The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, Friday, a terrorist cell affiliated with the terrorist organization «Islamic State» in Tetouan. Two operations were carried in the city and resulted in the arrest of three suspected terrorists, aged between 21 and 38. Police found a video in which these members pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization, Medi1 TV reports. In said video, the suspects thus expressed their intention to carry out terrorist
The Polisario is angry at the UN Security Council. The separatist movement criticized the UN body of not having condemned the operation of the Royal Armed Forces carried out on November 13 in Guerguerate. The Front «does not expect much» from the UN Council, its representative in New York said on Wednesday. «The silence of this body is mainly due to the policy of double standards, which has long marked the treatment of the Sahrawi question by the Security
The French Minister of Justice, Eric Dupont-Moretti, is expected to visit Morocco on December 6 and 7, AtlasInfo reports. In Rabat, he will have to meet with his counterpart, Mohamed Benabdelkader. During his visit, Moretti will be accompanied by rapporteurs of the information mission on unaccompanied minors, Jean-François Eliaou and Antoine Savignat, the same source added. This sensitive issue was discussed by the French Interior Minister during his trip to Morocco on
The Royal Armed Forces intervention in Guerguerate has helped multiply political communications between Morocco and Russia. On Thursday, December 3, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held a phone call. The latter focused on the «the situation in Western Sahara», the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. «Sergey Lavrov called on the parties involved to show restraint, to respect the ceasefire and to restore the
The office of the House of Councilors boycotted a working session of the Pan-African Parliament, held in November in South Africa. The decision was revealed in the official bulletin of the legislative institution but without explaining the motives of behind it. By opting for the empty chair policy, the Upper House is protesting against the two statements published by the acting president of the Pan-African Parliament, Algeria’s Jamal Bouras, condemning the operation of the
The laying of the foundation stone of the new US Consulate General in Casablanca took place this Thursday, in the presence of David T. Fischer, United States Ambassador to Morocco and Jennifer Rasamimanana, United States Consul General in Casablanca, indicates a statement from the US Embassy sent to Yabiladi. On the Moroccan side, were present at this ceremony, the Director of Protocol within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Anas Khelas, the Wali of the Casablanca-Settat region,
After the censorship of Yabiladi in September, then other Moroccan news sites, Algerian media said on Wednesday that they are not accessible from Algeria, denouncing an attack on freedom of the press.
Algeria does not seem to appreciate the succession of Cyril Ramaphosa by Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, as president of the African Union. It wants to deactivate the troika on Western Sahara in favor of the AU Peace and Security Council.
To manage the after aftershocks of the health crisis, Morocco has to renew a credit line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the head of the parliamentary finance committee told Bloomberg. Abdellah Bouanou said that the government and Finance ministry are «well aware of the need to renew» the agreement with IMF, insinuating that the parliament is likely to support the move. «A deal could help address the aftershocks of the pandemic, especially when there is no
Morocco is preparing to turn the page on Cyril Ramaphosa’s rotating presidency of the African Union. It is the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, who will replace the South African president at the next ordinary AU summit, scheduled for early 2021 in Addis Ababa. A position that will allow him to lead the African troika in charge of the Western Sahara question. On Tuesday, King Mohammed VI sent a letter to Félix Antoine