The new airline route launched recently by Transavia, a low-cost airline, has irritated the Polisario Front. The separatist movement, as a result, has sued the Dutch company to protest against the new flight linking Paris to Dakhla. Details.
Relations between King Hassan II and the Mossad services continue to make headlines in the Arab world. This time, it is «Assafir», Lebanon’s most famous newspaper that translated another article of Yedioth Ahronoth, which interviewed Meit Amir, the former director of the Mossad services in the 60s. The latter has given a detailed description of the Mossad’s involvement in the kidnapping and assassination of Mehdi Ben Barka.
Mohammed is a 12-year-old Moroccan from Leiden who wanted to change the way Moroccans are looked at in the Netherlands through a documentary. Meanwhile, the leader of the extreme right in the country appealed against a previous conviction for discriminating against Moroccans.
King Mohammed VI dismissed on Tuesday four ministers from El Othmani's cabinet. The royal decision came after the Sovereign voiced his discontent with the slow pace of development projects, which fall within the framework of his «Lighthouse of the Mediterranean» initiative, inaugurated in October 2015. Abdelilah Benkirane, on the other hand emerged unscathed.
Nasser Zazafi’s hearing was postponed to the 31st of October by a judge, Tuesday in Casablanca. Meanwhile, a number of MPs have demanded the release of the Hirak detainees asking King Mohammed VI to intervene. Details.
The recent statement of Algeria’s Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, has indeed created a diplomatic crisis between the two neighboring countries. As a result, Morocco summoned up its ambassador in Algiers while the latter responded by recalling its chargé d’affaires in Rabat. To comment on the situation that made headlines since Friday, Yabiladi contacted Ali Benhadj an Islamist activist and co-founder of the FIS, an Algerian Islamic Party. Interview.
The Algerian Foreign Minister, Albdelkader Messahel accused Morocco on Friday of using banks to launder drug money in Africa. The Minister’s accusations have led to a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Meanwhile, an international report issued by the Basel Institute on Governance suggests that Algeria’s risk of money laundering and terrorist financing is bigger than the one recorded in Morocco. Details.
King Mohammed VI gave his instructions to send emergency medical aid to the Republic of Madagascar to relieve the pneumonic plague epidemic that hit the country, said on Sunday a statment issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The aid consists of 34 tons of medicines, medical devices and protection equipments that go hand in hand with the World Organization standards, the statment said. For the record, experts expect the plague in Madagascar to spread as
Nadia Kailouli is a well-known TV presenter in Germany. However, the German young woman of Moroccan descent has been introduced to the field of media by mere chance. The journalist said she is very attached to Morocco, the country where her parents are from. Portrait.
While the Minurso’s mandate has not been extended to monitor human rights in Western Sahara, a number of American senators want the Trump administration to consult the United Nations mission before sending aid to the region.
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