|
World
-
Africa
9/14/2022 10:10:22 PM
Kenya's new President William Ruto said on Wednesday the East African country was breaking diplomatic ties with the contested Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Western Sahara after talks with Morocco.
|
|
World
-
Region
8/27/2022 8:55:31 PM
Tunisia announced Saturday the recall of its ambassador to Morocco for consultations, a day after the kingdom did the same in response to Tunisia's president hosting the Polisario movement's leader.
|
|
World
-
Region
8/21/2022 4:29:47 PM
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has called on his country's partners to "clarify" their position over the disputed Western Sahara territory and offer "unequivocal" support.
|
|
World
-
Region
7/18/2022 8:01:31 PM
Israel's army chief arrived in Morocco on Monday for meetings with senior defence officials, military sources said, as cooperation between the countries expands following a normalisation of ties.
|
|
World
-
Region
7/4/2022 11:23:59 PM
The United Nations envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, was on a visit to Morocco on Monday but has cancelled a planned trip to the disputed territory itself, the UN said.
|
|
World
-
Region
6/8/2022 9:52:13 PM
Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after Madrid backed the position of the North African country's arch-rival Morocco on the disputed Western Sahara.
|
|
World
-
Africa
4/12/2022 10:35:13 AM
The Polisario independence movement on Sunday announced a "break" in contacts with the Spanish government in protest at its U-turn on the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
|
|
War in Ukraine
-
Diplomacy
3/30/2022 10:19:58 PM
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having a "deadly" impact and threatening security in the Arab world, particularly through spiraling wheat prices, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Algiers Wednesday.
|
|
World
-
Region
2/21/2022 10:58:28 PM
Morocco has established a new military zone bordering Algeria, a Moroccan military publication said Monday, amid mounting tensions between the two North African countries.
|
|
World
-
Africa
11/6/2021 9:48:38 PM
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has called for "due account to be paid to the rights of the Sahrawi people" in an "equitable" and UN-brokered solution to the Western Sahara conflict.
|
|
World
-
Region
10/7/2021 2:53:58 PM
Algeria, the main backer of Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement, called on Morocco Thursday to withdraw from a key buffer zone, after the United Nations named a new envoy.
|
|
World
-
Region
9/29/2021 5:58:01 PM
The EU's top court on Wednesday cancelled two trade deals that had allowed Morocco to export farm products and fish to the bloc from the disputed Western Sahara, a ruling hailed by the Polisario independence movement.
|
|
World
-
Region
9/15/2021 7:48:31 PM
Since a ceasefire with the Polisario in 1991, Morocco has controlled around 80 percent of the Western Sahara, where it has poured investment into development projects
|
|
World
-
Region
7/2/2021 5:03:50 PM
The position has been vacant since May 2019, when former German president Horst Kohler stepped down, officially for health reasons
|
|
World
-
Region
6/2/2021 5:50:29 PM
Morocco has denounced Spain, a strategic partner, for allowing Ghali to secretly enter the country. Morocco considers Ghali, 71, to be a terrorist
|
|
World
-
Region
6/2/2021 11:18:21 AM
The Western Sahara independence movement leader was planning to fly to Algeria from Pamplona at 1:40 a.m. local time on Wednesday, sources said
|
|
World
-
Region
6/1/2021 7:29:43 PM
The Polisario leader is facing two investigations in Spain
|
|
World
-
Region
5/30/2021 10:41:17 AM
The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence in Spain has angered the Moroccan government, will appear before a Spanish court Tuesday to answer allegations of torture and genocide
|
|
World
-
Region
3/3/2021 6:15:16 PM
Morocco has had generally good relations with Germany, which provides it with a substantial amount of financial aid
|
|
World
-
Region
3/2/2021 2:55:00 PM
A foreign ministry document cited "deep disagreements" in asking all ministries and government bodies to abstain from any contact with the embassy and German aid and political organisations
|