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Syrians urge Damascus to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara
I24 News
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News over Rabat and Damascus restoring diplomatic ties and Morocco's expectation of Syrian recognition of its sovereignty over the Western Sahara has sparked many reactions inside Syria in support of such a step. In an open letter to Syrian...
Report: China, Russia Likely to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Marrakech – A recent report by the Migration Research Institute identifies Morocco as “the most stable country in the entire Maghreb” and indicates major diplomatic developments may soon reshape the Western Sahara dispute. Despite persistent...
Moroccan authorities launch health campaign ahead of 2025 summer camp season
Hespress
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June 30, 2025
With the arrival of summer and the anticipated return of children to national youth camps, Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Communication have launched a coordinated health preparedness...
UN Sounds Alarm: Critical Malnutrition Crisis Grips Polisario Captives in Tindouf
Morocco World News
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June 26, 2025
Marrakech – Catastrophic malnutrition rates now plague the Polisario-run, Algerian-controlled Tindouf camps, according to a new UN investigation. The findings reveal the brutal reality faced by thousands of Sahrawis held hostage in these desolate...
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra: Morocco’s Desert Frontier Finds Its Voice
Morocco World News
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June 13, 2025
In 1927, famous French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was posted to the edge of nowhere. Cape Juby, now Tarfaya, sat between the Atlantic’s restless surf and the brooding stillness of the Sahara. Then a driven, promising young...
Geopolitical Shift in Western Sahara: UK backs Morocco’s autonomy plan as the most credible solution
Independent (Uganda)
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June 5, 2025
George Nkya, Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Morocco to Uganda Rabat, Morocco | THE INDEPENDENT | The decades-long conflict over Western Sahara has entered a new phase of geopolitical realignment, with the United Kingdom formally endorsing...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Multisectoral Partnership Drives India-Morocco Ties Forward, More Growth on Horizon
Morocco World News
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July 2, 2025
Rabat – Guided by King Mohammed VI’s vision, Morocco’s diplomacy has positioned the North African country as a key player and a strategic partner on the global stage. Through an almost octopus-like approach to foreign policy, Morocco’s diplomacy...
Algeria appeals court upholds 5-year prison sentence for French-Algerian writer
JURIST
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July 2, 2025
An Algerian court upheld a verdict against French-Algerian writer and critic Boualem Sansal on Tuesday, sentencing him to five years in prison and a fine of 500,000 Algerian dinars (approximately $3,851). The Algiers Court of Appeal upheld the...
Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years: repression of freedom of expression in Algeria
Atalayar
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July 2, 2025
Following the decision by the Algiers Court of Appeal to sentence Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on the grounds that he was a ‘scapegoat for France and Morocco’, the French authorities have rejected any kind of negotiation or rapprochement...
Daily briefing: NIH still uses directives deemed illegal to screen grants
Nature
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You have full access to this article via your institution. Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Where I work Carmencita Padilla is an emeritus professor of clinical genetics at the...
Algerian court upholds Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal’s 5-year prison sentence
Euronews
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July 1, 2025
By David Mouriquand & AP Published on 01/07/2025 - 13:20 GMT+2 A court in Algeria has upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and...
Rebuking 5-year sentence, France urges Algeria to pardon Sansal: What to know
Al-Monitor
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July 1, 2025
France’s prime minister called on Algeria to pardon an imprisoned dissident writer on Tuesday after an Algerian court upheld his five-year prison sentence. What happened: On Tuesday, an Algerian court upheld the five-year prison sentence for...
Algerian Court Upholds Sansal’s Five-Year Prison Sentence
Morocco World News
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July 1, 2025
Rabat –An Algerian court upheld today the five-year prison sentence against historian and novelist Boualem Sansal.This comes as Sansal has lost an appeal to be released on compassionate grounds. Police arrested Sansal in November 2024, after he...
Algeria court upholds Sansal jail term, France hopes for pardon
The New Arab
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July 1, 2025
Sansal has eight days to file a further appeal his jail sentence before Algeria's supreme court [Getty/file photo] An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualem Sansal, whose case has strained...
Algeria upholds prison sentence for French-Algerian writer Sansal
Al Mayadeen
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July 1, 2025
Author Boualem Sansal remains imprisoned after Algeria’s appeals court upheld his five-year sentence, igniting diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers. An Algerian appeals court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for French-Algerian...
Algerian court upholds writer's 5-year sentence in a case that's strained ties with France
Newsday - New York
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ALGIERS, Algeria — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal's five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to the brink. The...
Algeria court upholds writer Boualem Sansal's five-year jail term
Modern Ghana
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An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against writer Boualem Sansal for after he was found guilty of undermining Algeria's territorial integrity. The French Prime Minister said he hoped the Algerian president would "grant...
Algerian court upholds writer’s 5-year sentence in a case that’s strained ties with France
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A court in Algeria on Tuesday upheld Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal’s five-year prison sentence in a case that has raised alarm over freedom of expression in Algeria and pushed tensions with France to the brink....