13+ hour, 34+ min ago   (277+ words) U.S. presidential adviser for African and Middle Eastern affairs Massad Boulos has reaffirmed Washington’s support for efforts to reach a lasting political settlement to the Sahara dispute, saying any solution should be acceptable to the parties involved. Boulos made the remarks…...

13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (726+ words) A vote in Spain’s Congress of Deputies on a bill that would ease access to Spanish citizenship for certain Sahrawis has reignited political and legal debate over Spain’s former administration of the territory and its relationship with Morocco. The bill…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (352+ words) Continuing shooting incidents and a lack of trust remain obstacles to a lasting Sahara settlement, a senior UN official said ahead of the next Security Council briefing, while confirming that envoy Staffan de Mistura continues to work closely with Washington....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (302+ words) Morocco’s governing parties kept their escalating campaign feud out of Thursday’s Council of Government meeting, a government source said, as several ministers from the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) missed the session for election-related activities. The source, speaking from inside…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (378+ words) The UN refugee agency has mobilized about $90 million for Algeria’s Tindouf camps since 2021, yet residents have become less economically independent and malnutrition has doubled, Morocco’s ambassador Omar Zniber said Wednesday in Geneva. His argument: the agency’s budget needs to give…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (246+ words) Judicial police have opened an investigation into an attack on a local office of Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party, known as PAM, in Settat, according to local Hespress AR sources. The investigation was launched on the instructions of the public…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (498+ words) Morocco’s Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch has sharply criticized remarks by Fouzi Lekjaa over major national infrastructure projects, warning politicians against making unrealistic election promises or claiming credit for projects financed and carried out by the state. Speaking at a…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (205+ words) Moroccan authorities have reinforced security around Fnideq and routes toward Ceuta following social media calls for another mass crossing into the Spanish enclave, sources familiar with the measures said. Checkpoints on roads leading to Tetouan and Fnideq are monitoring movements…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (387+ words) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates provided details on the latest developments in Morocco-Spain relations in a statement released on Thursday. In the statement, the Ministry emphasized, first and foremost, that the Kingdom of Morocco has…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (117+ words) The Association of the Bar Associations of Morocco’s executive office has decided to continue its months-long strike in protest of provisions in Law 66.23 regulating the legal profession. The decision was taken Thursday during a meeting of the association’s executive office,…...