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Discussions surrounding terrorism have dominated the sixth session of the Council of Interior Ministers of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) which was held in Tunis. Tunisian Interior Minister Hedi...

North African Islamist parties held a meeting yesterday in Algiers in the context of launching an initiative to revive the Arab Maghreb Union which they said is suffering from...

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has called for the country's social inequalities to be tackled and for the differences between people to be reduced. Benkirane made his remarks during...

Dozens of Moroccan journalists, human rights activists and politicians protested on Tuesday in front of the Court of First Instance in Rabat over the defamation case of Abdallah Bakkali,...

What a strange world this is. The best opportunity for political change was in Tunisia, but it was lost, while Morocco faced a looming threat but turned it into...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in which they discussed the Western Sahara issue, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported. "King...

The Moroccan authorities have deported eight European lawyers who they said were in the country to undermine public order by supporting prisoners from the Western Sahara protests in 2010,...

US Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that the US position on the Western Sahara has not changed, noting that dialogue will continue to find a final settlement. The...

Abrupt and unprecedented developments have characterised a long week in Moroccan-Sahara diplomacy. Signs of disagreement arose when UN chief Ban Ki-moon refused to reschedule his visit to North Africa....

Denmark overtook Switzerland to be named the happiest country in the world according to the 2016 World Happiness Index yesterday. Happiest Arab nations: UAE Saudi Arabia Qatar Algeria Kuwait...

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has criticised remarks made by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the disputed Western Sahara territory during his visit to...

Morocco’s minister of communications said on Friday that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the best solution for Western Sahara. Mustapha El-Khalfi added that anyone who rejects this undermines any...

Escalations in Moroccan foreign relations today attest to the country’s unprecedented challenges, especially regarding the Sahara affair. Recent developments in the relations with the EU, the UN and the...

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday that he has asked his envoy for the disputed Western Sahara territory to meet the Polisario independence movement and Morocco...

Morocco said on Thursday that alleged members of a Daesh cell it dismantled last month were plotting to carry out "biological" attacks in the country. “Some of the seized...

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Friday that the EU is ready to provide clarification and assurances to Morocco...

Morocco has suspended contact with European Union institutions over the European Court of Justice’s decision to invalidate their farm trade accord. “We regret that we must suspend contact with...

Tunisian troops stationed near the border with Algeria opened fire on Saturday on an SUV after it crossed into Tunisian territory, the Tunisian Defence Ministry said in a statement....

Morocco decided on Friday to postpone the meeting of the Arab League scheduled to start on 29 March in Marrakesh over “disunity” and the lack of preparation among member...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika yesterday called for the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) to come into effect as it is needed in light of the current challenges and critical situation...

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that his country rejects any military exercise that would threaten Iraq’s security and sovereignty, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported. In remarks...

Moroccan Ministerial Council has approved the membership of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane in the country’s Regency Council. In exclusive statements to Quds Press, Benkirane confirmed the news that the...

Morocco’s Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has said that direct foreign investments in the country increased by $3.1 billion during the year of 2015. In his response to questions asked...

As Arab Spring revolutions and advocacy overwhelmed the streets of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the main promise prioritised by political groups — ideological or intellectual differences...

Moroccan King Mohamed IV will launch the biggest solar energy plant in the world tomorrow, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The plant called Noor 1 has been built in...

Approximately 900 Moroccan children have been sexually assaulted, the Huffington Post reported an official saying yesterday. Head of Moroccan Coalition against Sexual Harassment, Khalid Al-Sammouni said: “The real number...

Prominent political and religious leaders have gathered in Morocco for a three day conference on the right of religious minorities in predominantly Muslim majority communities. King Muhammad VI of...

It seems it is not only the far right that seizes the opportunity of every calamity that befalls us and every terrorist attack to unleash their exclusionary and hateful...

Human Rights Watch has called on the Moroccan authorities not to use violence against teacher-trainee protesters and to investigate an incident during which Moroccan police attacked and beat peaceful...

The pre-2015 local election atmosphere is back in Morocco. A year-long campaign of criticism targeted the PJD-led government in stiff electoral competition in the run up to the 4...

First Deputy Speaker of the Moroccan Parliament Mohamed Yatim said that the "Arabic siege on Gaza is the most aggressive phenomenon," stressing on the "importance" of supporting the Palestinians,...

In a congratulatory letter to Polisario’s leader Mohamed Abdelaziz on the occasion of his re-election as the group’s Secretary-General, Bouteflika said: “It is an occasion to reiterate Algeria’s unchanged...