Qubec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness Simon Jolin-Barrette addressed, earlier this month, increasing «the number of immigrants» wishing to settle down in the Canadian province. Speaking at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (MCFR), Jolin-Barrette said he was determined to welcome around 40,000 immigrants to Quebec in 2019, as promised by Canadian center-right party Coalition Avenir Québec during its electoral campaign, report Le Devoir. «We
British far-right groups have been banned on Facebook. The social network company announced, Thursday, that it imposed a ban on several far-right groups and individuals, believing that they «spread hate», AFP reports. «Individuals and organizations who spread hate, or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are, have no place on Facebook», the social media platform said in a statement. The ban covers the British National Party (BNP), the
At the UN Security Council, discussions are underway on the Western Sahara draft resolution. To overcome this blockage, the United States is likely to submit a second version.
Orange group has launched, Friday April 12, a new hub in Morocco for its subsidiary Orange Cyberdefense, specializing in securing digital assets. This new hub, which is expected to hire about fifty experts by the end of 2020, will implement cybersecurity activities to monitor defense systems that protect its customers' essential assets. «This new operation center will give us a strong position in the Moroccan market and will make Orange Cyberdefense Morocco the central hub to meet the
The order to retest OCP Kenya fertilizer, suspected of «containing an excessive amount of mercury» has not been implemented yet, Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reported on Tuesday. The collection of fresh samples was expected to take place on February 20th. According to OCP Kenya lawyer Paul Muite the procedure, ordered by the court in January, was reportedly retarded by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), an agency that is responsible for the assessment, collection and
Following the Notre-Dame devastating fire, campaigns based on baseless news were launched on social media to link the accident to Muslims. Fake accounts on Twitter spread misinformation and messages that targeted the Muslim community.
The State Security Service in Belgium revealed that the country is home to around 100 Salafist organizations, established through mosques and religious centers. Indeed, the Belgian intelligence and security agency said that it has identified «worrying signs» within these organizations, such as Salafist imams preaching in mosques, Salafist-led directors who fund these institutions through entities linked to the Salafist movement. Replying to a parliamentary question addressed to
To Vox all conservative voices count. The Spanish right-wing party has presented candidates who served in the army to run for Spain’s general elections, to take place on April the 28th. The rise of these conservative candidates might be considered as a threat for both Spain and Morocco.
Spain’s Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal network that sends stolen heavy machinery to Morocco, Spanish news agency EFE reports. The Spanish authorities arrested seven people allegedly involved in these activities and are looking for five others. Equipment worth €164,500 was seized by the authorities at the moment it was ready to be exported from Andalusian ports. The investigation was launched on April the 12th, 2018 in Torrejoncillo, the Civil Guard said in a statement.
In its annual World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders criticized Morocco for the prosecutions brought against both journalists and citizen-journalists.
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