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UN Security Council Endorses Morocco’s Plan for Western Sahara

(MENAFN) The UN Security Council on Friday endorsed a resolution backed by the United States, designating Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara as the "most feasible solution" to address the protracted conflict. Among the 15 council members, 11...

UN supports Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy initiative

(MENAFN) The UN Security Council on Friday approved a US-backed resolution recognizing Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara as the “most feasible solution” to the long-standing territorial dispute. Of the council’s 15 members, 11 supported the...

Belgium Considers Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal for Western Sahara

(MENAFN) Belgium has formally recognized Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as the “most appropriate” path toward resolving one of North Africa’s longest-standing territorial disputes. The announcement came Thursday in Brussels after...

UNSC is set to vote on Morocco’s autonomy draft resolution

(MENAFN) The UN Security Council (UNSC) is preparing to hold a vote on a draft resolution that endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara as the most viable political framework for resolving a decades-long territorial dispute that has...

Items signed by Einstein, Woodrow Wilson, JFK and Jackie are in University Archives' online-only auction, November 19th

The Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction contains over 490 lots of outstanding historical material, headlined by two largely unreserved collections. WILTON, CT, UNITED STATES, November 3, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Two manuscripts signed...

Trump Voices Support for Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal

(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has described Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as “serious, credible, and realistic,” calling it the sole foundation for a lasting resolution to the long-standing dispute over the territory,...

Timor-Leste Hosts Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara and Reiterates Unwavering Support for the Right to Self-Determination of the Saharawi People

U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Label Polisario Front as Terrorist Group

(MENAFN) On Thursday, two members of the US House of Representatives formally introduced legislation in Congress seeking to classify the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. The proposed bill reflects escalating concerns over the group's...

US lack of funding results in cutting UN peacekeeping forces

(MENAFN) The United Nations is preparing to reduce its global peacekeeping presence by roughly a quarter in the coming months due to severe funding shortfalls, largely stemming from a lack of U.S. financial contributions, news agencies reported on...

UN faces funding shortages, to cut peacekeeper force

(MENAFN) The United Nations is set to reduce its peacekeeping forces by roughly a quarter in the near future due to budget shortfalls, particularly stemming from insufficient financing from the United States, according to reports. A senior UN...

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Second Mapungubwe Dialogues / First Edition of Diaspora Week

Theme: “Promoting Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights as Forms of Reparatory Justice” It gives me great pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to this, the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues, held appropriately to coincide with the First Edition of the...

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Opening ceremony of the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments

President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, His Excellency Jean-François...

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Opening ceremony of Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments

President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira, Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, HE Jean-François NDONGOU,...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: General Debate of 80th Session of United Nations General Assembly

President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Ms Annalena Baerbock, United Nations Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, Eighty years ago, the United Nations was...

North Africa’s experiment in tactical diplomacy

North African states are turning long-standing diplomatic relationships into new opportunities for leverage, using migration flows, energy supplies, and security partnerships as bargaining chips. These new tactics and strategies are reshaping...

Trump voices remarks on N-African territorial dispute

(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has described Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara as “serious, credible, and realistic,” calling it the only viable foundation for resolving the longstanding conflict over the disputed territory, according...

Trump reaffirms Washington’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty

(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has reaffirmed Washington’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, describing Rabat’s autonomy proposal as the only practical basis for resolving the long-running territorial dispute. In a...

Trump Comments on Morocco’s Plan

(MENAFN) Morocco’s proposal for autonomous rule in Western Sahara has been described by US President Donald Trump as “serious, credible, and realistic.” According to a Moroccan official news agency, Trump emphasized that this plan offers the only...

A foreign policy that always faces forward

Dear Fellow South African, Last week our country participated in the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan. This is an important forum for strengthening bilateral trade and investment between Japan and...

UK supports controversial autonomy bid for African zone

(MENAFN) The UK has shifted its longstanding neutral stance by supporting Morocco’s proposal to grant limited autonomy to Western Sahara, a territory embroiled in a decades-long dispute in North Africa. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy...