South Africa’s Jack Christofides, who is Director Africa Division II of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations arrived in Laayoune, Wednesday, for a twenty-four-hour visit. The South African official is expected to meet the MINURSO leader Colin Stewart and Major General Zia Ur Rehman. He is supposed to present a report on the problems that hinder the mission of peacekeepers in Western Sahara after this visit. In resolution 2468, adopted April 30th, the
After meeting the Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives Habib El Malki, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Rabat Abdellah Ben Saad Al Ghariri held talks with a number of Moroccan officials. On Wednesday, May 8, he was received by the Justice Minister Mohamed Aujjar. It was an occasion for the Saudi diplomat to praise the «historical and fraternal» relations between the two Kingdoms. On Monday, May 6, the Saudi ambassador met with the Speaker of the Parliament’s
The Polisario’s permanent representative to the United Nations Sidi Mohamed Omar was received, Tuesday, by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix. According to several pro-Polisario news outlets, Omar conveyed «to the UN head, the Front’s position on several issues related to MINURSO and the UN peace process in Western Sahara». During this meeting, the «Front’s diplomat» recalled that
According to a group of researchers led by the University of Cadiz in Spain, Tamuda was home to a military camp constructed by the Romans. The discovery has even linked Roman stateman Quintus Sertorius to the ruins in Tamuda.
The Guardia Civil arrested a Moroccan national and a Spanish man, aged 38 and 52, suspected of being behind the plantation of cannabis in a field that grows water melons in the municipality of Javier in Murcia, local news outlet Murcia Today reported on Tuesday. The same source said that the Guardia Civil discovered 850 cannabis plants, grown next to legitimate melon crop. The arrest took place after authorities in Spain opened an investigation in April in the fields in the municipality
Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization International Energy Agency (IEA) published, Tuesday, its in-depth review of Morocco’s energy policies, the agency said a press release. Presented in Rabat by the International Energy Agency’s Executive Director Fatih Birol, the new review welcomed the Kingdom’s efforts to «boost renewable investment, provide access to electricity, and phase out of subsidies for fossil fuel consumption». Despite the
In Morocco, 80% of adults say they pray every day. According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center, prayer rates around the world are related to wealth.
Moroccan-American rapper, singer and songwriter Karim Kharbouch, known by his stage name French Montana, attended Monday the Met Gala 2019, celebrating the first night of Ramadan, Step Feed reports. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, French Montana appeared on the red carpet, wearing an Arab-inspired look. The 34-year-old singer wore a long «Arabic dress» and a Kufiya, a traditional Middle Eastern headdress. French Montana in the house ?? he’ll
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is interested in signing Bruno Genesio, the coach of Olympique Lyonnais. Citing well-informed sources, football online newspaper Goal revealed that the Atlas Lions consider Genesio for the «federation’s vacant technical director role». After sacking its former technical director Nasser Larguet, the Moroccan federation is reportedly looking into ways of replacing him with the 52-year-old coach. Quoting Ca Me Dit Sport, Goal reports that
A Spanish terror cell was making money out of tax fraud on chicken, cheese, and chocolate sold in Denmark, to send Moroccan and Spanish fighters to Syria, French news agency AFP reported, quoting an investigation conducted by non-profit European newsroom Correctiv. According to the same source, this cell managed to raise €8 million, to financially support its activities since 2005. In fact, the cell in question recruited 24 Moroccan fighters and sent them to Syria, Mali and Libya to fight