Morocco and Israel UN ambassadors to light candles on 8th day of Hanukkah

Morocco’s Ambassador to the United Nations Omar Hilale will light, alongside Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan, the eighth and final Hanukkah candle, on Thursday night, Israel Hayom reported. Tomorrow's the day! Don't miss the opportunity to participate in our Mission's virtual Hanukkah event led by Ambassador @giladerdan1, and with ambassadors from Morocco, the UAE and Bahrain. Join us in kindling the light of peace in the Middle East! https://t.co/O8rwEHY5Ly

Morocco employment Minister defends his statement against Morocco-Israel ties on pro-Hezbollah channel

Morocco’s minister of employment and head of PJD youth movement Mohamed Amekraz defended his choice of a pro-Hezbollah channel to criticize the resumption of diplomatic ties between Morocco and Israel.

Peru resumes China’s Sinopharm vaccine trial after volunteer’s illness

The Peruvian government announced on Wednesday that China's Sinopharm could resume a trial for its coronavirus vaccine. According to Reuters, the country's authorities said they had «clarified» the problem that affected one of the 12,000 volunteers who received the vaccine as part of the trials. The authorities in Lima announced, Friday, December 11, to have «temporarily suspended» the clinical trials of the Sinopharm vaccine after the detection of

A Turkish man files a complaint after a series aired in Morocco showed his phone number

A man from Turkey's Black Sea province of Ordu lodged a complaint against the producer of a TV series aired in Morocco after his cell phone number was displayed during a scene. In one of the episodes of the series «Yemin» (Al Waâd), which means «The promise», a female character, Cemre, calls a number which is displayed on the screen and which belongs, «in real life», to Erol D. Shortly after the episode aired, a fan of the series in Morocco took a

UN Security Council to discuss Western Sahara after Trump’s decision

The United Nations Security Council will discuss Western Sahara, Monday, after President Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory, diplomats told Reuters. The closed-door UN Security Council meeting on the American decision was requested by Germany, the same source added. The step comes after the US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft sent a copy of Trump’s proclamation recognizing that the «entire Western Sahara territory is part of the

Coronavirus : 3,351 new cases in Morocco, mainly in Casablanca, Marrakech and Tangier

3,351 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 406,970. 3,924 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 366,835. 38 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,749. 13 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 9 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 4 in Marrakech-Safi, 4

Washington informs the UN of its new official position on the Sahara

The United States ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft sent an official letter, Tuesday, informing the UN of Washington’s new position on Western Sahara. In said letter, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations requested that this message be disseminated to members of the Security Council. The head of the Moroccan government, who welcomed via Twitter the officialization of this decision, also relayed the letter. رسالة ممثلة

Morocco ranks 14th in the Arab World by the Human Development Index

The Human Development Index issued by the United Nations Development Program yesterday ranked Morocco in the category of «medium human development» countries, after it ranked 121st out of 189 countries globally.

Moroccan trade unions, NGOs and political organizations sign a petition against Jared Kushner’s visit

Nearly 60 partisan organizations, trade unions, human rights associations, journalists have signed a petition against the visit of Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States. «Moroccans will never support a perfidious normalization and the question of the Sahara cannot be used as a motive», read the petition, signed by 250 people. «Moroccans see Palestine as a national cause and they regard the Zionist entity as an occupying, racist and criminal

Morocco to inaugurate the African Migration Observatory

Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita will inaugurate, on Friday December 18, the African Migration Observatory. The Commissioner for Social Affairs of the African Union Commission Amira El Fadil will attend the ceremony. This project was proposed by King Mohammed VI and submitted during the 30th Summit of the African Union (AU). A second proposal was also submitted to create the post of an African Union Special Envoy in charge of migration, MAP recalled. This