pct
Reuters By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's trade deficit rose 10.1 percent to 21.16 billion dirhams ($2.17 billion) in the first two months of 2016 compared with a year earlier, due to higher imports, the foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday. The trade gap was up...
Morocco Cutting Support For UN Western Sahara Force
ABC NEWS by Samia Errazzouki, AP The Moroccan government is reducing its staff and support for the U.N. peacekeeping operation in the Western Sahara, to protest U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's recent comments about the disputed territory. Morocco also threatened to withdraw...
Could Instability In Libya Bring Down Tunisia?
UN DISPATCH There is trouble on Tunisia’s southern border. Instability in Libya, which is fast becoming an ISIS redoubt, could cause serious discord in Tunisia, which despite it’s challenges stands alone as the single Arab Spring success. So, could Libya bring Tunisia...
Morocco Cutting Support For UN Western Sahara Force
Voice of America by The Associated Press Protesters hold a banner and the Moroccan flag at a rally in Rabat, Morocco, March 13, 2016, as they accuse U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of "abandoning neutrality, objectivity and impartiality" during a recent visit to...
Swiss Economic Institute KOF 2016 Ranks Morocco No.1
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UN Chief Scraps Plan To Visit Morocco Amid West Sahara Spat
Reuters By Louis Charbonneau United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has scrapped plans to visit Morocco, his spokesman said on Wednesday, amid an escalating spat with Rabat over his use of the term "occupation" during a visit to the disputed territory of Western...