As an academic at the University of Zaporizhia in Ukraine, Karim Kassab has several certifications to his credit, thanks to his central role in the integration of foreign students into the university environment. Due to the war with Russia a lot has changed and he is now among many Moroccans with Ukrainian citizenship who are no longer allowed to leave the country.
Moroccan scientist, engineer, and inventor Rachid Yazami was awarded on Thursday, December 21, by the 2023 VinFuture Prize, alongside three other scientists. The ceremony was held by the the VinFuture Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam. The US$3 million Grand Prize was granted to the «Invention in creating a sustainable platform for green energy through production with solar cells and storage swith Lithium-ion batteries» created by Prof. Rachid Yazami, Prof. Martin Andrew Green
The Polisario has resumed its threats. In the crosshairs of the Front, the organizers of the 10th edition of the «Morocco Desert Challenge» rally, which will be organized from December 27 to January 10, 2024, with some stages in Western Sahara including a passage through El Guerguerate. The Front «warns that the entire territory of the Sahrawi Republic, including its land, maritime and air space, remains an open war zone, due to the violation of the ceasefire by Morocco on
French MEP Thierry Mariani of the far-right Identity and Democracy Group addressed the missiles fired by the Polisario on Es-Smara on October 28 and November 4. In a written question addressed to the European Commission, the MEP argues that these attacks «were aimed solely at the civilian population and caused several injuries and deaths. This situation poses a risk to stability of the region, and this could cause collateral damage for EU Member States». Mariani specifies that
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global announced that it had excluded Israeli firm Delek Group Ltd from its portfolio, because of its petroleum prospecting offshore Western Sahara. The decision was made by the Council on Ethics of said fund to protest the contract concluded, in December 2022, by Delek's subsidiary, the Israeli company NewMed Energy, with the Moroccan authorities. «The Council has considered that Delek Group’s exploration activities offshore Western Sahara
Authorities at the Marrakech-Menara Airport foiled on Tuesday, December 19, an attempt to smuggle reptiles from Morocco, the National Agency for Water and Forests (ANEF) said in a statement sent Friday to Yabiladi. The operation was conducted by the police and the National Agency for Water and Forests. According to the same press release, the head of the Wildlife Control and Surveillance at the national agency for the protection of water and forests identified the species of the reptiles that
A London man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for abusing children in Morocco. He is a member of a transnational abuse network, dismantled by the UK National Crime Agency.
Morocco and Tanzania are turning the page on their tense diplomatic ties. OCP group played a key role in this new rapprochement, with a State which nevertheless recognizes the so-called «SADR».
On Wednesday, European Union member states reached an agreement to toughen measures against irregular migration. However, many of them lack labor and favor labor immigration, as in Italy, where the far-right government has promised residence permits to 450,000 people within three years. Franceinfo reports that 50,000 of these positions were opened in the beginning of December, whether in agriculture, construction, personal services or tourism, to keep the national economy running. These quotas
2023 Arabic-language documentary film «The Mother of All Lies», by Moroccan director Asmae El Moudir, is among the 15 films shortlisted for the International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards. «In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote», reads a statement by the Academy on Thursday. The Mother of All Lies tells the story of the young filmmaker
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