By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Vie éco
Both chambers of the Moroccan Parliament are due to hold a joint session on Monday 2 November at 1pm on the latest developments concerning the Sahara. The meeting was announced in a joint statement by the two legislative institutions.
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Guterres and the UN place self-determination at the center of negotiations on the Sahara, while several countries support Morocco’s autonomy plan.
31 OctAlgiers criticises non-renewal of MINURSO mandate in the Sahara31 OctCarteron calls end of MINURSO mandate a Sahara turning point31 OctMorocco expects MINURSO to leave the Sahara soonMorocco’s Justice and Development Party and Party of Progress and Socialism backed a Royal Cabinet statement on recent developments in the Sahara dossier at the UN. The PPS called, among other things, for the issue to be permanently removed from the Security Council’s agenda, reports Yabiladi, citing the positions expressed by both parties.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
Morocco’s UN ambassador, Omar Hilale, accused Algeria of banning weekly demonstrations in support of Palestine. He was responding to his Algerian counterpart during a Security Council session on the Sahara, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Morocco’s Royal Cabinet considers the non-renewal of MINURSO’s mandate a step towards closing the Sahara file at the UN. It expects the mission’s personnel, vehicles and equipment to leave soon, according to a statement issued after the Security Council decision.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Visionguinee ·
Thirty-nine young Moroccan athletes are set to compete in 17 disciplines at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for 31 October to 13 November 2026. The delegation includes ten futsal players, five track and field athletes and four beach-wrestling competitors, according to the Moroccan National Olympic Committee, cited by AFP.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Senego ·
Casablanca restores previous MASI weightings after Managem turmoilThe Scientific Committee of the Casablanca Stock Exchange indices has provisionally restored the previous free-float and cap factors used to calculate the MASI. The measure follows a revision that reduced Managem’s weighting from 10.55% to 6.86%, without announcing the mining group’s return to trading, according to Le Matin.
Tebboune pardons 5,539 prisoners in Algeria, with several exclusionsAlgerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has granted a pardon to 5,539 prisoners on the occasion of the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1 November 1954 Revolution. The measure applies to final convictions with a sentence or remaining term of no more than 24 months and excludes, in particular, terrorism, murder and corruption offences, according to the Algerian Presidency.The week in Africa
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