The company Tropicars Maroc was recently awarded by the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco. Dubbed «best importer» in 2018, the firm is actually faced with significant financial difficulties and its technical and financial directors have been laid off.
Invited by the ruling party, a delegation from the Istiqlal party will be attending, Saturday in Nouakchott, the congress of the Union for the Republic (UPR). The delegation will be headed by Nizar Baraka the Istiqlal party's Secretary-General. The meeting is expected to reinforce the candidacy of Mauritanian Defense Minister Mohamed Ould Ghazouani who is running for presidential election. This visit comes after tensions marked the relationship between the two parties. Hamid Chabat who
On February the 21st, the High Authority of Audiovisual Communication (HACA) decided to issue a warning against the Moroccan Public broadcasting station (SNRT) after the channel broadcast a stand-up comedy contest in which a competitor used the word «Kahlouch» (black) as his stage name. In a communiqué sent Friday to Yabiladi, the authority ruled that the word «kahlouch», frequently used by the stand-up comedian, is discriminatory and could harm a group of
In a review made public this week, Amnesty International reported that Freedom of expression and assembly were heavily «restricted» in 2018 in Morocco. The organization believe that Morocco should take more efforts to provide protection to domestic workers.
On Thursday, February the 28th, members of the Sahrawi Association on Human Rights Defense (ASADEDH) said they were «surprised» and «annoyed» by an invitation sent to M’Hamed Khaddad, the coordinator with MINURSO. Quoted by Spanish online newspaper Espiral21, ASADEDH recalled that the Gran Canaria City Council is organizing an event on Friday to which the Polisario member is invited, despite his involvement in an investigation related to crimes
The Kingdom of Morocco keeps lagging in the global ranking of the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index. The country’s weakest performance is linked to fundamental rights.
The foundation Jardin Majorelle, created in 2001 to «safeguard the ecological, historical and cultural heritage represented by the Jardin Majorelle», will be selling Villa Mabrouka, a house located in Tangier and owned by French designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé, reports Women's Wear Daily (DDW). The villa, nicknamed «the House of Luck» will be sold to British designer Jasper Conran, known for his womenswear collections. The proceeds of
Celebrating the 100th day of the school year, students at the Catholic school of Melle, in Belgium, decided to dress up as Muslims, reports Belgian TV channel RTBF. The celebration, however, was dubbed «controversial», because of the behavior of some teachers. In a video, made public online, students were imitating Muslims, performing prayer. But some of them were «wearing explosive belts», referring to terrorism. The video, which went viral on social media, was
According to a report compiled by Dutch governmental institution Statistics Netherlands, Moroccan-Dutch people are the most to offer informal help to others when in need. Moroccans do more volunteering than other non-Western groups in the country.
On Wednesday, February the 27th, a European Parliament delegation visited the Tindouf camps, reports the Front’s press agency SPS. Headed by the spokesperson of the Confederal Group of the European United Left / Green Left in the European Parliament, the German Gabriele Zimmer, the delegation was received by the Polisario’s leader Brahim Ghali. During their meeting, Ghali hailed «the efforts made by the Friends of the Saharawi People in the European Parliament in
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