Snubbing Pretoria’s conference to attend Morocco's one, SADC states defend their decision

After snubbing Pretoria’s solidarity conference, SADC member states that attended Morocco’s parallel meeting on Western Sahara defended their choice. The two meetings made some of the organization’s leaders question SADC’s unity.

Morocco postpones a Romanian officials' visit because of the country's embassy in Tel Aviv

Morocco’s conference on the Sahara : Guterres calls member states to support the UN’s efforts

South Africa left angered over Morocco’s conference on the Sahara

The chairperson of the African National Congress, a ruling party in South Africa, criticized Morocco for hosting a parallel conference on the same day SADC was organizing a meeting to support the Polisario Front.

King Abdullah II of Jordan to visit Morocco on Wednesday and Thursday

Abdelkader Bensalah «can't replace Bouteflika» because of his «Moroccan nationality»

The leader of Algeria’s Justice and Development Front party has announced that the current Speaker of the country’s Council of the Nation, the parliament’s upper chamber, could not run the country if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns. To him, Abdelkader Bensalah’s Moroccan origins are the problem.

Morocco purchases 25 F-16 and upgrades 23 others for $4.772 billion

Sahara : SADC member states torn between a Polisario conference and a Marrakech meeting

As Marrakech is hosting an African meeting on the Western Sahara conflict, Pretoria chairs a SADC conference to support the Polisario. Some African countries have decided to send delegations to both Morocco and South Africa, trying to please both parties.

The head coach of Morocco's under-23 national team sacked

In Geneva, Algiers reiterates its call for a meeting of the AMU Executive Council