The Dominican Republic of Antigua and Barbuda reaffirmed, on Friday, January 10 in Rabat, its support for Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Following the victory of Raja of Casablanca against Mouloudia of Algiers, in the Mohammed VI Cup, the supporters chanted strong slogans in the streets of Algeria, to defend the Moroccan Sahara.
The International Platform for the Defense and Support of the [Moroccan Sahara] has been launched. This independent and autonomous structure is the initiative of nearly 3,000 personalities from academic, media and civil society circles from 155 different countries and five continents.
An exclusive video published by FAR-Maroc looks back on the expulsion, a few years ago, of 40,000 Moroccans from Algeria. The video is available on the Facebook page dedicated to Moroccan military affairs.
Morocco’s decision to delimit the course of its territorial waters through the approval of two important texts continues to cause waves. Nationalists from the Canary Islands have asked Margarita Robles, Spain’s interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, to explain herself on this subject.
The Parliament of Paraguay has reiterated its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan aimed at resolving the Sahara issue. In this sense, the parliamentarians have adopted a new resolution.
The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, announced on Wednesday the opening of consulates of several African countries in Laâyoune before the end of next year.
A new expulsion of a European foreigner has been carried out by the Moroccan authorities. On December 10, the Portuguese journalist and activist in favor of the Sahrawi independence movement, Isabel Lourenço, was turned away from Moroccan Sahara , after being accused of "threatening public order".
As they were trying to enter the Sahara to organize a week of visits, four Basque parliamentarians from the "Peace and Freedom Intergroup for the Sahrawi people" were turned back by the Moroccan authorities.
From 1975 to the present day, Morocco has discovered and destroyed 96,727 landmines in the southern provinces. Moroccan Ambassador to Norway, Lamia Radi, stated this on Wednesday before the Fourth Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines held from November 25 to 29 in Oslo.
The Moroccan army plans to buy frozen meat for its troops stationed in the Sahara for $32 million.
An alert was triggered among the military units deployed at the Moroccan border in Bir Guendouz, as the elements of the Royal Armed Forces spotted suspicious vehicles last Saturday.