Sahara : «Mauritania does not support any party», Ismail Ould Cheikh says

«It is time to solve the Sahara issue», Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh told reporters on Thursday. The Minister took the opportunity to stress his country’s «neutrality». «We are active and concerned» by this territorial dispute «but we do not support any paryt», he added. The Mauritanian official explained that the position of his country is «not passive neutrality». «We are not spectators and we want

French-Moroccan boxer Nordine Oubaali retains his WBC title

French-Moroccan boxer Nordine Oubaali fought, Thursday, against Japan’s Takuma Inoue, defending for the second time his World Boxing Council bantamweight title. Holding the title since January 2019, the 33-year-old French-Moroccan boxer defeated his Japanese rival, retaining his WBC World belt. Oubaali won his first world title by defeating former amateur rival Rau'shee Warren. After Thursday’s victory, the boxer may be facing Naoya Inoue, the big brother of his Japanese

Robert Purvis, an American nineteenth century abolitionist and his Moroccan grandmother Dido

Robert Purvis was one of the most committed American abolitionists in the nineteenth century. The activist drew strength from the story of his grandmother, a Moroccan woman who was enslaved and transported to the United States at the age of twelve.

Morocco : Ivanka Trump meets female landowners in an olive field in Sidi Kacem

On her second day in Morocco, US President senior advisor and daughter Ivanka Trump visited an olive field in the city of Sidi Kacem to meet female landowners, as part of Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, launched earlier this year. Before making it to Sidi Kacem, Trump wrote on her Twitter account that today, she is traveling to the «rural Gharb region of Morocco to meet with women beneficiaries that will be impacted by implementation of recent land

Morocco's low English proficiency levels blamed on its complex linguistic landscape

Morocco ranks among the very low category of the English Proficiency index, released to measure English language skills in the world. The low trends in Morocco are blamed on the country’s complex linguistic landscape.

Hirak detainee Nabil Ahamjik begins a hunger strike

A few days after Hirak detainee Rabii Al Ablak put an end to his hunger strike, a fellow inmate has started a new one. On Wednesday, Nabil Ahamjik’s lawyer, Fatima El Merdi, announced that the Hirak detainee had started a hunger strike. On November 1st, when he was transferred to a prison in Tifelt, Ahamjik began his hunger strike to protest against the decision, Arabic-language online newspaper Lakome wrote. The lawyer who met her client on Tuesday said that she had noticed

Ivanka Trump lands in Rabat wearing a suit by local designer Fadila Elgadi

On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump landed in Morocco to promote the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. Received in Rabat by Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, Ivanka Trump was wearing an embroidered suit jacket made by Moroccan designed Fadila Elgadi. The grey jacket was a traditional one that she paired with matching pants and high heels. On Twitter, Fadila Elgadi could not hide her excitement seeing her designs being worn by

Ten Moroccans among the scientists who have declared a «climate emergency»

More than 11,000 scientists from around the world, including ten from Morocco, have declared a «climate emergency», warning against «untold human suffering». «The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity», wrote the 11,258 signatories who come from 153 countries in a statement published Tuesday by American scientific journal

Green March : King Mohammed VI welcomes the fact that 163 states do not recognize «SADR»

This year, the Green March’s speech comes during a favorable regional and international conjuncture for Morocco. Days after the adoption of the recent UN resolution, King Mohammed VI welcomed the fact that 163 states do not recognize «SADR» and that the association agreement signed with the Kingdom fully recognizes the presence of the Sahara in Morocco.

Ivanka Trump to advocate for full implementation of Soulaliyat laws once in Morocco

After the White House announced in October that the US President senior advisor Ivanka Trump is to promote women’s economic development in a Morocco visit, she took to Twitter to give more details about the upcoming trip to North Africa. On Tuesday, November 5, Donald Trump’s daughter said that «recently passed laws allow Moroccan women to benefit from the proceeds of collective lands», referring to the Soulaliyat movement in Morocco. The CEO Millennium Challenge