Turkey inches closer to Egypt

The Turkish finance minister is planning a visit to Egypt next month in the latest step toward rapprochement between the two countries.

In a new step toward rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey, Turkish Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati will visit Egypt on June 1.

Spain’s Policy Shift On Western Sahara

Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, was to have a referendum when the Spaniards chose to leave in 1975. The people of Western Sahara were to choose between independence or integration with Morocco. Due to the complex interplay of factors, the referendum could not take place and the region was controlled by Morocco and Mauritania. In 1979, Mauritania signed a peace deal with the Polisario Front (an independence movement led by the Sahrawi natives which was founded in 1973) and gave up its control over Western Sahara. Currently, Morocco controls over 80 per cent of the territory and contends that its jurisdiction over the region even predates the Spanish rule. Spain has remained neutral on the Western Sahara conflict all these years and has pushed for a political resolution which is mutually acceptable to the parties involved.

300,000 Metric Tons of Wheat Bought by Egypt Stuck in Ukraine

Some 300,000 metric tons of Ukrainian wheat that had been scheduled for delivery to Egypt in February and March has not yet been shipped, Reuters first reported. One of the cargo shipments remains stuck in Ukraine’s Chornomorsk Port on the north-western shore of the Black Sea, and four have not yet been loaded.

Maroc – Histoire : soufis et salafis face au colonialisme français

Les confréries soufies ont souvent été présentées comme des alliées du Protectorat français (1912-1956). Mais la réalité est plus complexe et nuancée. Récit.

Sidi Mohamed Ben Slimane Al-Jazouli (1404-1466) est l’un des sept saints de Marrakech, des religieux soufis aujourd’hui encore vénérés dans l’islam populaire marocain. Ce fondateur de la zaouïa Jazouliyya s’est notamment illustré dans son combat contre l’occupation portugaise sur les côtes du littoral marocain.

Sahara : les Pays-Bas se prononcent en faveur du plan d’autonomie marocain

Dans un communiqué, les autorités néerlandaises ont qualifié le plan d’autonomie marocain sur le Sahara occidental de « contribution sérieuse et crédible ».

À l’occasion de la neuvième édition du sommet interministériel de la coalition mondiale contre Daech, qui se déroule ce 11 mai à Marrakech, les Pays-Bas ont reconnu le plan d’autonomie marocain comme une « contribution sérieuse et crédible au processus mené par l’ONU pour trouver une solution à cette question ».