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Morocco slams "biased" U.N. Western Sahara envoy

Morocco slams "biased" U.N. Western Sahara envoy
05/18/2012 | Maghreb
Morocco said on Thursday it had lost confidence in the U.N. envoy to the contested Western Sahara territory, in the latest in a long series of setbacks in efforts to settle a decades-old dispute over the region's status. Rabat accused envoy Christopher Ross of giving "biased and unbalanced...

Morocco/W. Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker

Morocco/W. Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker
05/16/2012 | Human Rights
The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights Watch research assistant is a case study of impunity for police violence. The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights...

Security Council extends MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara until 30 APRIL 2013.

Security Council extends MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara until 30 APRIL 2013.
04/25/2012 | Africa
The UN Department of Public Information issued the following statement yesterday.The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Western Sahara until 30 April 2013. Unanimously adopting resolution 2044 (2012), the Council called on the parties to cooperate fully...

Bahaijoub: Moroccan government needs time to fulfill its promises

Bahaijoub: Moroccan government needs time to fulfill its promises
04/12/2012 | In the Media
Moroccan author and publisher says drought, EU debt crisis have affected North African’s economy. The Islamist-led Moroccan government cannot deliver overnight because it does not a magic wand, stressed Dr. Ali Bahaijoub, editor of the North South Magazine. The February 20 Movement has played an...

Liberté :Western Sahara- Is there a Third Way ?

Liberté :Western Sahara- Is there a Third Way ?
03/14/2012 | Sahel
The Algerian daily Liberté, echoing a statement by the Polisario representative to the UN Ahmed Bukhari, said that the UN hosted discussions on the Western Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario at Manhasset (a suburb of New York) were influenced by the new developments on the revitalisation of...

Simmering Discontent in the Western Sahara

Simmering Discontent in the Western Sahara
03/14/2012 | Maghreb
In a paper for the Carnegie Endowment Foundation Anouar Boukhars writes that the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory annexed by Morocco despite Algerian objections, is a critical region that could quickly become part of the criminal and terrorist networks threatening North Africa and the...

Morocco's autonomy proposal best plan for Western Sahara: Alain Juppé

Morocco's autonomy proposal best plan for Western Sahara: Alain Juppé
03/08/2012 | News
The French Foreign Minister backs Morocco proposal to solve Sahara political crisis, believes plan is realistic and forms credible basis for solution.Morocco's plan for granting the disputed territory of Western Sahara autonomous status is the only realistic proposal for the territory, French...

Regional cooperation: does the Maghreb have the choice?

Regional cooperation: does the Maghreb have the choice?
03/05/2012 | News
One year after the Arab Spring, Antonin Tisseron, Research Associate at the Thomas More Institute and author of the second report on sustainable security in the Maghreb Regional cooperation: does the Maghreb have the choice? Antonin Tisseron  estimates unemployment in the Maghreb as being 30...

Security in the Maghreb: Call for ministerial meeting on Security by Algeria.

Security in the Maghreb: Call for ministerial meeting on Security by Algeria.
02/20/2012 | Maghreb
The work of the 30th session of the Maghreb Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which concluded Saturday in Rabat, was marked by the call made by Algeria to hold a ministerial meeting to discuss the security issue in the region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mourad Medelci, stressed that Algeria,...

Thomas More Institute: EU and the Maghreb.

Thomas More Institute: EU and the Maghreb.
02/18/2012 | News
In its second report on sustainable security in the Maghreb the influential Thomas More Institute reviews the European Union's relations with the Maghreb a year after the Arab Spring. The Thomas More Institute says that a year after the Arab Spring Libya is far from stable and the situation in the...

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