At the opening of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 75), the South African President said reaffirmed his country’s support for the Polisario. Speaking on Tuesday, Cyril Ramaphosa called for «an end to the illegal occupation of Western Sahara and for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination». While his country holds the rotating presidency of the African Union, South Africa is also a member of the Security
2,227 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 105,346. 1,725 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 85,883. 34 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,889. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (11), Marrakech (4), Oujda (2), Rabat (2), Kénitra (2), Settat (1),
The Polisario Front sent, last week, a new envoy to Nicaragua. Wali Ami Aaali Salem presented his «credentials» to the Foreign Minister of Managua Denis Moncada Colindres. During this meeting, the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister «affirmed that Nicaragua and the Sahrawi Republic have very strong fraternal historical ties, stressing the right of the Sahrawi people for self-determination and independence», This appointment comes after the death of Suleiman Tieb Henan, who
Although it lost four spots compared with the previous ranking, Rabat remains the 4th smart city in the MENA region and second in Africa, according to the Smart city Index established by the International Institute for management development (IMD).
A British shopkeeper was sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to smuggle 49 stolen mobile phones into Morocco. The 59-year-old man was stopped at the Manchester Airport in November 2019 as he was travelling to Morocco to sell the devices. According to local media, 49 of the 71 mobile phones he was carrying that day were stolen or lost. The same man owned a shop in Bolton and purchased the devices to sell them in Morocco. The man said he «rarely purchased second hand phones
As part of the standoff between phosphate producer Mosaic, Morocco's OCP and Russia’s PhosAgro, American companies rejected the company’s wish to impose taxes on phosphate imported to the United States. In a press release, Kent Kaiser, executive director of the Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity, said on Monday that Mosiac «owns the majority of phosphate mines in the U.S.», which can «create a monopoly of sorts». «If there are tariffs on the
Ceuta wants to install the statue of General José Millán-Astray, the first head of the Spanish Legion, unbolted in 2010 in La Coruña. Under his command, this army corps is accused of «atrocities and massacres in the Rif».
1,376 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 103,119. 3,426 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 84,158. 25 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,855. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (7), Settat (2), Meknès (2), Tétouan (2), Kénitra (1),
Assuring that his country has no problem with Morocco, the Algerian president reiterated his country's position on the Western Sahara issue. He also expressed his country's determination to «impose itself» as a mediator for a solution to the Libyan crisis, but also for the Malian issue.
The Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Mohammed V has conducted a military exercise with the Regional Operations Center, tracking USS Hershel «Woody» Williams and simulating an interception and boarding off the Moroccan coast. According to Navy Recognition, the exercise is meant to «build partnership and exercise Moroccan capabilities to track and intercept vessels within the country’s Economic Exclusion Zone» (EEZ). Said exercise included simulated man overboard