Morocco’s admission to ECOWAS is still making headlines in Nigeria. MPs at the Nigerian House of Representatives have raised their concerns regarding the Kingdom’s bid to be part of the regional organization. On the other hand, on Wednesday, a Moroccan-Nigerian Parliamentary Friendship Group held its inaugural meeting in Abuja to discuss mutual agreements and economic projects between the two nations. Details.
Morocco national football team will face the Gabonese panthers (Les Panthères) on Saturday in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers Russia. The scheduled game will be a turning point for the Lions of the Atlas who will have to defeat their rivals to represent Africa during the upcoming World Cup.
Is Morocco on the verge of winning the post-verdict battle of the Court of Justice of the European Union pronounced on the 21st of December 2016. The Secretary General of the Ministry of Fisheries announced in Vigo, Galicia that in two weeks negotiations will be launched to discuss a new EU fisheries agreement with Morocco.
Mauritania has allegedly accredited Hamid Chabar as Morocco’s ambassador to Nouakchott. This is what several Moroccan media outlets reported on Wednesday 4th of October, quoting a Mauritanian online newspaper. However, Essaha.info is the only Mauritanian media that published the information. It said that the Moroccan diplomat, Hamid Chabar will finally be able to hand over his «letters of credence» to the Mauritanian authorities. Neither the official Mauritanian news agency
The internet is a means of communication for terrorists, which help them recruit, and arrange attacks using coded messages that the intelligence services cannot decode. For that reason, Morocco and three countries from the European Union, namely Spain, France and Belgium met in Mechelen to discuss this problem.
Two days after the Catalan independence referendum, King Felipe VI of Spain accused the regional government of Catalonia of «violating the constitution» of the country and undermining «the harmony and coexistence in the Catalan society». On the other side of the Meditteranean, the king’s speech was welcomed by Moroccan officials as he insisted on unity and national sovereignty.
Local authorities in the city of Taroudant, have intervened to stop a sit-in organized on Sunday by a number of workers who got laid off from a farm owned by Prince Moulay Hicham. Contacted by Yabiladi, the Moroccan League for Citizenship and Human Rights (LMCDH), explained the situation and demands of the fired employees. Details.
Once again it is the Palace that calls the shots when it comes to political action. King Mohammed VI presided over a meeting on Monday afternoon devoted to the presentation of a report on Al Hoceima. The latter was ordered by the sovereign to investigate the delayed projects in the region.
The Martyr’s way (Khat Ach’chahid), an opposition movement within the Polisario Front, led by Mahjoub Salek, has sent a letter to the new personal envoy to the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara. A letter in which the movement recalls that the Front «doesn’t have the right to negotiate in the name of the Sahrawi people». Details.
Where do Canada’s immigrants come from, is a question that has been asked last week by the Economist. Statistics dating back to 2011 suggest that Africa is at the bottom of the ranking compared to other regions in the world whose citizens immigrate to the North American country. The same thing applies to Morocco according to data provided by the Canadian government.