A rescue boat carrying 75 migrants, including Moroccan nationals, has been stranded off Tunisia for 12 days, Reuters reported, adding that the Tunisian authorities refused to let them enter the country. Quoting the Red Crescent, the press agency indicated that these migrants were rescued by an Egyptian boat in the Tunisian waters. The boat, which is stranded 25 km from the coastal city of Zarzis, was not allowed to disembark. The boat carries 64 Bangladeshis and migrants from Morocco, Sudan
A Polisario delegation attended on June 10th and 11th, preparations for the Summit on the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7). The presence of the Front was previously denounced by Morocco during two former meetings.
9-year-old Moroccan Firdaous Bouzeryouh won the «Arab Leading Challenge», Tuesday, in Germany, reaching the European qualifiers for the competition for students living in non-Arab countries. The final rounds of the contest will be hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Firdaous Bouzeryouh participated to the competition held on Friday and Saturday alongside 23 participants that represented 23 Arabic-speaking schools in Germany. The young girl read 25 books and summarized them in
Three weeks after Germany’s former president Horst Kohler resigned, Algeria sent its Foreign Minister to New York to meet with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. This trip aims at reiterating Algeria’s support to the Polisario.
On Tuesday, Morocco Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani met in Geneva his Tunisian counterpart Youssef Chahed. Their meeting took place four days after Tunisia gained non-permanent UN Security Council seat. Tunisia’s nomination comes as its relations with Morocco witnessed a setback after the Esperance vs. Wydad Casablanca game and CAF decision. But way before this crisis, relations between Rabat and Tunis were affected by the Tunisia’s presidential elections in 2014, when Moncef
The Moroccan government is planning to sell 6% of its 8% stake in Maroc Telecom in June as a «block order to local institutional investors», Reuters said quoting Morocco’s Finance Ministry. The government favors retirement funds, insurance companies and banks, the same source said. The 2% stake that will remain will be sold on the Casablanca stock exchange. The 6% stake «comprises 52,745,700 shares, priced at 127 dirhams ($13.2) per share», the news agency
According to a White House official revealed, Tuesday, that Morocco, Egypt and Jordan will be attending the Bahrain’s conference on the US peace plan’s economic portion. This announcement comes as Donald Trump’s senior advisor visited Morocco in May.
Two mosques were attacked during the weekend in two German states, namely Hesse and Bremen. According to Abna24, these attacks targeted a mosque in the city of Kassel, that is run by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs in Hesse and the Rahman mosque in Bremen. The attacks were also confirmed by Turkish press agency Anadolu. Des militants d'extrême droite saccagent la mosquée Rahma à Brême, en #Allemagne et ont déchiré plusieurs
The number of young Moroccan asylum seekers in Sweden fell by 20% compared to last year, said Swedish newspaper SVT Nyheter, quoting data gathered by the Swedish Migration Agency. Only 55 minors have applied for asylum this year, according to statistics compiled by the government agency. «One of the reasons behind this change is the new agreement signed between Sweden and Morocco, which allows border police to match the fingerprints of unaccompanied minors with data provided by
Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani met, Tuesday, with his Tunisian counterpart Youssef Chahed at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. According to a communiqué published by the Tunisian government, El Othmani said that relations between Rabat and Tunis «must be developed, especially as the region is faced with several challenges in the middle of a situation that is complicated regionally and internationally». To El Othmani, the efforts made to maintain