Once again, the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria has expressed its strong opposition to Morocco’s ECOWAS membership. The next Nigerian presidential elections are to take place in February 2019 and Rabat will have to settle the matter before this deadline.
Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel accuses Morocco of refusing to revive the Arab Maghreb Union, stressing his country’s will to reinforce Maghreb integration.
In one of its stories, the Algerian news agency reported a statement by Sergei Lavrov on the Sahara. Later, the Russian diplomat denied the comments attributed to him.
Unlike what has been announced this week, trade unions coordination in Jerada, joined by the Unified Socialist Party’s regional office have not accepted the government’s proposals. On the contrary, they have taken note of the evolution of negotiations with the civil society in the city.
The Sahrawi Youth Union of the Polisario was elected for the fourth time in a row deputy president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. On the other hand, USFP returned home empty-handed.
In less than two weeks, Therea May’s government has sent two of its senior officials to Morocco. Rabat is, obviously, being part of London’s post-Brexit plan especially as the country is paying close attention to the Sahara conflict. On Saturday, Alistair Burt, British Minister of State for the Middle East, met in Munich with Horst Kohler.
It is more than a mere coincidence, on the day a bunch of Spanish ship-owners met to defend, in Dakhla, the renewal of the fisheries agreement, European farmers gathered in Spain to launch a campaign against the Moroccan tomatoes.