Malawi Opens Consulate General in Laayoune

Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP
Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP
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Malawi Opens Consulate General in Laayoune

Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP
Morocco's Foreign Ministe and his Malawian counterpart inaugurate Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune. MAP

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Malawian counterpart, Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka, inaugurated on Thursday Malawi’s consulate general in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara.

Mkaka, who held talks with Bourita in Rabat Tuesday, also announced his country’s decision to open an embassy in the Moroccan capital.

Mkaka reaffirmed his country’s strong and steadfast support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and its territorial integrity.

More than twenty countries have so far opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara.



Lebanon Urges US Military to Put Pressure on Israel to Withdraw

This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (C) posing for a picture with outgoing US chairman of ceasefire monitoring committee MG Jasper Jeffers (L) and his successor, newly appointed US MG Michael Leeney (R) at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on April 30, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (C) posing for a picture with outgoing US chairman of ceasefire monitoring committee MG Jasper Jeffers (L) and his successor, newly appointed US MG Michael Leeney (R) at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on April 30, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
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Lebanon Urges US Military to Put Pressure on Israel to Withdraw

This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (C) posing for a picture with outgoing US chairman of ceasefire monitoring committee MG Jasper Jeffers (L) and his successor, newly appointed US MG Michael Leeney (R) at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on April 30, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (C) posing for a picture with outgoing US chairman of ceasefire monitoring committee MG Jasper Jeffers (L) and his successor, newly appointed US MG Michael Leeney (R) at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on April 30, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who met with a US military delegation Wednesday, urged it to pressure Israel to withdraw from areas it still controls in the country and to release Lebanese prisoners.

The delegation was headed by US Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, the Co-Chairman of the Cessation of Hostilities Implementation Mechanism.

Aoun told the American delegation that the Lebanese army is carrying out its work along the border with Israel, where troops have been confiscating weapons and preventing armed presence.

A statement released by Aoun’s office said that Jeffers, who had held the post since before the Israel-Hezbollah war ended in late November, will be replaced by Maj. Gen. Michael J. Leeney. It added that Leeney also attended Wednesday’s meeting.