The Justice and Development Party (PJD) called on Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch to resign, accusing him of conflict of interest, after a company he owns was awarded the desalination of seawater in Casablanca-Settat.
Former Mauritanian president Ould Taya was deeply concerned about the possibility of an end to the war between Morocco and the Polisario. This is revealed in a declassified US State Department document.
Ties between the Ba'ath regime, which ruled Syria for decades, and Morocco were not always amicable, as Syria supported the Polisario and leftist opposition groups while aligning more closely with the Algerian regime.
On the 23rd of October 1963 Charles De Gaulle, head of the provisional government of the French Republic, and Alain Peyrefitte, the French Foreign Minister were discussing at the Elysee Palace the armed conflict between Morocco and Algeria, France’s two colonies. The border conflict between the two neighboring states lasted 4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days.