UN : Moroccan ambassador Omar Hilale elected vice-president of ECOSOC

Google Maps 2015 updates confuse media in Morocco and the Polisario

Last week, several media platforms from Moroccan and the Polisario reported that Google Maps has updated the Kingdom’s map. Yet the information is not new and has nothing to do with the conflict.

UN General Assembly agrees on a migration pact to be formally adopted soon in Marrakech

Human Rights : The UN slams Algeria for the Tindouf camps and Moroccans it expelled in 1975

At the United Nations Human Rights Council, Algeria has been urged to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to count the population of the Tindouf camps. It also questioned Algiers about Moroccans expelled in 1975 against their will.

Brussels : The Polisario launches a new campaign against the Morocco-EU negotiations

The Polisario has officially launched a new campaign to oppose negotiations held currently between Morocco and the European Union.

MINURSO’s «partial» communiqué on Horst Köhler’s visit to the Sahara

ECOWAS : The UN convenes experts to study implications of Moroccan membership

The ECOWAS Commission has not revealed yet the results of a study meant to examine implications of Moroccan membership. A situation the United Nations proposed to work on by hosting an expert meeting in Benin.

The Polisario mobilizes Sahrawis in Morocco days before Horst Köhler’s visit

After visiting Algiers, Horst Köhler arrived Monday in Mauritania

Will Morocco accept having migrant detention facilities on its territory ?

To circumvent the Dublin III Regulation on asylum and migration, the European Union plans to set up detention centers for migrants in North Africa.