Washington, May 29, 2013 (MAP) Weapons, human trafficking, political unrest, the activism of Al Qaeda’s affiliates, and the presence of the violent Polisario front (southwestern Algeria) are turning the North Africa region into “a breeding ground for new generations of terrorists”, writes the US “Washington Post” daily. In an article titled “North Africa: Breeding grounds for terror”, the paper writes that ...

Kinshasa, May 27, 2013 (MAP) Several Congolese MPs and academics said that there is no real African Union (AU) without Morocco, underlining that African leaders should make more efforts and try to bring Morocco, an AU founding member and a model of development in Africa, back to the Union and benefit from its experience.  Newspaper "L'Observateur" quoted on Monday Loma Djesa, from the Congolese Institute fo ...

By Youssef Elkaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 4, 2013 Anyone who opposes the mainstream political views of the Polisario leader Mohammed Abdelaziz Al-Morakchy, who has been in power since the early years of foundation of the separatist movement in 1973 and took hold of the Sahraouis in Tindouf camps since 1976, can expect a strong response. The last victim of the right to self-determination that the Polisa ...

By Rachid Khouya Morocco World News Smara, Morocco, May 1, 2013 Those who followed the recent events in our southern provinces are waiting for a radical change in the social, educational and economic politics and strategies followed in the Sahara so as to correct what could be corrected and to spread the feeling of trust and stability in this hot region. Undoubtedly, the mistakes that have been repeated are ...

By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, April 28, 2013 Mr. Christopher Ross, the UN envoy to the Sahara said in his latest report to the Security Council on Monday that his attempts to bridge the gap between Morocco and the Polisario Front failed according to the daily al Massae. I could create a less formal atmosphere for face-to-face negotiations, I pinpointed the commonalities between both parties ...

By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, Morocco, April 28, 2013 A petition has been launched on the social media Facebook Monday, April 22, calling for the replacement of MINURSO member who appeared in a YouTube video inciting the population of the Tindouf camps to revolt against Morocco. The petitioners created a Facebook page called “Petition to replace MINURSO, Hany Mustapha GO OUT of our Morocco! ...

Morocco World News Washington, April 28, 2013   A Moroccan high-level delegation was received on Friday at the White House by Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor of President Barack Obama.  The delegation was composed of Mr. Taib Fassi Fihri, advisor of King Mohammed VI, minister delegate for Foreign Affairs, Youssef Amrani, Head of Intelligence Agency (DGED), Yassine Mansouri and Morocco's Ambassador to ...

Morocco World News Layoune, Morocco, April 27, 2013 Following the adoption by the Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara question without enlarging the mandate of the Mission of the United Nations in the Sahara, known by its French acronym as MINURSO, Polisario decided to increase its offensive against Morocco. On Friday a group of a 100 pro-Polisario activists, especially teenagers staged a pro ...

By Samir Bennis Morocco World News New York, April 25, 2013 The Security Council adopted on Thursday morning in New York a new resolution that will prolong the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sahara, known by its French acronym as MINURSO for one more year until April 30, 2014. As in last year’s resolution, the Security Council renews its call on parties to the conflict, Morocco and the Polisar ...

Morocco World News with agencies New York, April 24, 2013 The UN Security Council is scheduled to adopt a new resolution that will prolong the Mission of the United Nations in the Sahara, known by its French acronym as MINURSO, for one more year until April 30, 2014. The news resolution, which will be adopted by consensus, does not task MINURSO with the mission of monitoring human rights in the Sahara. Acco ...

Morocco World News with agencies New York, April 24, 2013 Twenty four hours after the US decided to withdraw its proposal to include a human rights monitoring mechanism in the NU Mission in the Sahara, known by its French acronym as MINURSO,  things are getting back to normal between Rabat and Washington. Rodney Ford, spokesman of the US embassy in Rabat was quoted by AFP as saying that Morocco told the Ame ...

Morocco World News New York, April 22, 2013 During his briefing to the Parliament on Monday, Saad Eddine El Othmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation stressed that the proposal put forward by the American administration on the expansion of the powers of MINURSO to include human rights monitoring in the southern provinces "will not pass," adding that Russia has announced its opposition to such a s ...