All articles by Latifa Babas

After visiting Algiers and Tunis, Ould Abdelaziz emissary hands King Mohammed VI a message

Mauritanian President’s emissary Mohamed Ould Maham visited Rabat, Tuesday, handing Prince Moulay Rachid a message of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to King Mohammed VI. Last week, the official toured Algiers and Tunis, carrying letters from the President to Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Beji Caid Essebssi.

In Morocco, Meghan Markle discovers local luxurious footwear brand Zyne

While visiting Morocco alongside her husband, Meghan Markle discovered a local shoe brand that can be considered now as one of the Duchess of Sussex’s favorite footwear labels. Meeting social entrepreneurs, Monday in Rabat, the Princess stumbled upon the founders of Zyne, a Moroccan footwear brand created by designer Zineb Britel. Impressed by the brand’s ability to employ local women, Meghan Markle chose two pairs of of Zyne’s shoes to bring back with her to London.

Morocco’s Cosumar to produce sugar in its new Saudi Arabia refinery by the end of 2019

Morocco’s first sugar refinery Cosumar to kick off production in its Saudi Arabia’s plant by the end of 2019, reports Reuters quoting the firm’s CEO. Speaking on Tuesday, February the 26th, in Casablanca, Mohammed Fikrat announced that the new refinery, located in Saudi town Yanbu, will be able to produce 850,000 tonnes of refined sugar by the end of the year. Cosumar’s refined sugar will be «commercialized» and sold in Saudi Arabia, the same source

Halal meat cannot be labeled «organic», according to an EU Court of Justice’s ruling

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a decision, Tuesday, indicating that animals ritually slaughtered, without being stunned, cannot be considered organic, reports AFP. The decision is a response to an appeal filed by an Appeal court in Versailles (France). In 2012, a French association that assist the slaughter of animals had requested to label Halal meat «organic». In a statement made public Monday, CJEU indicated that «scientific studies have

Horst Köhler is reportedly expected to meet a Polisario delegation in Berlin in March

The UN personal envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler has, reportedly, invited the Polisario to a meeting in Berlin, reports the Front’s press agency SPS. According to the same source, Köhler and the Front will hold a meeting in the capital of Germany in the first week of March. This meeting will proceed the second round of the round-table convened by the UN envoy. «The meeting, scheduled for the first week of March, is part of the bilateral consultations that the former

Moroccan-Dutch nationals are getting more successful in the job market in the Netherlands

The employment rate of Moroccan-Dutch nationals, living in the Netherlands, has increased in 2018, reveals a new study by Statistics Netherlands. The new figures exceed the ones registered during the 2008 economic crisis.

For Rabat’s Archbishop, the Pope’s visit to Morocco is full of «meaningful meetings»

As announced by the Vatican before, Pope Francis is visiting the Kingdom of Morocco in March. This visit, according to Morocco’s Archbishop Cristobal Lopez, is a «great event for the church but also a very demanding two day visit full of meaningful meetings». Commenting on the itinerary of the Pope’s visit, expected in March, the Archbishop of Rabat said that he is visiting Morocco as a «person of good will who wants to meet everyone», reports Vatican

Morocco is one of the top three African countries in Facebook's Inclusive Internet Index

Morocco is ranked third in Africa and second in North Africa by the 2019 Inclusive Internet Index. The survey is issued by Facebook and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

From his prison cell, Nasser Zefzafi hails the «Algerian Hirak»

In a letter posted by his father Ahmed Zefzafi on Facebook, Hirak figure Nasser Zefzafi hailed the «Algerian Hirak», referring to people protesting against Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term. «We congratulate you on your own Hirak and your commitment to the peaceful approach as an option for realizing your legitimate demands», he wrote. Nasser Zefzafi, who is sentenced to 20 years in prison, said that refusing the Algerian President’s bid,