The victory of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) at the Spanish general elections has been overshadowed by the rapid progress of Vox. Winning 53 seats in the lower house, the far-right party is seen as a threat to the Moroccan community in Spain.
Former Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos will be awarded, Monday, in Morocco at the Nador Film and Common Memory Festival, wrote EFE, quoting the event’s organizers. The Colombian politician, who served as a president from 2010 to 2018, will be honored in Nador for his «contribution to peace and reconciliation». In Nador, Santos will deliver a speech during the opening ceremony of the festival’s eight edition. The festival will be focusing this year on
Morocco has officially become the first African country to use the Video Assistant Referee technology (VAR) in an African domestic match, BBC Sport wrote Saturday. According to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), VAR made its debut in the local Cup semi-finals held Saturday, making of it the «first time in Africa that the VAR technology is going to be used in a local competition». The technology was used during the first semi-final between TAS Casablanca and
Almost five months after their arrest, the Polisario Front released, Sunday, the three Sahrawi activists Moulay Abba Bouzeid, Fadel NBreika and Mahmoud Zeidan. The three men «have been able to meet their families and loved ones», Messoud Ramadan, the president of the Sahrawi Human Rights Association, said. By releasing the three activists, held since June, the Polisario leadership is trying to make peace with angry voices within the Tindouf camps that condemned the arrest of the
Fruit and vegetables exporters in the Canary Islands are concerned about the association agreement signed on 26 October between Morocco and the United Kingdom. Two professional organizations in the province «warn of a new obstacle to local products», recalling that, for example 50% of tomato and cucumber harvests are exported to the British market, reports online publication Canaria7. The two bodies believe that the partnership between Rabat and London is «a fatal
432 Moroccan Jews have left the Kingdom for Israeli in the last eight years, according to data compiled by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Data show that the Moroccan Jews who left the Kingdom to settle down in Israel come first in the region, where only 160 Jews left Tunisia. In a Facebook post published by Wednesday, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that 119 Yemeni Jews and 2 Algerian Jews left for Israel during the same period. Only one Jew left Qatar,
Ismail Ait Hamou is a former dancer and choreographer who was born in Belgium to Moroccan parents. After a long and successful dancing career, he became a novelist, telling the story of the two cultures he grew up with.
UK’s development finance institution CDC Group has acquired an equity stake of 5% in BMCE Bank of Africa, the Moroccan capital market authority (AMMC) has announced. The British company now owns 5.37% of the capital of said bank, AMMC said in a statement released Thursday on its website. CDC has over 70 years of experience investing in Africa and in Asia, with more than 700 businesses in its African portfolio. The group invests in financial institutions to advance financial
A Tangier court sentenced, Thursday, a Spanish man to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a Moroccan minor. A Moroccan NGO promised to appeal against the decision that it deems insufficient, citing new evidence.
The World Bank has approved a $300 million loan to help Morocco strengthen its municipalities, the international financial institution announced Thursday. The money will go to the Municipal Performance Project, set by Morocco to «build capacity by providing a sustainable performance-based framework for municipalities to work with», the same source said. «The program objective is to promote territorial development by strengthening Morocco’s municipalities», the
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