UN Lauds Morocco Role In Libyan Reconciliation
By Indo Asian News Service IANS Morocco has played a "very important role" in affording political support to the talks between the warring Libyan parties, crowned by the initialling Saturday night of the Skhirat Agreement aimed at ending the political and military...
Libya Groups Agree Peace Deal Without Tripoli Parliament
AFP Libyan political parties and members of civil society initialed a UN-proposed peace accord in Morocco, despite the absence of a rival parliament not recognised by the international community. "This is a step, but it is really an important step along the path to...
Mohammed VI Foundation For African Ulema To Instill Values Of Open, Moderate Islam In Africa – OpEd
Eurasia Review by Said Temsamani The Moroccan Press Agency MAP reported that King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, will chair, Monday in Casablanca, a religious evening to commemorate Laylat Al-Qadr, the seventh religious lecture of the holy month of Ramadan...
Libyan Rivals Sign Peace Deal As Islamist Government In Tripoli Stays Away
IB Times By Vasudevan Sridharan Warring Libyan factions have signed a UN-brokered peace accord in Morocco after months-long negotiations even as the Islamist government in Tripoli stayed away. Representatives and leaders of the rival groups have agreed to form a unity...
Tripoli Government Refuses To Sign Libya Peace Deal
Voice of America Bernardino Leon, left, the U.N. special envoy to Libya, receives a document from Mustafa Abushagur, a representative of the internationally recognized government that fled to Tobruk, Libya, during a meeting in Skhirate, Morocco, July 2, 2015. Libya's...
The Polisario Bothered By Madrid’s Attitude In Takbar Haddi Case
Polisario Confidential by Khalid Ibrahim Khaled The Polisario has been traumatized by the Spanish authorities’ decision to put an end to the sit-in observed by Takbar Haddi in front of Morocco’s consulate in the Canary Islands, according to informed sources in Tindouf...
Morocco: Mediatic War On Hijab At University
ANSAMed by Diego Minuti Ecole Mohammadia trains kingdom's future elite A battle of principles is being fought in Morocco to enable women who wear the hijab - the Islamic veil that leaves the face visible - to attend the Ecole Mohammadia d'ingénieurs. The university is...
Conflict In Moroccan Sahara: Myths And Realities
By Mustapha El-Khalfi Al Jazeera Below is the response of Morocco's minister of communications to an article published last month on these pages. In the spirit of transparency, we publish the minister's response as received. On June 5, Al Jazeera website published an...
The Millennial Project – Traveling With The Clinton Foundation To Morocco
RYOT by Andrew Davis Welcome to the Millennial Project, filmmaker Andrew Davis’ ongoing series exploring issues in the US and abroad that affect young citizens making a difference. In this episode, Andrew travels to Marrakech, Morocco to take part in the most recent...
Morocco Arrests Eight From ‘ISIS Recruitment Cell’
Al Arabiya By AFP Morocco said Thursday it had arrested eight people suspected of operating a recruitment cell for the Islamic State group in the North African kingdom. Cell members "secured the transfer of dozens of fighters... in coordination with elements operating...