Opinion

Britain’s backing of Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara creates a whole new playing field

This week British Foreign Minister David Lammy followed up with a statement in the House of Commons, where he again

The impact of a UN cash crisis on Libya

It may loosely be described as the law of unintended consequences. For over three decades the former ruler of Libya,

Morocco’s driving ambition

For years, Morocco was better known for its carpets than its cars. No longer. The North African kingdom has quietly

How did relations between Algeria and France get so bad?

This week, one of the world's experts on French Algerian history, Benjamin Stora, described relations between the two

Morocco’s ‘moral commitment’ to the Two-State Solution

The settled will of the international community, as expressed through innumerable United Nations resolutions, is for a ‘two state’ solution

Why the UN still matters across the Maghreb

In our increasingly un-reported World, well, that part of the media circus that doesn’t involve celebrity and assorted trivia,

Securing the kingdom: How Morocco’s DGSN became a model of modern policing

Since its establishment in 1956, Morocco’s General Directorate for National Security (DGSN) has been the institutional backbone of public

Invisible Infrastructure Underpinning Morocco's World Cup Development Drive

As Morocco gets ready to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, headlines laud the continent's first super-speed train

The cranes are rising, but the real action is happening behind the scenes… in Morocco’s markets.

The curious case of U.S. migrants and Libya

There is a Chinese phrase ‘May you live in interesting times’, which I recently found out is not really a

The importance of our natural world

Truly the word ‘veteran’ can be applied to the film maker and international respected conservationist, Sir David Attenborough. His is

The long goodbye: The fading fortunes of the Polisario Front

The Polisario Front, once a credible national liberation movement, is increasingly marginalized on the global stage. Its decades-long struggle for