Sahara : Aminatou Haidar misses a Horst Köhler meeting in Laayoune

Sahrawi activist and president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) Aminatou Haidar did not attend a meeting hosted by UN Personal Envoy Horst Köhler in Laayoune.

Diaspo #47: Hammadi Boujmal, producing music in the USA, Morocco and Italy

Born in Meknes, Hammadi Boujmal lived in the United States and Morocco before settling down in Italy to pursue his dreams and ambitions in the musical scene.

OCP suspends shipments to Kenya, after a vessel carrying its cargo «fled» the Mombasa port

OCP has suspended shipments to Kenya in the wake of a scandal in which one of its vessels carrying a fertilizer cargo is accused of fleeing the Mombasa port.

Embrithopods : Moroccan dental fossils change the way scientists see the African fauna

A study that examined dental fossils found in Oulad Abdou has suggested that Morocco was home to one of the oldest embrithopods, mammals that resemble rhinoceros and are related to elephants and sea cows.

Morocco’s border surveillance chief says building migration centers in the Kingdom is a bad idea

Morocco must think of ways to prevent migrants from entering and not keep them from leaving, said the Kingdom’s migration and border surveillance director Khalid Zerouali. The official believes that building migrant detention facilities in Morocco is a bad idea.

Sahara : Horst Köhler keeps an eye on the upcoming African Union summit

Currently touring Morocco, Horst Köhler is still counting on the African Union upcoming summit, to be held soon by Mauritania. Unlike his predecessors, the UN Personal Envoy relies on the pan-African body.

Hirak : Reporters Without Borders denounces sentences handed down to citizen journalists

On Wednesday, Reporters Without Borders denounced the heavy sentences handed down to six citizen journalists who were in Al Hoceima to cover Hirak protests.

Yatim hails the Ministry’s program while women in Huelva say they were exploited and harassed

While several other Moroccan women in Huleva denounce abuses, Employment and Vocational Training Minister Mohamed Yatim hails the sending program. The latter allows several Moroccan women to work in Spain’s strawberry fields through seasonal contracts.

ECOWAS : The UN convenes experts to study implications of Moroccan membership

The ECOWAS Commission has not revealed yet the results of a study meant to examine implications of Moroccan membership. A situation the United Nations proposed to work on by hosting an expert meeting in Benin.

Hirak : Politicians denounce the harsh sentences

On Tuesday, the criminal chamber of Casablanca’s appeal court handed down sentences ranging from 20 years in jail to one-year prison term against Hirak detainees. The decision was described as «unfair» by Moroccan politicians.