The United Nations have developed a new organizational chart for the MINURSO. The restructuring of the mission’s hierarchy has resulted in tensions knowing that the MINURSO is being marginalized by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara. Details.
Moroccan footballers have been to every field in Europe namely France, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Most recently five Norwegian football players of Moroccan descent are participating to the World Cup qualifications. Details.
Thousands of traditional horse riders gather every year in Mansouria to bring new blood into a Moroccan horsemanship known locally as Tbourida. The practice has attracted foreigners and international media which were curious to know more about the medieval hobby.
In Morocco, official media platforms have paid particular attention to the decision taken by the Supreme Court of Kenya that annulled the results of the presidential elections. Details.
Karima El Fillali is a singer, poet and musician who instead of becoming part of the mainstream musical scene decided to embrace what’s classical, authentic and Moroccan. Although, she is not fluent in Classical Arabic, the Moroccan-Dutch artist residing in Amsterdam went for Oum Keltoum, the Oud and sometimes the Guenbri. Portrait.
Two days ago a couple of photos of the lower jaw of a Spinosaurus aegypticus, a dinosaur, were posted on the Internet. The fossils, found in a region called Kem Kem, southeastern Morocco, were believed to be for sale on Facebook. Responding to allegations, George Corneille, the man who posted the photos told Yabiladi his version of the story.
Fossils of one of the rarest dinosaurs in the world were discovered twice. The first time was in 1915 in Egypt while the second time dates back to 2013, when a group of scientists headed by Nizar Ibrahim, a German paleontologist, found fossils of «Spinosaurus aegypticus» in the region of Kem Kem, eastern Morocco. Fossils allegedly similar to the ones discovered in Morocco are being sold on the Internet by an individual called George Corneille as reported by Abdelouahed Lagnaoui, a
Spanish media platforms have almost ignored the talks that Abdellatif Hammouchi held with three Spanish senior security officials. Yet, sources from La Guardia Civil have welcomed and saluted the commitment of the DGST in exchanging information with Madrid and not Barcelona.
Last March, the President of the ECOWAS Commission played the role of a doomsayer, saying that Morocco’s bid to join the regional organization would be a step backward in the history of the organization. This Tuesday in Rabat, Marcel De Souza completely changed his opinion to the point that he even announced that the Kingdom’s admission to the Economic Community of West African States will be formalized on December the 16th in Lome, Togo at the next summit.
Having access to drinking water and basic sanitation is the challenge discussed in the annual report «Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene» issued by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on the «Stockholm World Water Week» (27th of August-1 September). For Morocco, the gap between urban and rural sanitation is wide.