King Mohammed VI sent a message on Sunday to the president of the Committee on Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Cheikh Niang on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In his message, the Sovereign praised «the Committee on the valuable contribution it has been making to inform global public opinion of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people». «Through my message today, I wish to reaffirm
Amnesty International reiterated on Monday its call to endow MINURSO with human rights monitoring mechanisms in the Sahara as well as in the Tindouf camps. «For the past decade, the UN Security Council has been ignoring calls by Amnesty International and others to add a human rights component to MINURSO, which would allow for monitoring and reporting on human rights abuses, as is done by the vast majority of comparable UN missions around the world», the NGO said in a
The head of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame was reportedly replaced by his deputy Haboub Cherkaoui. «Khiame will occupy other functions within the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). This means that he will have more important missions», wrote Goud. The Arabic-speaking media recalls that «Haboub Cherkaoui worked with Abdelhak Khiame at the National Brigade of the Judicial Police in Casablanca, for several
Since the signing on November 27 of a new four-year fisheries agreement between Morocco and Russia, the Polisario has observed an unusual silence. Neither the Front's leadership, nor its multiple media outlets have yet commented on the return of Russian ships to Morocco, including the Sahara waters. After the agreement expired on March 16, 2020, the Polisario remained silent on the negotiations between Russian and Moroccan officials to authorize Russian ship-owners to fish again in
4,115 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 353,803. 3,740 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 302,314. 50 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,789. 17 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 6 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra,, 6 in the Oriental, 5 in
At only 17 years of age, Ines Lamallem has to her credit a first published and rewarded novel. A literature enthusiast, the Belgian-Moroccan high school student talks about the young generation she is a part of and with whom she dreams of working with in the future.
4,592 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 345,276. 4,228 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 294,036. 70 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,689. 18 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 13 in Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, 7 in Tangier-Tetouan-Al
In the city of Sidi Ifni, in southwest Morocco, the Spanish colonizers built in the 60's a unique, land-to-sea cable car. The latter connected the shore to the inland and transported, via self-propelled carts, goods and passengers. Today, the abandoned remains of the facility can still be seen.
Morocco’s film center has announced that it is ending 2020 business year with a 50% loss in foreign investment compared to the previous one. The Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM – Moroccan Centre for Cinematography) blamed the decrease on the coronavirus health crisis. Since the start of the pandemic, Morocco has become empty of active film sets, ANSA reported. The health crisis and the restrictive measures adopted to avoid the spread of
On November 25 and 26, Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum visited Nigeria. The Algerian foreign minister met his Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama. According to Algerian news agency APS, the two ministers carried out an overall assessment of «bilateral and multisectoral cooperation between Algeria and Nigeria» and hailed the excellent relations of friendship and cooperation existing between the two countries. The two ministers «welcomed the convergence of
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