Months after Mauritania elected a new president, the country launched a reconciliation process with political opponents exiled abroad, including those who took refuge in Morocco. The matter had already caused a diplomatic crisis between Rabat and Nouakchott, during the second term of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Moroccan singer Dounia Batma was heard, Monday, by the King’s prosecutor in Marrakech and then brought before the investigating judge over alleged involvement in blackmail. The Bahrain-based singer is reportedly prosecuted over «blackmail and defamation» allegations, Alarabiya reports. According to media reports, Dounia’s sister Ibtissam Batma has been arrested by the police over the same claims. Last week, Dounia Batma, who rose to fame as the runner-up of the first
American actress Meryl Streep is currently spending her New Year’s holidays in Marrakech. On Saturday, the actress was spotted at Dar El Bacha, a Marrakech museum, wrote French-language newspaper Le360. While in Marrakech, Streep took a photo with Moroccan painter and head of the National Fondation of Museums Mehdi Qotbi. On His facebook page, Qotbi posted the photo with Streep, with a caption saying «what a beautiful moment with the fabulous Diva, Lady Meryl Streep.. at Dar
The year 2019 was marked by a series of events that affected the Western Sahara conflict. While Morocco emerged victorious this year, scoring diplomatic points in Africa and Latin America, the Polisario witnessed a setback initiatied by the situation in Algeria.
The Turkish authorities arrested, Monday, 100 people suspected of belonging to the terrorist organization «ISIS». One of the arrestees is a Moroccan national, Turkish news agency Anadolu said. The same source indicated that the Turkish security forces launched a series of simultaneous raids in 6 states against said terrorist organization. The Moroccan citizen was arrested in the capital, Ankara, alongside two Syrians and 30 Iraqis.
Raytheon Missile Systems, the world's largest missile maker, has been awarded a $768,283,907 contract for Advanced Medium Rage Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) production. The contract will provide Morocco and other countries with AMRAAM missiles, captive air training missiles, guidance sections, AMRAAM telemetry system, spares and other production engineering support hardware, the US Department of Defense said Friday, 27 December, in a press release. Raytheon’s production to be performed in
Moroccan footballer Abderrazak Hamdallah has been named 2019’s top scorer, scoring 57 goals in all competitions, wrote BBC Sport. Currently playing for Saudi club Al Nassr, Hamdallah has managed to top other internationally renown scorers, including Munich’s Robert Lewandowski who scored 54 goals and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi with only 50 goals. «I am very happy today that I achieved the top scorer of the world in 2019 with 57 goals», Hamdallah said.
By the end of 2019, Algeria has ordered from Russia, its main arms supplier, 42 combat aircraft : 14 Sukhoi 57, 14 Sukhoi 34 and 14 Sukhoi 35, Algerian and Russian media reports said. «An option for two other squadrons of 14 aircraft for each aircraft type has also been signed to compensate for the natural withdrawal of aircraft from the Air Force fleet in the future», added the same source. The acquisition contract was concluded last summer after the visit of an Algerian air
The trial of Moroccan journalist Omar Radi is the «latest episode» of a series of human rights violations in Morocco, especially when it comes to freedom of speech and opinion, Morocco’s Moulay Hicham said on Saturday. In a Facebook post, he said that «protecting national institutions is one thing but using law to continuously crush public debate is another thing». To King Mohammed VI's first cousin, issues «cannot be dealt with in depth without having
«Moroccan authorities should unconditionally release and drop charges against a journalist jailed for a 9 months-old tweet criticizing a judge», wrote international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), Saturday, referring to Moroccan journalist Omar Radi. «Criticizing officials is protected speech and no one should face prison time for peacefully doing so», said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, adding that Omar Radi’s
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