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Minister Ronald Lamola: Pre-Budget International Relations and Cooperation Media Briefing
South African Government
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July 5, 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...
Deputy Minister Thandi Moraka: International Relations and Cooperation Dept Budget Vote 2025/26
South African Government
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July 4, 2025
Honourable Speaker / House Chair, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Botes, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Senior Officials of DIRCO led by Director-General Zane...
French embrace of Moroccan autonomy plan underscores broader shift on Western Sahara dispute
Middle East Institute
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August 8, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron’s letter of congratulations to the Moroccan sovereign Mohammed VI on the 25th anniversary of his rise to the throne unveiled a major policy shift regarding the Western Sahara conflict. Macron announced that France...
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...
LaPresse: Germany-Morocco: Cooperation for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Western Sahara
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 10, 2023
MILAN, Italy, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This was issued by LaPresse. Germany and Morocco want to strengthen their cooperation, particularly on the issue of conflicts such as the one in Western Sahara. This was stated by the German Foreign...
Activists in Geneva Exemplify Human Rights Violations with Tindouf Camps
Morocco News
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March 7, 2023
MOROCCO, March 7 - The Tindouf camps in southern Algeria are a perfect example of degrading practices and human rights violations in conflict zones, of which women and children are the main victims, human rights activists said in Geneva on Monday....
Items signed by Jefferson, Washington and Einstein headline University Archives' June 4th online-only auction
EIN Presswire
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May 19, 2025
Specialty categories include Abraham Lincoln (17 lots), Space (108 lots) & Literature (41 lots), plus outstanding pieces from Art, Science and Early America. WILTON, CT, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A six-volume set of books...
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,...
Polisario's and Algeria's Responsibility for Child Recruitment War Crime Is Indivisible, Says Omar Hilale
Morocco News
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March 24, 2022
MOROCCO, March 24 - "The polisario armed separatist group and Algeria share responsibility for the recruitment of children in the Tindouf camps. They are therefore guilty of war crimes," said Morocco's Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the...
Polisario Victims Call on UN to Address Serious Abuses in Tindouf Camps
Morocco News
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March 10, 2022
MOROCCO, March 10 - Human rights activists and victims of polisario's violations have addressed the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on enforced disappearances and abuses perpetrated by separatist militias in the Algeria-controlled Tindouf camps,...
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...
Minister Gwede Mantashe: Freedom Day 2025
South African Government
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April 27, 2025
Programme Director, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Justices of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal, Judges-President and members of the judiciary, Premiers, Members of Parliament, Representatives of the Chapter Nine institutions,...
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...
Letters from Ambassador Hilale to Security Council, UN SG Denouncing South Africa's Complicity with Algeria and 'Polisario'
Morocco News
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March 10, 2023
MOROCCO, March 10 - Morocco's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, denounced, in two letters addressed Wednesday to the UN Secretary General and to the resident and members of the Security Council, South Africa's...
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...
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...
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...
Speaker of Andean Parliament Commends Development Momentum in Laayoune
Morocco News
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July 5, 2022
MOROCCO, July 5 - The Speaker of the Andean Parliament, Fidel Espinoza Sandoval, has commended the socioeconomic development momentum in the city of Laayoune, capital of the Moroccan Sahara. "The city of Laayoune, which I visit for the second...
Secretary-General appoints Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
African Press Organization
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February 20, 2019
Download logo United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Major...