The Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe inaugurated, Thursday, consulates in Laayoune. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and his Central African counterpart Sylvie Baïpo-Temon chaired the opening ceremony of the consulate of the Central African Republic. Earlier today, Nasser Bourita chaired with his Santomean counterpart, Elsa Teixeira de Barros Pinto, the opening ceremony of
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the opposition parties have commented on Morocco’s plans to delimit its maritime borders. They did so on the same when Morocco’s House of Representative voted on two bills related to the topic.
Morocco has officially been named head of the Arab states’ group of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for a one-year term. A handover ceremony between the Egyptian ambassador to France, permanent delegate to UNESCO, Ehab Badawy, whose country chaired the group in 2019, and the ambassador, permanent representative of Morocco to the UNESCO, Samir Addahre, took place on Tuesday in Paris. The Arab group is one of the six most active electoral
Moroccan professional footballer Walid Azaro is to join Saudi club Al Ittifaq on loan from Egyptian football club Al-Ahly, the club said on its Twitter account. The Saudi club has signed a loan agreement with Al-Ahly for six months and Azaro is expected to fly to Saudi Arabi to join his new club in the upcoming days, News 1 said. كل التوفيق لك في رحلتك القادمة✈️??و نراك قريباً???#شكراً_أزارو pic.twitter.com/hGO600oGwO —
By improving its score, going from 4.99 to 5.10 points out of 10, Morocco has managed to better its ranking in The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy ranking, released Wednesday.
After a two-year delay, the United States ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer has finally arrived in Morocco. On Wednesday, the newly confirmed diplomat was received by Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita to whom he presented his credentials. Ambassador David T. Fischer was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco on January 16, 2020 and he arrived in Rabat on the 21st of the same month. Nominated by President Donald Trump, in
A 40-year-old Moroccan, who has been living with his wife and three children in Terni (near Rome) for 18 years, was expelled this week from Italy. His expulsion comes following a decision issued by the Italian Interior Ministry, La Nazione said. The man was expelled, Tuesday, to Casablanca. Accused in particular of proselytizing with one of his children, the Moroccan reportedly introduced his family to ISIS’ ideology that he supported. He was also very active on the Internet and
Currently in Spain and France, a storm called «Gloria» has triggered red alerts for «extreme weather». The storm is expected to hit Morocco in the upcoming days but will likely result in fewer damage.
A commercial court in Morocco confirmed, this week, a decision that extends the liquidation of Samir oil refinery to the assets of its former managers who contributed to the deterioration of the firm that went bankrupt in August 2015. According to London-based pan-Arab media outlet Alaraby Al Jadid, the court’s ruling comes after the oil refinery’s managers were found guilty of mismanagement. The managers in question are Samir’s CEO Mohamed al Amoudi, its director
After he escaped a Belgian prison in December 2019, Moroccan-Belgian inmate Oualid Sekkaki is believed to be in Asia, Belgian newspaper De Morgan wrote on Wednesday. The news spread after Sekkaki sent a postcard, a few weeks after his prison break, to the Turnhout prison administration saying : «Greetings from Thailand». The package also included his prison badge. On December 19, Oualid Sekkaki climbed the wall of the prison alongside other inmates. While others were arrested a
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