In 2013, Tarek Elmarhri set up a trading company for independent traders. He hopes to launch one in Casablanca, the economic heart of Morocco for, he says, responding to a demand that will grow in the Kingdom.
Following the commemoration of the First World War Armistice in France, many tabloids and newspapers published a series of videos showing King Mohammed VI dozing off at the ceremony. The news was exploited by some newspapers, especially those close to the Polisario.
Today, France celebrates the anniversary of Corsica’s liberation from the German occupation. In 2013, President Francois Hollande and Prince Moulay Rachid paid homage to the Moroccan soldiers who fought against the German. Corsica, however, marked the history of Morocco in a different way, serving for a few months as an exile of Sultan Mohammed V.