During her stay in Morocco, American novelist Edith Wharton was hosted by resident general Hubert Lyautey, a man who inspired her account «In Morocco». In her book, Edith praises the French government and glorifies imperialism.
The Polisario ended up organizing military parades in Tifariti. No foreign ambassador has taken part in the ceremony, attended only by a military attachés from a few countries alongside a Mauritanian parliamentary delegation.
Low-cost airline Air Arabia Maroc announced the launch of a new route linking Marrakech to Vienna, says MAP news agency. The new flight to start operating by next winter. The company is already linking other European cities to Marrakech, such as Frankfurt, Montpellier, Pau, London and Paris, said the company in a press release. The Marrakech-Vienna airline route will start operating on October 29, 2018, with two weekly flights on Mondays and Thursdays via an Airbus A320.
After the Justice and Develoment Party has called Moroccans to rally for Palestine last Sunday in Rabat, thousands of people marched today in Casablanca to denounce the Israeli occupation.
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed his condolences to Morocco following the death of Master Corporal Rachid Abarki, member of the Moroccan contingent serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). In a letter to Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, Guterres says that «it is with deep regret that I learned the death of Master Corporal Rachid
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a EUR 200 million loan to support inclusive and sustainable development of agricultural value chains in Morocco. This operation will support the creation of jobs in rural areas by developing inclusive value chains that will Increase the sustainability and effectiveness of jobs created through green governance and water resource management. It will also finance the implementation of agriculture, environment, employment
Morocco strongly condemns the recent provocative actions carried out by the Polisario in the locality of Tifariti, east of the Kingdom's defense system in the Sahara, reports MAP news agency. It also "considers that this is a new and serious violation of the ceasefire and a flagrant challenge to the authority of the UN Security Council," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation said on Saturday. The Kingdom, which has officially informed the President of the Security Council and its
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has endorsed the establishment of the African Migration Observatory, as proposed by King Mohammed VI, which aims mainly at collecting data, ensuring information exchange and coordination between African countries. The Observatory, which would be based on the triad «Understand, Anticipate and Act», will create synergies with continental initiatives on migration, and support them, through data and knowledge sharing, to
The Ministry of Employement and Vocational Training has confirmed, Saturday in a communiqué, that none of the Moroccan women working in agricultural farms, in southern Spain, has been assaulted, contary to allegations reported by several media outlets. In its press release, the ministry indicates that a joint Moroccan-Spanish delegation has visited on May the 10th and 11th agricultural fields in Huelva (Spain), to inquire about the conditions in which these women work. During the
Morocco's 2026 bid committee announced Friday that it is hiring former German footballer Lothar Matthäus as an ambassador, says a communiqué sent to Yabiladi. The new ambassador will work on promoting the Moroccan bid for the 2026 World Cup. Lothar Matthäus is currently a manager, after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, he was named European Footballer of the Year, says the same source. Matthäus has participated in five FIFA World Cups and