Fifteen Saharawis flee Tindouf, join Morocco
(Smara) - Moroccan Sahrawis continue their stream toward their motherland, Morocco, as 15 people, including 3 children, fled the ordeal of polisario-run Tindouf camps (Algeria's south-west). The new group includes many people who have benefited from the UN-facilitated...
New round of Sahara informal talks on July 19-20 in Manhasset, UN
New York (United Nations) - The next informal talks on the Sahara, at the invitation of the UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy Christopher Ross, will be held on July 19-20 in Manhasset (New York's suburbs) in the presence of Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the...
Arab Spring: Unfinished business for protesters
It looked much neater than really it was back in February. Egyptians had just emulated the Tunisians by overthrowing an authoritarian president who had seemed secure behind a brutal, well-organised police state. Protesters in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen were trying to do...
S.A. Naval officer supporting Moroccan military exercise
(Cap Draa, Morocco) — The sun barely peeked over the horizon when the stillness was shattered by the roar of artillery. Navy Lt. j.g. Ryan M. White crawled out of his tent into the southern Moroccan morning to begin another day. White, son of Kathy Nusbaum of Gary...
Morocco has clear vision regarding fisheries strategy – Minister
(Brussels) - Morocco has a clear vision concerning its fisheries strategy, which was devised to ensure a sustainable and competitive fishing that takes into account the preservation of fisheries resources, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Aziz Akhannouch said on...
Rail revolution in Morocco
(The West Australian) - I half-expected Tangier's railway station to be like an old-fashioned Indian terminus; air rife with spicy smells, frantic ticket kiosks and nearly every open space covered in blankets on which generations of families would huddle amid bulging...
Constitutional Reform: Road from Morocco
Morocco summons romantic images. Americans recognize Casablanca as the place where Sam played his song. In Rick's Place, the constabulary rounded up the usual suspects, and a beautiful friendship began. Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope followed the road to the...
Al-Qaeda backers' arrested in Mali
BAMAKO (AFP) - Malian security services said Thursday they have arrested two men identified as supporters of Al-Qaeda's north African branch in the northwestern Timbuktu region. "Our troops have arrested two men regarded as the main backers of AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the...
Morocco's efforts to combat illegal immigration praised
Brussels - The EU-Morocco joint parliamentary commission lauded, on Wednesday in Brussels, the efforts made by Morocco in order to combat illegal immigration. "The joint parliamentary commission hails the Moroccan government's efforts in this area, which have resulted...
Morocco's constitution could hold lessons in Arab world
By Oren Dorell (USA Today) - Morocco's overwhelming approval of a new constitution granting new rights to women and minorities was met with scorn by some democracy advocates and hope by foreign policy experts that the reforms could become a model for Arab monarchies...