Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 3/23/1998
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of March 23, 1998
- Amnesty International conference held in Fez
Amnesty International sources stated that associations affiliated with the human rights organization will hold today a regional conference in the Moroccan city of Fez. Morocco-UN, Culture, 3/28/1998 - Polisario front tries to decrease number of participants in referendum
The chairman of the Moroccan deputies council, Abd Alwahed El-Eadi, said the Polisario front is trying to decrease the number of participants in the Western Sahara self-rule referendum. He said that these practices may lead to obstructing the referendum plan being administrated by the UN. Morocco-West Sahara, Politics, 3/28/1998 - Independence Party calls for reviving the Arab - Moroccan union
The Independence Party, which is participating in the Moroccan coalition government, called yesterday for the revival of the Arab - Moroccan Union, established in 1989 in Marrakesh. Morocco-North Africa, Politics, 3/28/1998 - Moroccan police confiscate Hashish to be smuggled to France Morocco, Local, 3/25/1998
- An international welcome for the new Moroccan government
the US administration sees these developments as initiatives of hope and change in the area and that the administration will closely observe the efforts to broaden participation in Moroccan political life. Morocco-USA, Politics, 3/25/1998 - Morocco - Israel Morocco-Israel, Politics, 3/23/1998