United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Tuesday that he has appointed seven distinguished experts as members of the Civil Society Advisory Board on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, including Morocco's Najat Maalla M'jid. The Board is intended to foster cooperation with civil society, experts and organizations as part of the United Nations efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse. The Civil Society Advisory Board, comprising leading civil society
The itinerary of the British royal couple’s tour in Morocco has been revealed. Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex will be having a busy three-day trip in the Kingdom, where they will be visiting a couple of facilities and attending a series of events. According to the Daily Mail, Prince Harry and pregnant Meghan Markle will arrive in the Casablanca airport on Saturday, February the 23rd, where they will be greeted by the British ambassador to Morocco and his wife. On their
La plateforme Wraqi.ma, une innovation pour la dématérialisation durable des services publics présentée mardi à Casablanca, ambitionne d'améliorer les relations entre les administrations, les citoyens et les investisseurs en vue de réduire les coûts et la lenteur des procédures. Ce projet, en phase pilote sous convention de partenariat avec la commune de Fès avant son éventuelle généralisation sur
The viral boycott campaign launched online by Moroccans in 2018 has affected the profits and sales of the French multinational food-products corporation Danone, reports AFP quoting a statement by the firm. On Tuesday, Danone announced that its net profit decreased by 4.1 percent to 2.35 billion euros in 2018. Meanwhile, the company’s sales fell by 2.1 percent in the last three months of last year, «driven by a 35 percent plunge in Morocco», wrote the same source. The
Speaking to Emirati TV channel Al Ghad, Venezuelan politician who has been partially recognized as Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaido thanked Arab countries, especially Morocco, for supporting opposition forces in the country. The Kingdom is, so far, the only state in the region to back Guaido’s actions since he declared himself interim president of Venezuela in January 2019. On January the 29th, Guaido spoke to Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita, stressing that he
On February the 14th, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita announced in a joint briefing with his Spanish counterpart that Morocco’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mustapha Mansouri returned to Riyadh. On Monday, Mansouri was received by the Saudi State Minister for African Affairs Ahmed Kattan, who posted a photo from the meeting on his Twitter account. This is the first official meeting between officials from Morocco and Saudi Arabia after Rabat denied having recalled its
La brigade de la police judiciaire du district de sûreté de Sidi Bernoussi à Casablanca a ouvert, lundi soir, une enquête judiciaire sous la supervision du parquet compétent en vue d'élucider les causes du décès suspect d’une personne âgée de 31 ans, indique un communiqué de la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN). Selon les premiers éléments de
Swedish thermal power company Azelio AB announced on Monday, February the 18th, that it is opening an office in Morocco, reports Renewables Now. The firm’s office in the Kingdom will be a testing facility for product verification. The facility will be built by the end of the year with the help of Morocco’s agency for sustainable energy Masen. The latter will be working closely with Azelio’s new office in the Kingdom, in addition to other Moroccan suppliers. According to the
French-Moroccan central defender Adil Rami said that he went through burnout after playing for the French team at the 2018 World Cup, held in Russia. Speaking to French premium television channel Canal +, the footballer explained how he lost his motivation after the international tournament. «Even the smell of the field, I couldn’t feel it anymore», Adil Rami admitted, adding that he did not feel like «hitting attackers anymore». According to AFP,
A Dutch journalist was «ordered» to leave Morocco after he was covering the Rif region, reports Dutch News. The reporter, Gerard van der Aa, was arrested by the authorities in Morocco four days after his expulsion and was told that he was «working illegally». He then had to return to Europe through Melilla on Monday, February the 18th. The journalist works as a freelancer for Dutch News and other news outlets in the Netherlands. According to the same source, the
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