Interview with Lettie Tembo Longwe "Africa Think Tank Summit 2018"

Morocco has emerged as one of Africa's success stories, achieving significant progress in economic transformation and the green transition over the past 25 years. Continuing and deepening this transformation is essential to reach the country’s goal of becoming a high-income economy in the coming decades. Significant challenges include managing the risk of the middle-income trap, addressing demographic pressures, promoting inclusive growth, ensuring environmental sustainability, and ...

Africa today has only one real climate priority: adaptation. Africa should still push the rich countries of the Global North to cut emissions. But Africa should not have any illusions. Past mitigation efforts have had some positive effects but have not been sufficient to stay on track with the targets of the Paris Agreement. There is no reason to believe that future efforts will fare any better. Political developments in the United States and Europe do not augur well for global miti ...

This Opinion was originaly published on kalam.chathamhouse.org Morocco’s environmental governance rests on a comprehensive constitutional and legal architecture that establishes the right to a healthy environment as a fundamental right. The 2011 Constitution obliges the state to ensure equal access to water, a healthy environment, and sustainable development while also requiring the protection of natural resources and future generations, and guaranteeing equal environmental rig ...

L’affaire du Sahara a connu, ce vendredi 31 octobre 2025, un virage stratégique. Par sa résolution 2797, le Conseil de sécurité a clairement consacré l’Initiative marocaine d’autonomie comme étant la base exclusive de négociations pour l’arrivée à une solution définitive au conflit régional qui plombe la région depuis un demi-siècle. Ainsi que l’a souligné Sa Majesté le Roi dans son discours adressé à la nation immédiatement après l’adoption de la nouvelle résolution, « nous vi ...

Ce rapport a été initialement publié sur fondapol.org Depuis 50 ans, le conflit du Sahara occidental est pendant devant les instances internationales.En 1975, le Maroc a fait acte de souveraineté sur ce vaste territoire désertique, jusque-là colonie espagnole. Il estime qu’il lui avait antérieurement appartenu. Ce point de vue est contesté par le Front Polisario, mouvement indépendantiste soutenu par l’Algérie. La communauté internationale a adopté une attitude ambivalente, ret ...