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Morocco and UN Tourism on Wednesday inaugurated the UN Tourism Thematic Office on Innovation for Africa in Rabat, marking the first permanent office established by the organization on the African continent, as officials pledged to scale up investment, digitalization and skills development to unlock the continent’s tourism potential. The office was officially opened by Morocco’s […]
The United Kingdom reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Western Sahara on Thursday, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper describing it as ‘the most credible, viable, and pragmatic basis for peace’ in the territory following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in London. The statement consolidates a position that the UK […]
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau plans travel to Algeria and Morocco April 27 – May 1 to discuss regional stability and partnership between the United States and North Africa. Landau’s diplomatic tour was announced Friday by U.S. State Department. It coincides with UN Security Council meetings on the Sahara and the MINURSO in […]
Switzerland has added its voice to the growing international momentum supporting Morocco’s autonomy initiative for the Sahara, as a lasting solution, aligning itself with positions taken by a widening circle of European states since the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution This position was expressed in a joint communication adopted by Ignazio Cassis, Federal […]
The United Kingdom reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Western Sahara on Thursday, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper describing it as ‘the most credible, viable, and pragmatic basis for peace’ in the territory following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in London. The statement consolidates a position that the UK […]
Algerian authorities have sentenced French Algerian writer Kamel Daoud to three years in prison in absentia and fined him €35,000, in a ruling critics say epitomizes the regime’s sustained effort to suppress debate about the country’s civil war. Daoud, who won the 2024 Prix Goncourt for his novel Houris, announced the verdict on his X […]
Dr. Sofia Ghacham, electrical engineer, ICT researcher, and founder of Women in AI Morocco, made the case that artificial intelligence cannot reach its full potential without the full participation of women — and that Morocco, despite its academic promise, still has significant ground to cover. The path to AI advocacy of Ghacham, who made the […]
The United Kingdom reaffirmed its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Western Sahara on Thursday, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper describing it as ‘the most credible, viable, and pragmatic basis for peace’ in the territory following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in London. The statement consolidates a position that the UK […]
