Morocco is ranked 15th in Africa by the 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance and 2nd in North Africa. Despite its improving performance, the Kingdom is lagging in the Human Rights and Participation subindex.
Amnesty International has urged the UN mission in Western Sahara to monitor human rights in the provinces and in the Tindouf camps. The NGO highlights the need of creating an independent mechanism within the MINURSO to conduct the mission.
The Spanish government expelled on Thursday 116 migrants who entered Ceuta through its Morocco borders. The decision brings back an agreement Madrid and Rabat signed 26 years ago.
The U.S. Department of State has been criticized by a Polisario news platform for calling «SADR»'s flag «separatist».
In order to renew the fisheries agreement, the European Commission wants to relaunch negotiations with Morocco. In a document, the EU body wants to include a human rights and democratic principles clause.