British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized on behalf of the Conservative party for the «hurt and offence» that has been caused by Islamophobia, wrote the Evening Standard on Wednesday. The UK Prime Minister’s apologies come as his party suspended, earlier this month, a number of its members for reportedly sharing Islamophobic posts online. The decision was taken after British newspaper The Guardian said in a recent article that «15 current and 10
The former technical director of Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) Pim Verbeek, died, Thursday, aged 63 after a battle with cancer. The news was announced by Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam, where he had been a board member since the beginning of the year. The former Sparta footballer and manager was appointed in 2010 as the national youth technical director for Morocco. Along with coach Mohamed Ouarga, the Dutch director’s efforts earned Morocco's qualification
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Morocco in December. While in the Kingdom, the American official is expected to «push» for normalized ties with Israel, a State Department official revealed.
At least four migrants have died and 16 others are missing after a boat that was carrying 78 migrants went adrift while after leaving Morocco for Spain, The Guardian reports. On Tuesday night, Spain’s maritime rescue services were informed by an NGO that the boat got into difficulties after it left the Charrana beach, near Nador. The Spanish rescue services managed to save 62 people near Melilla, a spokeswoman for Salvamento Maritimo told the same newspaper. «Three of
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez received, Wednesday in Madrid, Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita. Sanchez and Bourita discussed «migration issues, European Union ties and the recent fisheries and agricultural agreements signed between Morocco and the EU», announced the Moncloa Palace in a statement. «The two countries have positively assessed that the number of migrant arrivals (in Spain) has decreased by 55% compared to last year», the
David Levy Yulee is known in the United States as the first Jew to serve as senator. But in Morocco, he is the descendent of a renowned Jewish family that gained respect within the Moroccan Jewish community and served the royal court during the 18th century.
Morocco has been ranked 100th in the 2019 Legatum Institute Prosperity Index, losing five places. Released earlier in November, the report which measured prosperity levels in 167 countries, indicates that the Kingdom ranked 95th in 2018 and 94th in 2017. The index, which is based on a variety of factors, stresses that «Morocco performs most strongly in safety and security and market access and infrastructure». Meanwhile, it indicates that the Kingdom is the weakest in social
Houcine Bachir Brahim, a 27-year-old pro-Polisario student and activist, was sentenced, Tuesday, to twelve years in prison by the Marrakech Appeal court. The judges found Brahim guilty of killing Amazigh student Omar Khaleq, also known as Izem, during violent clashes between Sahrawi and Amazigh students at the Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech in 2016. According to El Espanol, Houcine Bachir Brahim fled, in January, to the Canary Islands, where he applied for political asylum. Once there,
After the crackdown on the eastern Mediterranean route, irregular migration mafias immediately opted for the Andalusian coast. The deadly route, however, have pushed these mafias to opt for the Canary Islands.
Brazilian customs seized, Tuesday, 1.3 tons of cocaine concealed in a sugar cargo. The ship carrying the cargo was expected to leave the port of Santos, São Paulo, heading to Morocco, wrote the official state news agency of Cuba Prensa Latina. In a communiqué relayed by the same source, the authorities said the cocaine had been concealed in 120 bags of sugar. The same source states that the cargo was bound for the port of Tangier-Med. Prensa Latina also reports that between
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