Several countries, around the world, will be celebrating the first day of Ramadan on Monday, including Australia, Belgium and France. Moonsighting will be conducted Sunday in Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania.
After a trip to Madrid, the Secretary-General of Morocco’s Socialist Union of Popular Forces announced that his party filed a complaint against Spain’s far-right movement Vox. The information was later debunked by a Moroccan lawyer, who lodged the complaint in question as head of an association based in Spain.
The official listing of lobbying expenses in the United States reveals that Morocco spent $1.7 million in 2018 on the practice. Algeria, however, has mysteriously disappeared from the list.
In resolution 2468, the UN Security Council urged parties involved in the Western Sahara conflict to cooperate with MINURSO and facilitate its mission in the region. In addition to human rights monitoring, the UN resolution contains challenging points for Morocco.