Nigeria and Morocco say they are determined to deliver gas pipeline agreement in record time

During a meeting held Tuesday, the managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said that Nigeria and Morocco have agreed to deliver the gas pipeline bilateral agreement in record time, Nigerian newspaper Sun news online reports. While receiving the Moroccan ambassador to Nigeria Moha Ou Ali Tagma, Mallam Mele K. Kyari said Morocco and Nigeria are «completely aligned with the MoU signed by our two governments. We will take it forward and ensure that those terms

Spain launches a mobile app to fight against Islamophobia

The Malaga Moroccan Association has launched a mobile app to fight against Islamophobia and hate crimes, Spanish press agency Europa Press reports. The app is part of a national program set to counter Islamophobia. In addition to this project, Malaga will host in September its first national congress against Islamophobia. The app, called «Islamofobia», is free and available on Google Play. It is presented as the first Spanish digital tool to address the phenomenon, as explained by

Jewish pilgrimage in Morocco # 7: Shlomo Aben Danan, Fez’ most famous Dayans of all time

Rabbi Shlomo Aben Danan is one of the most famous Dayans the city of Fez has ever had. The Jewish saint lays in the city’s most renowned synagogue.

The Polisario Front uses the death of a Sahrawi woman to serve its agenda abroad

Since Saturday, the Polisario Front has been mobilized to denounce the death of a young Sahrawi woman, who lost her life in a car accident in Laayoune. Letters have even been sent to the United Nations and the European Union to attack Morocco.

The trial of a Moroccan driver suspected of killing a hitchhiker to open this week in Germany

The trial of the Moroccan truck driver suspected of killing Sophia, a 28-year-old student he drove in the summer of 2018, to open this week in Bayreuth. The family of the victim wants to know the whole story behind the death of their daughter, after her dead body was discovered in Spain. The trial will include twelve hearings, during which 17 witnesses will be heard, according to Idowa. In the meantime, the defendant has addmitted that he committed the murder. For the record, the

Wanted by Interpol, a Moroccan national suspected of drug trafficking arrested in Tarifa

A 44-year-old Moroccan man, wanted by the Moroccan authorities and Interpol since 2005 for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, was arrested in Tarifa by the Spanish police, while he was trying to board a ferry for Tangier, ABC reports. Police officers found that the man is wanted under an arrest warrant issued by Interpol and an international arrest warrant issued by the Moroccan authorities. The suspect tried in 2015 to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics into Spain from Morocco

Algeria agrees to fund a new edition of the Polisario’s summer school

The Polisario’s representative in Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, has received a delegation from the Democratic Social Movement (MDS) led by its national coordinator Fethi GHares, SPS reported. The meeting was mainly held to discuss the program of the 10th edition of the summer university of the executives of the Polisario Front, to be hosted by the Boumerdes University from the 27th to the 8th of August. The event, fully funded by the Algerian state, brings hundreds of people together

USA : An American pageant winner stripped of her title after her tweets about hijab

Michigan pageant winner Kathy Zhu has been stripped of her title by the Miss World America organization for tweets she made about Muslims and black people, American press agency Associated Press (AP) reports. Zhu was crowned the pageant's Michigan last week. But she was described by AP as «a University of Michigan conservative who's active with a group called Chinese Americans for Trump». «It has been brought to the attention of Miss World America (MWA) that your social

An EY former partner accuses a Dubai firm of importing gold coated in silver from Morocco

A UK court has ordered an Ernest & Young (EY) unit to search for additional documents on Dubai-based gold refiner Kaloti. The latter is accused by an EY former partner of importing over $200 million of gold coated in silver from Morocco.

Morocco and Ireland turn the page on differences after a series of diplomatic ups and downs

In 2020, the Republic of Ireland will be opening its first embassy in Morocco, announcing the beginning of a new chapter in its relations with the Kingdom. After a period marked with ups and downs, especially when it comes to the Western Sahara conflict, the two countries have managed to establish partnerships in several fields, including the education sector.