In Laayoune, separatist activist Ali Salem Boudjemaa Saadouni was sentenced to seven months in prison and a 5,000-dirham fine for «possession of drugs for personal use» and for «assault on a public agent», says EFE. According to sources quoted by the Spanish agency EFE, this conviction comes after the man in question participated in a series of independentist actions in the city, alongside a group of «Saharawis who reject Moroccan citizenship». Indeed, Ali
Between 2014 and 2016, Algeria and Libyan military officer Khalifa Haftar were on good terms. It is not the case anymore, as the Algerian Foreign Affairs Ministry condemned military escalation in Libya, following the footsteps of Morocco.
The United Nations Security Council adopted, Tuesday, a new resolution (2468) on the Western Sahara conflict, extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) by six months. Once again, the resolution was not backed by the 15 members of the UN Security Council, as Russia and South Africa abstained. «The executive body of the United Nations has enshrined, once again, the pre-eminence of the autonomy initiative, presented by Morocco on
Morocco is one of the countries that were included in the 2019 edition of the Good Country Index, developed by British political advisor Simon Anholt. The Kingdom was ranked 77th out of 153 countries and 4th in the Arab World.
Military personnel from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, the United Kingdom’s Ministry and the U.S are currently participating to a joint military exercise in Agadir, the United States Africa Command, one of ten unified combatant commands of the United States Armed Forces, announced in a communiqué published Monday. Started on April the 29th, the joint military exercise known as Judicious Response Epic Guardian 19 is conducted at the invitation of the governments of Morocco, the
As members of the UN Security Council are expected to vote a new resolution on the Western Sahara dispute, Tuesday, the UN Secretary-General’s Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric turned down a question on the territorial conflict in a daily press briefing, held Monday. «There’s a vote tomorrow at the Security Council on MINURSO. Can you update us on what the Special Envoy [Horst] Köhler, is doing? Are the preparations for the third round moving ahead? What
Morocco received no offers in a tender to import 363,636 tons of soft wheat from the European Union, under the preferential tariff trade agreement, announced on Monday the country’s grains office ONICL, quoted by British news agency Reuters. The tender submitted by the Moroccan office «called for wheat to arrive by May 31», the same source said, adding that the country received no answer. The deadline set by ONCIL ended on April 25th. For the record, Agriculture and
In 2018, Morocco’s military spending reached $3.5 billion. During the same period, Algeria spent $9.6 billion on defense, revealed SIPRI in a recent report on global military spending.
According to a biannual economic outlook report made public by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), growth in the Middle East and North Africa region is likely to slow down in 2019. Forecasts presented by the Washington-based international organization suggest that growth in the MENA region is «expected to decline to 1.5 percent in 2019, before recovering to about 3.2 percent in 2020». IMF explains that this downturn is linked to a series of factors, that include «slower
On Monday, Marrakech was home to the first fashion show French luxury label Christian Dior holds in Morocco, Reuters reports. The show was organized to showcase the brand’s new «Cruise» collection, which was attended by several Hollywood stars, including actresses Lupita Nyong’o, Shailene Woodley and Jessica Alba. Dior’s fashion show, held outside the brand’s calendar, was hosted by the El Badi Palace, a ruined palace commissioned by the sultan Ahmad
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