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Congressman Joe Wilson: It’s High Time to Designate Polisario FTO & Impose CAATSA Sanctions on Algeria
U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson has lambasted Russia, Algeria and Polisario after Moscow vetoed a widely supported US draft resolution endorsing Autonomy plan in the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty and restructuring the UN Mission. “The goal of Russia is further destabilization of…
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Nador West Med Port: Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan Opens first Container Terminal
Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, launched on Saturday operations of the container terminal “East” at Nador West Med port. This terminal is the first of the industrial-port complex, which mobilized $ 5.5 billion of public and private investment. Prince Moulay El Hassan has launched…
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Russia’s UN veto delivers unexpected victory for Morocco on Sahara issue
Russia’s veto of a US-draft resolution at the UN Security Council on Oct 30 has handed Morocco a decisive diplomatic triumph. By blocking a text that enshrined autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty as the sole basis for resolving the Sahara question, Moscow inadvertently…
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MINURSO, an inefficient relic that perpetrated status-quo in Sahara issue
After 35 years, the United Nations Mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) has outlived any justification for its existence. Established in 1991 to oversee a ceasefire and organize a referendum that never happened, the mission has become a symbol of bureaucratic inertia, financial…
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Morocco has won the Maghreb’s battle for projection and influence in Africa, Boualem Sansal writes
In a sharply worded op-ed published on 29 October 2026, the Franco-Algerian writer and intellectual Boualem Sansal argues that Morocco has decisively outpaced Algeria in the long-running contest for regional leadership and influence across Africa. The OP-ed published by le350,…
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Despite Russian veto, US draft reveals growing support for Moroccan autonomy Initiative
The US-drafted Security Council resolution on the Moroccan Sahara was not adopted on Friday due to a Russian veto. Yet, with 11 votes in favor and three abstentions – and only Russia voting against – the text highlighted a clear shift in positions inside the Council, placing…
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King Mohammed VI Represented at Opening Ceremony of Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
King Mohammed VI was represented by Minister of Youth, Culture, and Sports Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games (Dakar 2026 YOG) Held Saturday. Morocco is participating in the Dakar 2026 YOG with a delegation of 39 athletes competing in 17…
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US rejects status quo in Sahara issue after non-renewal of MINURSO
The United States made it clear it will no longer support a status quo that keeps Sahrawis trapped in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps for decades more, after a Russian veto blocked a US-drafted Security Council resolution that had the backing of 11 members. In his…
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Morocco welcomes end of MINURSO mission
In a development of major significance for Morocco’s territorial integrity, the United Nations Security Council today did not renew the mandate of the peacekeeping mission, known as MINURSO, a move Rabat described as the withdrawal of the file for the UN. Russia and the US…
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Morocco’s New F-16 Fighter Jets will be Equipped with advanced Digital Electronic Warfare
The 25 new F-16C/D Block 72 fighter jets, which will be delivered to Morocco, will be equipped with Viper Shield (AN/ALQ-254(V)1), an advanced, all-digital electronic warfare (EW) suite developed by L3Harris Technologies in partnership with Lockheed Martin, according to press…
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Unity Day: King Grants pardon to 907 People
On the occasion of the first commemoration of Unity Day, marked on October 31, King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 907 people, including 613 detained and 294 at liberty, convicted by various courts of the Kingdom, the Ministry of Justice announced in a statement. The Ministry…
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Morocco Celebrates First Unity Day as UN Resolution Anchored Autonomy Plan
Morocco is set to celebrate its first Unity Day on 31 October 2026, a national holiday instituted by King Mohammed VI following the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2797 a year earlier. Last year’s resolution 2797, marked a diplomatic turning point. It called on the…
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African Football Confederation Switches Back to AFCON Taking Place Every Two Years
The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) will return to its traditional two-year cycle instead of four years. The U-turn was made by the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after a review. In December 2025, CAF President Patrice Motsepe had announced…
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Morocco’s Flag Carrier RAM Launches 5th São Paulo-Casablanca Weekly Link, Sets Sights on Rio
Less than two years after its return to the South American market, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has reached a new milestone with the launch, on Thursday, of its fifth weekly direct flight between São Paulo and Casablanca. The national carrier is planning daily flights from the…
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Korea’s SEOIL Corporation Breaks Ground on a Factory in Morocco, its First in Africa
Korean company SEOIL Corporation, specializing in manufacturing drinking straws, inaugurated on Thursday a factory at the LOGINTEK industrial and logistics zone in Settat province, central Morocco. The new industrial facility, the group’s first in Africa and the ninth worldwide,…
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Laayoune College Signs Two MoUs with U.S. Institutions to Boost Medical Cooperation
Laayoune’s Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy signed two memoranda of understanding with American institutions on Thursday to strengthen academic cooperation between Morocco and the U.S. in medical training, scientific research and patient care. The agreements were signed on the…
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UN: Morocco votes UN against Ending U.S. Embargo on Cuba, Supporter of Algeria-Backed Polisario Militias
Morocco has voted at the UN General Assembly against ending the U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba, supporter of the Algerian military regime and its Polisario terrorist separatist group. Last year, Rabat had voted for resolution calling for lifting the…
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Russia-Africa Summit: Morocco Calls for Partnership Focused on Africa Priorities
Morocco has called for building a Russian-African partnership focused on food and energy security, industrialization, and technology transfer in order to see the shared commitments turning into concrete actions responding to the priorities of the African continent. Addressing on…
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FAR Inspector General Receives New Force Commander of UN Mission in Morocco’s Southern Provinces
Major General Jawwad Ahmed, the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom, was received on Thursday at the Headquarters of the Southern Zone in Agadir by Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, FAR Inspector General and Commander of…
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UN Shuts Down Photography Exhibition Hostile to Morocco’s Territorial Integrity
UN Secretariat has abruptly scrapped a photographic exhibition hostile to Morocco’s territorial integrity, dealing a hard blow to the Algerian military regime, its Polisario armed militias and their supporters. The exhibition was organized by Namibia with the support of Algeria,…