(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has described Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as “serious, credible, and realistic,” calling it the sole foundation for a lasting resolution to the long-standing dispute over the territory,...
(MENAFN) The United Nations is preparing to reduce its global peacekeeping presence by roughly a quarter in the coming months due to severe funding shortfalls, largely stemming from a lack of U.S. financial contributions, news agencies reported on...
(MENAFN) The United Nations is set to reduce its peacekeeping forces by roughly a quarter in the near future due to budget shortfalls, particularly stemming from insufficient financing from the United States, according to reports. A senior UN...
Theme: “Promoting Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights as Forms of Reparatory Justice” It gives me great pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to this, the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues, held appropriately to coincide with the First Edition of the...
President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, His Excellency Jean-François...
President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira, Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, HE Jean-François NDONGOU,...
President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Ms Annalena Baerbock, United Nations Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, Eighty years ago, the United Nations was...
North African states are turning long-standing diplomatic relationships into new opportunities for leverage, using migration flows, energy supplies, and security partnerships as bargaining chips. These new tactics and strategies are reshaping...
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has described Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara as “serious, credible, and realistic,” calling it the only viable foundation for resolving the longstanding conflict over the disputed territory, according...
Rabat – Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to hold talks with his counterpart from Morocco, Nasser Bourita, amid reports suggesting a possible shift in Moscow’s stance on Western Sahara. The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry...
Rabat – Weeks before the Security Council’s vote on a new resolution, many countries took to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee to reaffirm their confidence that the Moroccan Autonomy Plan is the only possible way to end the dispute over...
New York (United Nations), October 14, 2025 (SPS) – During the discussions of the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), South Africa reaffirmed its unwavering position in support of...
Marrakech – In what observers might see as a significant diplomatic shift in Russia’s usual stance, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly stated Moscow’s openness to supporting Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Western Sahara, provided it...
Rabat – Senegal reiterated its firm support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the basis for resolving the regional dispute over Western Sahara, during the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York. Deputy Permanent Representative...
Russia's position on Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara Change in Russia's position on Western Sahara Morocco as a strategic partner of Moscow Evolution of Russian-Moroccan relations Morocco's diplomatic victory Russia's position on...
Rabat — Algeria stubbornly clings to its outdated and isolated narrative on Western Sahara amid global support for Morocco’s cause. Earlier this week, Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune reaffirmed his country’s traditional stance, stating...
Rabat – Comoros and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have once again expressed strong support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as the only realistic solution to end the regional dispute over the Western Sahara. The two countries voiced their positions...
Marrakech – Morocco’s ambassador to Moscow, Lotfi Bouchaara, met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin on Thursday, October 9, with Western Sahara dominating the agenda. The meeting comes at a crucial moment as Russia assumed the...
Eleven months after the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) again annulled the EU-Morocco trade deal for including occupied Western Sahara without Saharawi consent, the European Commission and Morocco suddenly unveiled a new agreement that they claim...
