Pending arms sale, Russia addresses the Sahara question in an ambiguous statement

Earlier this week, the Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives visited Russia, where he met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa. The latter addressed the Western Sahara dispute in an ambiguous statement.

Boeing to give $100m to the families of Ethiopian Airlines crash, in which two Moroccans died

American aerospace company Boeing has announced that it is giving $100 million to help those who lost their loved ones in the two crashes of the company’s 737 Max planes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, BBC reports. The financial contribution suggested by Boeing is expected to support the families of the victims who were affected by the ill-fated Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max 8. Two Moroccan nationals lost their lives in the crash which took place on March the 10th. In a statement released

A Moroccan national arrested during crackdown on 'Ndrangheta mafia in Italy

Carabinieri in Milan arrested 34 members of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organized crime group based in Calabria, Italy. One of the suspects is a Moroccan national who was arrested during a coordinated crackdown on the criminal group. On Thursday, Italian newspaper L'Unione Sarda recalled that the mob is the strongest in Italy and Europe and it is monopolizing economic activities in Milan, Varese, Malpensa and its surroundings. Following the raid against members

Moroccans can access 61 destinations without a prior visa, Henley & Partners index says

Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residence advisory firm, released this week its ranking of the world’s most powerful passports. The index ranks the world’s passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.

Another ECOWAS summit ignores Morocco’s bid to join the trade bloc

Held on June 30 in Abuja, an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)' summit ignored once again Morocco’s bid to join the trade bloc. According to the summit’s final statement, released on July 2, the meeting did not review Morocco’s pending bid. This summit was held after the trade bloc agreed in principle on the Kingdom’s application in 2017. The committee set up after an ECOWAS summit in 2017, composed of the Togolese, Ivorian, Guinean and Nigerian

Spain to grant Morocco €26 million to manage its borders

Spain will grant Morocco’s Interior Ministry €26 million to help the country manage its borders in Ceuta and Melilla and to curb the flow of migrants to Europe, El Pais revealed Thursday.   The agreement on the grant aforementioned will have to be approved by the Spanish Council of Ministers, government sources told the same newspaper. El Pais indicates that the money allocated to the Kingdom will be used to purchase equipment. The grant is part of the €140 million

Dutch politician Geert Wilders teases Moroccans amid his appeal

The leader of the Netherlands’ far-right nationalist party PVV Geert Wilders has chosen Twitter to tease Moroccans amid his «fewer Moroccans» appeal. On Tuesday, he published a photo that was destined to Moroccans in the Netherlands. «We want our pools back», he captioned the photo which showed a pool and a Moroccan flag floating on water. «Stop terror», he wrote in his tweet that was supported by far-right sympathizers. We willen onze zwembaden

Morocco to lose 19.000 full-time jobs to heat stress by 2030

The economy and productivity of the world’s poorest countries will be the most impacted by an increase in heat stress at work, the United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) concluded. In a report published Monday, June 1st, UN experts revealed that countries around the world will lose the «equivalent of 80 million full-time jobs» by 2030 because of heat stress, indicating that «the total cost of these losses will be $2.4 trillion every

Forensic report on Imane Fadil’s death to be released next week

Four months after she died in a hospital room in Milan, the forensic report on Moroccan model Imane Fadil’s death will be released next week. The medical team mandated by the Italian authorities will have to submit its conclusions to the prosecutor’s office in Milan in seven days, providing the real reason behind the woman’s «mysterious death». For the record, Imane Fadil told her family and former lawyer days before her death that she might have been

NGOs denounce the arrest campaign launched against Sahrawi activists in a UN meeting

The Polisario’s leadership was slammed by NGOs attending the 41st regular session Human Rights Council. The Front has launched a campaign against Sahrawi activists, arresting three individuals in the Tindouf camps.