A van carrying 52 migrants smashes through border crossing between Morocco and Ceuta

A van carrying 52 sub-Saharan migrants smashed into a barrier, Monday, at the border between Morocco and Ceuta, police sources told Spanish news agency EFE. Four of the passengers were transported to the hospital due to their injuries. The van broke through the metal gate of the Spanish side of the border «at full speed» at around 3:00 am on Monday. The van was carrying 34 men, 16 women and 2 children, including a five-month-old baby. The driver was a Moroccan citizen and was

Defense industry : Morocco wants to impose an offset agreement on its suppliers

Morocco is planning to develop its defense industry by making its suppliers share their maintenance technology and know-how with the Royal Armed Forces, Morocco’s Minister-Delegate for National Defense said. The Kingdom «seeks to develop the maintenance of military equipment by imposing, as much as possible, on its suppliers the need of sharing the maintenance technology of the purchased equipment», reports al3omk, quoting the minister. The government official explained that

Diaspo #118 : Hicham Mouatadid, public policy and Moroccans living in Canada

Scientific research is almost in his DNA. While he is always trying to perfect his academic knowledge, Hicham Mouatadid remains attached to Morocco and thinks that this attachment can be further strengthened by the right to vote for Moroccans living abroad which should be mulled thoroughly.

Morocco's Mohamed Boudra becomes president of the United Cities and Local Governments

Al Hoceima’s mayor and president of the Moroccan Association of Mayors Mohamed Boudra was elected Friday in Durban the new president of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). Boudra came first after the Russian candidate Ilsur Metshin withdrew from the competition. Mohamed Boudra, Mayor of Al Hoceima, and President of the @AMPCC2 is the new President of UCLG and will guide us for the next 2019-2022 ??"Il faut préserver notre union. Sans l’union, on n’a pas

Morocco is the only Maghreb country without a US ambassador

Nominated twice by President Donald Trump, the United States ambassador to Morocco David Fischer is still waiting for the Senate’s go-ahead to assume office. This delay makes the Kingdom the only Maghreb country that has not seen its US ambassador’s nomination confirmed.

Western Sahara : A Turkish firm slammed by a pro-Polisario NGO for its activities

Pro-Polisario NGO Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) said that in November 6 it witnessed a Turkish cargo vessel as it arrived at the port of Gulluk in Turkey, claiming that it «was entirely loaded with white bags of fishmeal for Western Sahara». «A large crane loaded the meal over to waiting trucks, which WSRW followed from the port to the factory of Gümüşdoğa A.S, a 15-minute drive away», wrote the NGO. WSRW states that the «Turkish importer

Pedro Sanchez calls for more financial support to help Morocco tackle migration

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again called the European Union for more financial support to help Morocco fight against irregular migration, Euractiv reports. «Thanks to the help of Morocco we have managed to reduce the number of arrivals in Spain in 2019 by 50%», Sanchez said during a joint press briefing held yesterday. «Morocco is a primordial partner for Spain and Europe», he told reporters. Migration will be at the heart of the upcoming European

Morocco male dancers in women's clothing... entertain to fit in

For decades, Morocco has been home to an entertaining tradition, during which male dancers dress up as women. While some people see these (fe)male dancers as plain entertainers others see in them diversity, tolerance and acceptance.

More than half of Italians say racist acts are justifiable, poll finds

A recent poll has shown that more than half of Italians believe that racist acts «were either sometimes or always justifiable», the Guardian wrote on Tuesday. SWG, an Italian polling firm, questioned 1,500 people in the country. 10% of those surveyed said that racist acts were always justified while 45% said that they could be «acceptable depending on the situation». Only 45% of those questioned in Italy said that all forms of racist acts are unacceptable.

Morocco’s OCP ammonia plant in Nigeria to start production in 2023

The OCP Group, Morocco’s leading exporter of phosphate rock, expects its Nigeria ammonia plant to start operating by the end of 2023, Reuters wrote on Thursday, quoting a senior official from the company. The $1.3 billion plant will be built in southeast Nigeria near gas suppliers, head of OCP Nigeria Mohammed Hettiti told the British news agency. The Nigeria plant is expected to have an annual production capacity of 750,000 tons of ammonia and 1 million tons of fertilizers. Ammonia