Moroccan and Turkish Foreign Ministers discuss convening session of Al Quds Committee

On Monday, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita phoned his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The two officials discussed convening session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation committee, diplomatic sources told Anadolu. These talks between officials of the two countries came after the Israeli occupation army attacked worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. It is worth mentioning that the Al Quds Committee, which is based in Rabat, was established on the recommendation of the

Morocco-Rwanda : Would Kigali freeze recognition of «SADR» ?

In five years, Rwanda and Morocco have raised the level of their coordination on African and international issues. Kigali’s support for Rabat's position was highlighted during recent talks.

Covid-19 in Morocco : 58 new infections and 5 deaths on Monday

58 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 513,922. 5,726,928 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,404,867 people have received the second. 232 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 501,146. 5 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 9,077. 2 of these

Human rights in the Sahara : MEPs and the R. Kennedy Foundation organize a webinar

The Polisario Front is organizing a webinar this week to discuss «human rights violations in Western Sahara». An event set up by the Intergroup for Western Sahara at the European Parliament. A press release from the Parliamentary Intergroup, relayed by the Algerian agency APS and the Polisario press agency, explains that the latter «will look into the violations of human rights in Western Sahara committed by Morocco».  This meeting is

Morocco celebrates its first International Day of Argania

Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly at the initiative of Morocco, the International Day of Argania is celebrated for the first time on May 10, 2021.

Morocco : A sit-in in front of the parliament on Monday to support Palestinians

A sit-in to support the Palestinian people will be observed, Monday in Rabat, in front of the parliament, the Moroccan Front in Support of Palestine and Against Normalization reported.   In a statement, the Front said that «the Zionist enemy continues its criminal acts against the Palestinian people, particularly those living in Al Quds, where the occupation army and the settlers carry out large-scale ethnic cleansing operations, in particular in the neighborhood of Sheikh

The families of Omar Radi and Soulaiman Raissouni observe a sit-in in front of the Oukacha prison

The families of journalists Omar Radi and Soulaiman Raissouni observed a sit-in on Monday in front of the Oukacha prison in Casablanca to call for their lives to be saved. «We regret, as families of journalists and political detainees (...) that arbitrary detention continues against the law and for many months», they said in a statement.  The families recall that the two journalists «tasted the bitterness of the violation of their rights and the persistence of systematic

The Polisario denies having received military support from Iran

The Polisario’s representative in Europe rejected the recent declaration of Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, who accused Iran of providing militarily support to the movement of Brahim Ghali. «It is a lie and without foundation», underlined Oubi Bouchraya El Bachir, in a press release published on Sunday, May 9th. He reiterated, on this occasion, the Front's refusal of the «allegations» of the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, asking the latter to

Covid-19 : The Indian variant more contagious and more resistant to the vaccine, according to WHO

The Indian variant of the new coronavirus is said to be not only more contagious, but also more resistant to vaccines. Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO), Soumya Swaminathan warned on Saturday that the B.1.617 variant «as some mutations which increase transmission, and which also potentially could make (it) resistant to antibodies that are generated by vaccination or by natural infection». Speaking to AFP, she explains that the variant is a contributing

Algerian President orders immediate termination of contracts with Moroccan companies

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered the «immediate termination» of all agreements between Moroccan companies and public and private groups in Algeria. His orders target in particular the Algerian Insurance and Reinsurance Company and the National Insurance Company. The telephone and internet company, Djezzy, 51% owned by the Algerian state, is also ordered to end these contracts with «companies close to the enemies of Algeria». Mesure