Morocco and the Canary Islands are working closely to relaunch, in the coming months, the Fuerteventura – Tarfaya maritime line, the autonomous government announced on Friday on its official website. The president of the archipelago, Fernando Clavijo, addressed this subject during a meeting with the Moroccan consul, Fatiha El Kamouri. Clavijo emphasized his government’s determination to «do everything in its power so that the shipping line starts operating as quickly as
US President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024, the White House said in a statement. The act does not condition military and security cooperation with Morocco on its commitment to open negotiations with the Polisario on the future of Western Sahara. Pro-Polisario members of Congress were discreet during the examination of the law. On the other hand, the NDDA approved by American senators and House representatives dedicated a passage for
Mauritania did not take part in the ministerial meeting, held on Saturday December 23 in Marrakech, between Morocco and Sahel countries : Mali, Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso. «An absence which takes place in the middle of good Mauritanian-Moroccan diplomatic relations», noted a media outlet in Nouakchott. On the sidelines of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum, held on December 20, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, met with his Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed
Thousands of Moroccans participated in a massive march in Rabat, coinciding with the third anniversary of the signing of the normalization agreement between Morocco and Israel. The participants demanded the closure of the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, and chanted slogans in support of the Palestinian people.
The rag is burning between Algeria and Mali. A development which offers an opportunity for Morocco to make its return to this Sahel country. Nasser Bourita met his Malian counterpart this Saturday in Marrakech.
As an academic at the University of Zaporizhia in Ukraine, Karim Kassab has several certifications to his credit, thanks to his central role in the integration of foreign students into the university environment. Due to the war with Russia a lot has changed and he is now among many Moroccans with Ukrainian citizenship who are no longer allowed to leave the country.
Moroccan scientist, engineer, and inventor Rachid Yazami was awarded on Thursday, December 21, by the 2023 VinFuture Prize, alongside three other scientists. The ceremony was held by the the VinFuture Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam. The US$3 million Grand Prize was granted to the «Invention in creating a sustainable platform for green energy through production with solar cells and storage swith Lithium-ion batteries» created by Prof. Rachid Yazami, Prof. Martin Andrew Green
The Polisario has resumed its threats. In the crosshairs of the Front, the organizers of the 10th edition of the «Morocco Desert Challenge» rally, which will be organized from December 27 to January 10, 2024, with some stages in Western Sahara including a passage through El Guerguerate. The Front «warns that the entire territory of the Sahrawi Republic, including its land, maritime and air space, remains an open war zone, due to the violation of the ceasefire by Morocco on
French MEP Thierry Mariani of the far-right Identity and Democracy Group addressed the missiles fired by the Polisario on Es-Smara on October 28 and November 4. In a written question addressed to the European Commission, the MEP argues that these attacks «were aimed solely at the civilian population and caused several injuries and deaths. This situation poses a risk to stability of the region, and this could cause collateral damage for EU Member States». Mariani specifies that
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global announced that it had excluded Israeli firm Delek Group Ltd from its portfolio, because of its petroleum prospecting offshore Western Sahara. The decision was made by the Council on Ethics of said fund to protest the contract concluded, in December 2022, by Delek's subsidiary, the Israeli company NewMed Energy, with the Moroccan authorities. «The Council has considered that Delek Group’s exploration activities offshore Western Sahara
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