Earlier this week, reports suggested that members of the Polisario Front and a Moroccan delegation at the African Union clashed at the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand (South Africa). Noureddine Karbal, PJD MP and a member of the Moroccan delegation that took part to the meeting spoke to Yabiladi about the underlying reasons behind this clash.
In little time, Moroccan student Hamza NaGham managed to set a busy schedule in China, going from studying to teaching all the way to singing. The Guelmim-native is active all over Wuhan, where he plans to kick-start an engineering career.
Hafida Hdoubane is Morocco’s first female guide in the Atlas Mountains. Speaking to the BBC in a video made public on March the 8th, Hdoubane said that in 1994, she «succeeded in becoming the first female mountain guide in Morocco». Leading women-only groups of mountaineers, the young woman is part of a group of guides in the Atlas Mountains that organizes tours in the region. With female tourists, she visits «nomadic women» and helps them earn a living. Her
When she graduated university in Cairo, Casablanca-native Halima Embarek Warzazi realized that she wanted to pursue a career as a diplomat. The woman with the big ambitions has been serving as a UN diplomat since the 1950s, defending women’s rights.
After a month that was marked by diplomatic failures, the Polisario Front is trying to hit back, receiving and sending delegations abroad. This week, a delegation from the Tindouf camps visited the republic of Ireland and was received by the its president. According to the Front’s press agency SPS, the delegation was composed of Mohamed Sidati, the Polisario’s «Minister Delegate to Europe», as well as Mohamed Yaslem Bissat a member of the separatist movement. «The
On Thursday, March the 7th, French-born Jihadist Mehdi Nemmouche was found guilty for opening fire on people at the Brussels Jewish Museum in May, 2014, reports French daily Le Monde. Nacer Bendrer, who was accused of providing assistance for Nemmouche, was also found guilty of murder. Nemmouche’s lawyers tried to get him out of the case by suggesting that «he'd been framed in an elaborate conspiracy which blamed the murders on foreign intelligence agencies, but produced no
«After twelve years of representing Belgium at the highest level, I have decided to retire from senior international football», Moroccan-Belgian player Marouane Fellaini announced, Thursday, on his Twitter account, reports AFP. «It has not been an easy decision for me and not one I take lightly; however, I feel that the time is right for me to step down and allow the next generation of Belgian players to continue this very successful period in Belgian football history»,
In 2002, King Mohammed VI offered President George W. Bush a gift worth $20,000. The Moroccan monarch was very generous with the US President family, giving the Obamas a valuable gift in 2016. The King is not on the list of foreign leaders who showered Donald Trump with gifts.
Officially, the Moroccan government has not commented yet on the protests taking place in Algeria. On Wednesday afternoon, Morocco's Government Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi, and during a press briefing held in Rabat, refused to answer questions related to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s 5th term. «I refuse to answer these questions», El Khalfi told reporters on Thursday. In Algeria, officials accuse the country’s enemies of fueling the anger that
For the second time, in less than two months, the Duchess of Cornwall wore a Moroccan Caftan. According to Hello Magazine, Princess Camilla attended, Wednesday evening, an early St Patrick's Day dinner at the embassy of Ireland in London, wearing the same green dress she pulled out during a grand event hosted by her husband Prince Charles at the Buckingham in February. She teamed the sparkly Caftan with «nude high heels and accessorized with simple drop earrings», wrote the