Global Migration Pact : Chile changes its mind in Marrakech

The Arab Maghreb Union to host a 2019 summit in Morocco, says the body’s Secretary General

The Arab Maghreb Union is expected to host a summit in Morocco in 2019, announced the body’s Secretary-General Taieb Baccouche. The last meeting of its kind took place in Tunisia in 1994.

European Union : Just like in 2011, Sweden votes against the fisheries agreement  

Once again, Sweden voted against the fisheries agreement signed between Morocco and the European Commission. The country reacted in the same way to the agreement concluded in 2011.

Over one tonne of highly concentrated cocaine seized, seven people arrested

Opposed to the Global Compact for Migration, NGOs host an alternative forum

Governments will adopt the Global Compact for Migration on December the 10th and the 11th in Marrakech. At the same time, Peoples' Global action (PGA) is organizing an alternative forum opposed to this text which includes civil society actors from different countries.

Marrakech : Dimitris Avramopoulos to lead EU delegation to migration conference

Banning Moroccan women from entering Kuwait is fake news, says its ambassador

Sahara : EU comments on the Geneva round table

Morocco falls by 17 positions in the 2018 edition of the Global Knowledge index

Morocco is ranked 94th by the 2018 edition of the Global Knowledge Index. The latter is conducted by the United Nations Development Programme and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation.

Migration : 1,400 Moroccan minors have arrived in Melilla this year