Morocco Withdraws Peacekeepers In Protest Of UN Chief’s Remark On Western Sahara
Source: Xinhua Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images A UN spokesman confirmed Wednesday that Morocco has sent notice it is ending support to the UN Mission for a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and withdrawing peacekeepers from three other UN missions in protest of a...
Western Sahara: Morocco Threat Over UN Peacekeepers
BBC News From the section Africa Morocco has threatened to pull its soldiers out of UN global peacekeeping missions in a row over the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It is furious with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after he used the term "occupation" about...
Moody’s Morocco’s Report Says Lower Oil Prices Will Be Credit Positive
FTSE www.ftseglobalmarkets Moody’s says in its annual Credit Analysis Report for the Government of Morocco that Morocco's (Ba1 stable) government balance sheet is set to strengthen in 2016-17 as the country benefits from lower energy spending following the drop in oil...
Russia, Morocco Plan To Boost Energy Cooperation
Sputnik International Morocco Delegation to Visit Russia Next Week to Boost Tourism. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia and Morocco are planning to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector, including the deliveries of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Morocco,...
One Million March In Moroccco
AAP Around one million Moroccans are protesting in Rabat over the vast mineral-rich contested Western Sahara territory. Up to one million Moroccans have marched through their capital to protest the UN secretary-general's remarks about the contested Western Sahara...
OCP Announces Date Of Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2015 Earnings Release And Conference Call
BusinessWire CASABLANCA, Morocco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OCP S.A. (“OCP” or the “Company”), a global leader in the fertilizer industry, will release its fourth quarter and full year 2015 results on March 22, 2016. The results will be available on the OCP Intralinks portal...
Up To 1 million Moroccans March Through Their Capital To Protest The U.N. Chief’s Remarks About The Contested Western Sahara Territory
US & WORLD REPORT By SAMIA ERRAZZOUKI, Associated Press (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar) Protesters chant slogans through speakers during a rally, in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, March 13, 2016. Morocco has accused U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of "abandoning...
Huge Moroccan Protests Against UN Chief’s Stance On Western Sahara
Times of India Up to 1 million Moroccans marched through their capital to protest the UN secretary-general's remarks about the contested Western Sahara territory. It was an unusually massive show of public anger for Morocco on Sunday, and was encouraged by leading...
Moroccans To Protest Against Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks
Africa News Moroccan politicians will rally in the North African nation’s capital Rabat on Sunday afternoon to protest against what they perceive as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s bias toward separatists in the contested Western Sahara. The sparsely-populated area...
Morocco Says To Cut U.N. Western Sahara Mission After Ban Remarks
REUTERS By Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco's government said on Tuesday it would cut staff at the United Nations' Western Sahara mission and threatened to pull out of United Nations peacekeeping missions after "unacceptable" comments by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...