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Minister Ronald Lamola: Pre-Budget International Relations and Cooperation Media Briefing
South African Government
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July 4, 2025
Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment. Through attracting Foreign Direct Investment, we intend to...
Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: International Relations and Cooperation Dept Budget Vote 2025/26
South African Government
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July 4, 2025
Honourable House Chairperson, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Moraka, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Director-General Zane Dangor and Members of the South African...
Renewable Energy and Morocco’s New Green Industries: How Morocco’s Green Energy Ecosystem Can Expand Women and Youth Employment through Sustainable Development
Middle East Institute
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October 23, 2024
Introduction Morocco is a leader in the development of renewable energy among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The distinguishing feature of Morocco’s renewable energy sector is that its accelerating growth is...
Kenya Inaugurates First Embassy in Morocco
MENAFN
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May 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Kenya officially inaugurated its first embassy in Morocco on Monday, marking 60 years of diplomatic relations and signaling a significant strengthening of bilateral ties alongside a major policy shift on the Western Sahara issue. The...
Managing Threats to Food Security: Water and Agricultural Resilience in North Africa
Middle East Institute
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May 27, 2025
Introduction Sustaining food security in North Africa,1 is a complex and evolving challenge, influenced by the region’s arid climate, limited water resources, and sparse arable land. In response, efforts to enhance food security by governments,...
Pacific Alliance: MPs Commend Development Dynamics in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
Morocco News
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March 6, 2023
MOROCCO, March 6 - A parliamentary delegation of the Pacific Alliance Monitoring Inter-Parliamentary Commission, welcomed, Friday in Laayoune, the development dynamics that the region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra witnesses in various areas. The...
Laayoune Declaration Commends Morocco’s Important Role in Major Regional Issues
Morocco News
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February 24, 2022
MOROCCO, February 24 - The Laayoune Declaration, which was signed on the occasion of the visit of the Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the city of Laayoune, commends the important role played...
Geneva: 'polisario' Seeks to Keep Tindouf Camps’ Population in Disastrous Living Conditions - NGO Says
Morocco News
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March 20, 2023
MOROCCO, March 20 - The NGO ''Ocapros International'' denounced the practices of ‘’polisario'' aiming to keep the population of the Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) in disastrous living conditions and to impose hunger, misery and poverty. The...
Trump travels to a Middle East in transition
Middle East Institute
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May 12, 2025
This week, US President Donald Trump makes his inaugural visit to the Middle East since the start of his second term, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on May 13-16. Amid the heightened focus on US policy toward the...
Belgian Parliamentary Delegation 'Impressed' by Development Level in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra
Morocco News
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September 5, 2022
MOROCCO, September 5 - Members of a Belgian parliamentary delegation visiting Laayoune said Saturday they were "impressed" by the remarkable development of the region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra and the projects launched in all areas. The head of...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopt new Fisheries Partnership with Morocco including Western Sahara
African Press Organization
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February 12, 2019
Download logo Sets fishing opportunities for EU vessels; does not prejudice political process on final status of Western Sahara; promotes sustainable fishing policy. The new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) includes the waters of...
Over 850 Sahrawi NGOs Condemn Situation in Tindouf Camps, Slam Participation of Polisario Leader in EU-AU Summit
Morocco News
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February 17, 2022
MOROCCO, February 17 - More than 850 Sahrawi NGOs active in the area of human rights and sustainable development have strongly rejected the participation of the military leader of +polisario+ in the Summit of the European Union and the African...
Ambassador Hilale Denounces Military Recruitment of Children by 'Polisario' Before Harvard University Students
Morocco News
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February 21, 2022
MOROCCO, February 21 - Ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, was, Thursday, the guest of honor at a conference organized by the University of Harvard-Boston, at the initiative of the collective of Moroccan students...
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Western Sahara
African Press Organization
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January 8, 2018
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Western Sahara: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about recent increased tensions in the vicinity of Guerguerat in the Buffer Strip in southern Western Sahara between the...
Foreign Minister Gabriel congratulates Horst Köhler on his appointment as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara
African Press Organization
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August 17, 2017
Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel issued the following statement today (16 August) on Horst Köhler’s appointment as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara: I would like to offer Horst Köhler my most sincere congratulations!...
Visit of Moroccan Foreign Minister to Slovenia and plans to open embassies in Ljubljana and Rabat
Government of Slovenia
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April 18, 2025
SLOVENIA, April 18 - During Minister Fajon's visit to Rabat last year, the two ministers signed the Joint Declaration on further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Friendly relations between Slovenia and Morocco have recently...
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission welcomes the UN Security Council Resolution on Western Sahara
African Press Organization
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May 1, 2017
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomed the unanimous adoption by the Members of the UN Security Council of the resolution 2351 (2017), which extended the mandate of the United Nations...
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara
African Press Organization
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May 1, 2017
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General: We welcome the withdrawal of all Frente Polisario elements from the Guerguerat area, between the berm and the border with Mauritania, as confirmed by MINURSO observers on 27-28 April....
Deputy President Paul Mashatile: 32nd Commemoration of Chris Hani
South African Government
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April 11, 2025
Programme Directors, Deputy Minister Peace Mabe and MEC Sibulele Ngongo; Mrs Limpho Hani, daughter Lindiwe and family; The Premier of the Eastern Cape, Honourable Oscar Mabuyane; Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton Mckenzie; Executive Mayor of...
UPDATE - Congressmen, Experts Urge Negotiated Solution to Western Sahara Conflict in Capitol Hill Hearing on US-Morocco Relations
Marketwire
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April 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - April 21, 2016) - In a hearing on US-Morocco relations held Wednesday in Rayburn House Office Building, members of Congress from both sides of the aisle praised Morocco as a "stable and stalwart US ally in a...