Sahara : Algeria sent the AU PSC president to meet Köhler in Brussels

Following his meeting with Horst Köhler in September in New York, the chairperson of the African Union Peace and Security Council flew to Brussels to hold talks with the UN Personal Envoy once again. Did the Algerian official succeed in convincing Hosrt Köhler to allow the PSC to find a solution to the conflict in the Sahara, as its Eastern neighbor wishes ?

An ECJ legal advisor says Morocco-EU fisheries deal is invalid

A week after the European Commission asked the EU to negotiate with Morocco the renewal of the fisheries deal, an ECJ legal advisor has called the latter invalid as it supposedly wouldn’t respect the rights of people in Western Sahara.

The UN denies Guterres response to Brahim Ghali’s letter

The Polisario front claims that responding to a letter sent by Brahim Ghali, the UN Secretary General is allegedly sharing the same opinion with the separatist movement on several topics. Meanwhile, Guterres’ spokesman denied the fact that said letter was answered by the UN top official.

Moroccan jihadists in Syria want to hold talks with the authorities before returning to the Kingdom

Moroccan fighters in Syria want to return home without getting arrested. They have expressed their wish to negotiate and hold talks with the authorities before taking their primordial step.

Despite the Polisario’s threats, Monaco Dakar Rally crosses the buffer zone

Competitors participating to the Africa Eco Race have managed to cross the buffer zone separating Morocco and Mauritania. And despite the Polisario’s threats, the Monaco-Dakar rally headed on Monday to its final destination in Senegal without encountering any problems.

Guerguerate crisis : Bachir al-Dakhil excludes the possibility of an armed conflict in the buffer zone [Interview]

The Polisario Front has sent last week its forces to the Guerguerate buffer zone interrupting the peace that was established in the area since April 2017 and accusing Morocco of violating the cease-fire agreement reached in September 1991. To understand the circumstance of the current crisis, Yabiladi interviewed Bachir al-Dakhil, one of the founders of the separatist movement, who stressed that the eruption of an armed conflict in the buffer zone is rather excluded.

History : In 1925, an assembly of ulemas chose El Khattabi as a caliph of Muslims

A PJD deputy, Abu Zaid Idrissi, has revealed in 2015 in Nador that Muslim Ulemas gathered in Cairo in 1925 had almost unanimously adopted a Palestinian proposal designating Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi a Caliph of Muslims. The Riffian political and military leader had subsequently declined the offer as he had refused, two decades later, the French proposal to rule Morocco.

Diaspo # 22 : Amidou Si M'Hammed, a migration success story

This Tangier-native has always been involved in social work in Brussels, helping in particular young people with an immigrant background. In his book «Tangellois, non peut-être», Amidou Si M'Hammed recalls the experience of his immigrant parents. Portrait.

Jerada’s inhabitants to decide this afternoon about suspending or continuing the marches

In a few hours, the inhabitants of Jerada will have to decide whether they want to continue or stop rallying for their demands. On Wednesday, the Minister of Energy and Mines asked the Hirak representatives in the city to turn the page of protests in exchange for a number of promises.

3.45 million Muslim Americans lived in the U.S in 2017, according to Pew Research

The Muslim population living in the U.S is growing according to the recent estimates of Pew Research. Accordingly, in 2017 1.1% of the total American population is Muslim, a number that is expected to reach 2.1% in 2050.