The Moroccan government has accepted the German politician Horst Kohler, former president of Germany (2004-2010), as the new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for western Sahara, Moroccan official sources told the Spanish news agency Efe. Kohler (74), had already received the green light from the Polisario Front, while Morocco has taken several weeks before giving its approval. The former Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, finally resigned from his post on the 30th of
Le ministère de l’Education nationale, de la formation professionnelle, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique a lancé ce jeudi le service électronique Minhaty. Une plateforme destinée aux candidats au baccalauréat de 2016-2017 désireux de bénéficier d’une bourse de l’enseignement supérieur au titre de l’année 2017-2018. Ce service, ouvert jusqu’au 31 juillet
Europharma, a subsidiary of CFAO group, a multinational company engaged in the sale of manufactured pharmaceutical products in Africa, has just signed a partnership agreement with Sanofi which will start operating in June 2017. The objective is to boost and promote the development of Maphar, the Moroccan subsidiary of Sanori in the African market, Le Figaro reports. Eurapharma will be granted 51% of Maphar’s stake, a promotion plan for the Moroccan and African markets, and cooperation
The court of Quebec ordered on Wednesday 31st of May, the former member of the National Assembly of Quebec to pay $ 24 000 to Paul Leduc the mayor of Brossard, a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, La Presse Comedienne reports. Most precisely, Judge Chantale Sirois pronounced his ruling, indicating that Fatima Houda-Pepin is guilty that she should pay a fine of $20 000 in moral damages and $4 000 in punitive damages.«Attacking honesty is the most
Morocco was elected this morning to the vice-presidency of the 4th UN Committee on Special Political and Decolonization, MAP announces. A victory for Moroccan diplomacy, especially since Algeria was looking forward to gain the same status. Neighboring country presented its candidate, added the same source. Following the operation of the members of the UN General Assembly, the Moroccan diplomat Yasser El Halfaoui won 88 votes against only 58 for the Algerian counterpart. Morocco thus occupies
La sélection marocaine de football s'est inclinée (1-2), face aux Pays-Bas, en match de préparation pour les Coupes du monde 2018 en Russie et d'Afrique 2019 au Cameroun, disputé mercredi au Grand Stade d'Agadir. Quincy Promes a ouvert la marque pour les Hollandais à la 22è minute de jeu en concluant une belle action individuelle de Memphis Depay sur le flanc gauche, avant que Vincent Janssen (68è) ne double la mise. D'un joli coup-franc, Mbark
The Turkish-Swiss parents who refused to allow their daughters to take mixed swimming classes have lost their lawsuit in Strasbourg court, says La Tribune de Geneve. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is not going to re-examine the ruling it delivered on the 10th of January which indicates that Muslim girls in Switzerland are not to be exempt from mixed swimming lessons. The court threw an appeal that was brought by the Muslim parents on the 30th of May. They requested that their case
Le mouvement Matkich Bladi, né suite aux attentats terroristes du 16 mai 2003 à Casablanca, s’invite dans le bras de fer qui s’est engagé entre les autorités et une partie de la population d’Al Hoceima et la région, suite au décès de Mohcine Fikri, marchand de poisson mort broyé dans la benne d’un camion de ramassage d’ordures. Matkich Bladi (Touche pas à mon pays), qui s’apprête dans
Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) a annoncé le début effectif de son partenariat au Maroc, avec l’ouverture d’Umnia Bank, fruit d’un partenariat avec CIH Bank et la Caisse de dépôt et de gestion (CDG). Les activités de la banque Umnia sont opérationnelles à travers ses succursales à Casablanca et Rabat, annonce la QIIB dans un communiqué rendu public mardi par l’agence qatarie de presse (QNA), faisant
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights in Rabat (AMDH-Rabat) reported on Tuesday 30th of May that the mass hunger staged by 22 trainee teachers was suspended. «Due to the serious health conditions of trainee teachers who went on a hunger strike, the recklessness of the Ministry of Education [and] the pressure exerted by the teachers' support (including the AMDH), they agreed to suspend The hunger strike», tweeted AMDH Rabat. aux pressions exercées par les soutiens des