Negotiations in Geneva between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario under the auspices of the United Nations started on Thursday. The notion of self-determination was a sticking point in the round-table convened by the UN personal envoy.
When she graduated university in Cairo, Casablanca-native Halima Embarek Warzazi realized that she wanted to pursue a career as a diplomat. The woman with the big ambitions has been serving as a UN diplomat since the 1950s, defending women’s rights.
In 2017, Morocco was one of the African countries that seized the biggest amounts of Cannabis resin, a drug that is largly produced in the country, according to the UN International Narcotics Control Board.