Moroccan mining firm Managem announced, Tuesday, that it acquired 30% stake of West African-focused gold mining and exploration company and partner, Avocet Mining, for $21 million, expanding its stake in the Tri-K gold project in Guinea Conakry to 85%, Reuters reported. In a statement relayed by the news agency, Managem indicates that this new acquisition is part of its plan to strengthen gold production in Africa and in the Republic of Guinea. The remaining stake in the joint venture that
Born in Sale, Raphael Encaoua is a Jewish saint who was the President of the High Rabbinical Court of Rabat. Encaoua is known for being the first Chief Rabbi of Morocco during the protectorate.
The lifeless body of Mohamed Harrouchy, a 41-year-old father, was discovered on June 9, buried in a park in rue de Verdun in Haren (Brussels region), Belgian newspapers RTL and Sud Info reported the weekend. The spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor’s office Stéphanie Lagasse said that the victim, has been missing since December 2018. «An investigating judge was appointed to investigate the death of the man», Sud Info wrote, quoting Lagasse. A family member of
On Monday, the UN Special Committee on decolonization discussed the Western Sahara issue in a session held in New York. During the meeting, attended by several delegations, the Kingdom was backed by its classical allies in Africa and in Middle East.
On Monday evening, and after Egyptian authorities announced that the country’s former President died of a stroke in a courtroom cage, Prince Moulay Hicham sent his sincere condolences to the family of Mohamed Morsi. «Saddened» by the news, the cousin of King Mohammed VI said that «President Morsi died because of systematic neglect in prison». «He has been accused of treason, but the real traitors are those who usurped the will and sovereignty of Egyptian
A number of anti-Israel organizations in Morocco have announced that they will be ralliyng, Sunday, against a White House peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, known as the «Deal of the Century», and the conference that will unveil the economic portion of this project in Bahrain. The march is expected to take place on June 23 in Rabat, said these organizations in a statement sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. The march aims at «standing against the Deal
Following the sudden death of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi, Islamist scholars and politicians in Morocco extended their condolences to the family of the deceased Muslim Brotherhood top figure. Some of these scholars and politicians called Morsi a «martyr».
Polisario’s militias arrested, Monday, one of the members of the «Sahrawi Initiative for Change» (SIC), an opposition movement launched in the Tindouf camps. Moulay Abba Bouzid was arrested while taking part in a sit-in staged in the «Samara camp» in front of the delegation of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The sit-in was organized to by Sahrawi activists, who called for free movement and dignified living conditions. Bouzid’s arrest was
The Moroccan authorities arrested, in 1862, two Confederate diplomats who visited Tangier. The arrest was ordered by the U.S. Consul James DeLong who held the two men in prison and sent them to Boston, in a move that violated Morocco's neutrality.
Last week, Mauritania’s former Defense Minister Mohamed Ould Ghazouani said that if elected president of the country he would stop granting Mauritanian citizenship to Sahrawis from Tindouf. Ould Ghazouani’s statement was denounced by the Front which sent a delegation to meet officials from Nouakchott.