In a report entitled «Morocco's Jobs Landscape», the World Bank assesses the challenges linked to employment in Morocco and recommends reducing the size of the informal economy and «creating more jobs in high productivity sectors».
The Supreme Court in Italy confirmed, this week, the 30-year prison sentence of Marco Barba, a 4-year-old man from Gallipoli found guilty of murdering Moroccan Khalid Lagraidi. The murder dates back to June 23, 2016, but the body was found months later, recalls Italian online newspaper Corriere Salentino. At the end of January 2017, Marco Barba's daughter went to the Gallipoli rifle barracks to explain the methods used to cover up the murder and accompany the riflemen to the place
Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh postponed a visit to Morocco on Wednesday. According to Mauritanian newspaper Anbaa Info, the visit was not definitively canceled, but rather postponed to a later date, due to measures put in place to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Ismail Ould Cheikh was expected to go to Morocco, to convey a message from Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to King Mohammed VI. This trip was scheduled the day after a visit of Polisario
On March 26, the White House released a list of the countries invited to an online climate summit, hosted by the Biden administration on April 22 and 23. Morocco was not on that list. To catch up, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, took advantage of the Climate and Development ministerial meeting, held on Wednesday March 31, to speak with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita. On this occasion, the American welcomed the initiatives of King
The two motions, submitted by the Die Linke and the Greens parliamentary groups, were rejected by members of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
676 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 496,097. 4,320,349 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 3,674,251 people have received the second. 198 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 483,363. 5 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related
While some want to organize, Monday and Tuesday, a national strike to protest against the schedules and anticipate for the holy month, this decision is already dividing owners of restaurants and cafes in Morocco.
The United States’ request to appoint a new personal envoy to the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara has revived discussion on the issue. This post has been vacant since May 2019, when former personal envoy Horst Kohler resigned, citing health reasons. Earlier this week, the issue was addressed during the daily press briefing by Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson. «Well, I can tell you it’s not from lack of trying on the Secretary-General’s part. We continue our
The United States Department has avoided accusing Morocco of committing human rights violations in its 2020 report on human rights practices.
To celebrate Earth Day, commemorating the Palestinian people every March 30 and marking the events of 1976, demonstrations announced by activists from the Moroccan Front for the Support of Palestine and Against Normalization were prohibited in several cities across the country. «In Morocco, the ban was implemented in Rabat, Casablanca, El Jadida, Khénifra, Guercif and Beni Taghjijt», journalist and activist Salaheddine Lemaizi wrote on his Twitter account. Au Maroc,
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