Samuel Paty, a French teacher, was murdered in 2020 after showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Several individuals, including Moroccans Brahim Chnina and Abdelhakim Sefrioui, are now on trial for their involvement in the events leading up to the murder, facing up to 30 years in prison.
The Israeli liaison office in Morocco has a new head. «Without any public announcement, politician Yossi Ben David, of Moroccan Jewish origin, has taken charge of Israel's diplomatic representation in Rabat», reports Africa Intelligence. «He succeeds diplomat David Govrin, who quickly left with his team following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023», the source notes. Ben David, a 55-year-old member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, has a
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is organizing a naval exercise called «Phoenix Express 24» in Tunisian waters from November 4 to 15. The Royal Moroccan Navy is participating alongside other African and European countries, including Algeria, according to Tunisian media reports. The purpose of the exercise is to «strengthen cooperation and coordination between naval crews (...) in combating illegal activities at sea, such as smuggling and human trafficking, to
On Monday, November 4, Moroccan authorities expelled two Norwegian nationals—a man and a woman—from Laayoune, according to a Spanish newspaper. The pair had arrived in Laayoune to «inquire about the human rights situation» in the Sahara and planned to «investigate» the renewable energy projects Morocco is currently developing in the region. While in Laayoune, they met with members of pro-Polisario associations, including Mina Baali, a new prominent figure
Ephedra, an ancient medicinal plant, was used in funerary rituals and possibly for therapeutic purposes by prehistoric communities in Morocco, accoring to a Nature recent study. Fossilized plant remains found in the Grotte des Pigeons indicate the symbolic and medicinal significance of plants among the Iberomaurusians, early hunter-gatherers in North Africa.
Khalid Aboubi, a Marrakech native and cycling enthusiast, explores and documents the history of his city’s streets and neighborhoods, sharing stories and insights through social media. Driven by a passion for history, he relies on both research and local folklore to preserve the city’s heritage.
Morocco «does not intend to open the customs borders in Ceuta and Melilla in the short or medium term», Spanish media reported, attributing this decision to «technical complications». They suggested that Rabat's stance is influenced by the recent cancellation of agricultural and fisheries agreements by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Diplomatic sources from the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed that Morocco's refusal is linked to the ECJ's decision, according to
The new adventure of the American action-adventure mystery teen drama television series Outer Banks is taking the cast all the way to Morocco. Aired on Netflix, the trailer for Season 4 Part 2 of the series shows that the next treasure hunt is taking place in the North African Kingdom. Surviving a shipwreck, the gang in the teen series will be traversing sandy dunes and coming under gunfire in North Africa. The trailer shows the adventurers reaching a fortified medina near the beach on the
The U.S. Embassy in Morocco has accredited Sahrawi MP Hajja El Joummani as part of the delegation of international observers for the upcoming U.S. presidential election. This announcement was made on social media by the PAM parliamentarian. «We are currently training in Washington to understand the legal framework and rules governing the elections. Our main role will be to monitor the electoral process in North Carolina on November 5, 2024», stated Hajja El Joummani. For the
Morocco's permanent representative to the United Nations revealed the exact number of amendments Algeria submitted to the U.S. draft resolution on the Sahara. «Out of the 44 paragraphs in the text, Algeria proposed 23 amendments. This is unprecedented. Never before has a Security Council member acted in this manner», noted Omar Hilale in an interview with national TV channel 2M. «They specifically aimed to remove any mention of Algeria as a party and eliminate the
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