«A major U.S. trade mission is set to visit Morocco in May 2025», Morocco’s ambassador to Washington, Youssef Amrani, announced on X this Sunday, March 23. «More than 15 U.S. states, along with federal agencies, are leading this mission, which aims to enhance agri-food export opportunities and underscores the shared commitment to deepening trade and investment ties with the Kingdom», the diplomat added. A major U.S. trade mission is set to visit #Morocco in May
The South African government is facing a growing independence movement in the Cape. Led by white Afrikaners descended from Dutch settlers, the movement is organized under the Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG). Its leaders plan to travel to the United States in April to seek support from Donald Trump, who stated in February that South Africa’s white minority is the victim of unjust racial discrimination. The CIAG is calling on South African authorities to hold a self-determination
Aicha Duihi, president of the International Observatory for Peace, Democracy, and Human Rights (IOPDHR), continues her fight to defend the rights of Sahrawis living in the Tindouf camps. Based in Geneva, she works to raise awareness within the international community about the ongoing human rights violations in these camps, which are located on Algerian territory.
While Algeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the visits of French officials to Saharan cities as provocative, President Tebboune took a more conciliatory stance, calling the dispute with Paris «entirely fabricated» and asserting that these visits «are not a provocation». His remarks suggest an effort to repair relations with France, much like Algeria did with Spain following a similar diplomatic crisis.
In response to a call from the Moroccan Front for Supporting Palestine and Opposing Normalization, hundreds of protesters marched on Saturday toward the United States Consulate in Casablanca to denounce U.S. support for Israel’s ongoing assault on the Palestinian people. The demonstration began at around 9:30 AM from the United Nations Square and proceeded toward the U.S. Consulate on Moulay Youssef Boulevrad. Chanting slogans against Israel’s renewed aggression in Gaza,
After three weeks of methadone shortages at Moroccan addiction treatment centers, new shipments were delivered to distribution points yesterday, ensuring the availability of this essential medication for patients undergoing addiction treatment. «On Friday evening, the imported supply successfully arrived at its destination. It was transferred on Saturday morning and distributed to medical facilities throughout the day and into Sunday», said Abdessamad Lamrabet, regional secretary
«The European Commission has not detected any tax fraud» in the export of Moroccan tomatoes to the European Union, an Iberian media outlet reported on Saturday, March 22. This clarification came from European Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, in response to a written question from Spanish MEP Carmen Crespo of the Popular Group. «These imports comply with the terms of the 2012 association agreement», he stated. The commissioner noted that since 2019,
As the UN Security Council prepares to discuss the Western Sahara issue, an influential American think tank with close ties to the Republican Party is urging Donald Trump to cut funding for MINURSO. It argues that the UN mission, in place for over 30 years, has failed and only serves to prolong the status quo.
In the 1920s, following the Battle of Anoual, France provided military support to Spain to help secure its occupation of the Rif. Four decades later, General De Gaulle extended technical and scientific assistance to Franco for Spain’s atomic bomb project, with plans for the detonation to take place in Western Sahara.
In Geneva, Mehdi Chraibi navigates both law and politics. As a lawyer specializing in immigration law and a dedicated advocate for freedoms, he represents a generation that believes politics should be about direct engagement and tangible action.