The African Ministerial conference held, Monday, in Marrakech adopted a final declaration at the end of the meeting, attended by 36 African delegations. The document signed by the African representatives who attended the meeting agreed to implement the vision set by the 31st African Union summit, held on 1 and 2 July 2018 in Nouakchott. Attendees, welcomed the «adoption of resolution 693», which urged the continental organization to delete reference to Western Sahara in the AU
As Marrakech is hosting an African meeting on the Western Sahara conflict, Pretoria chairs a SADC conference to support the Polisario. Some African countries have decided to send delegations to both Morocco and South Africa, trying to please both parties.
Dutch Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media Arie Slob has said that the suspension of the teacher who insulted Prophet Mohammed is «understandable», Dutch daily De Volkskrant reports. In a written parliamentary response, the minister stated that «an inspection commission visited the school after the suspension and addressed the board of directors, management, teachers, and students». According to the same source, the commission that
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered, Monday, a top-level inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks that killed 50 people and injured others, BBC reports. Ardern announced that a royal commission, the highest independent inquiry in New Zealand, will have to determine how a single terrorist carried the country’s bloodiest terror attacks, on March the 15th. «It is important that no stone is left unturned to get to how this act of terrorism occurred
Abu Mansour al Maghrebi joined ISIS in 2013, where he served as a clerk that dealt with international affairs. Between 2015 and 2016 he became a «diplomat» for ISIS and was about to meet Tayyip Erdogan.
American online social media Facebook has refused to take down the content of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups on its platform, reports British newspaper the Independent. Citing a Counter Extremism Project report, the same source indicates that Facebook has allowed these anti-Islam, homophobic and racist pages to freely publish content that was reported by several users for being «offensive». Responding to reports, the social media platform said that these groups did not
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation has asked for an explanation, after knowing that Argentina’s best player is not participating to the friendly scheduled Tuesday, against the Atlas Lions, reports sports platform Sport. On Sunday and in a statement relayed by MAP news agency, the Moroccan Federation announced that it had been officially informed by the match agent that Messi's absence was due to injury on Friday 22 March during the friendly match against Venezuela, which forced
Regional integration was one of the topics on the agenda for the second round of the Geneva round table, held on 21 and 22 March, on the Western Sahara issue. This point has not been as widely covered by media as the notion of self-determination. Nevertheless, Algerian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ramtane Lamamra, in statements to the press, stressed that in Geneva his country «reiterated the appeal launched a few months ago, in view of the holding of
On Saturday night, thousands of teachers protesting against contracts on which they have been hired were met with water cannons used by the police to disperse protests in Rabat. The rally, which started as a march, was finally turned into a large sit-in in front of the Parliament, before police intervened injuring several teachers, Alyaoum24 reports. Saturday afternoon, in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific
In 2013, Tarek Elmarhri set up a trading company for independent traders. He hopes to launch one in Casablanca, the economic heart of Morocco for, he says, responding to a demand that will grow in the Kingdom.
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