In a press release published, Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry denounced the opening of a Comoros consulate in the city of Laayoune. «It is a violation of international law (…) and an attack against the rules and principles that govern inter-African relations», read the statement relayed by the Algerian press agency APS. The Comoros’ decision «undermines the principles governing the status of non-self-governing territories», the Algerian Ministry
The newly elected Algerian President has not changed his position on the Western Sahara question. Speaking after his inauguration ceremony, held Thursday in Algiers, President Abdelmajid Tebboune said that to him «the Western Sahara question is about decolonization». Tebboune added that the territorial dispute is dealt with «under the auspices of the United Nations and the African Union». However, he hoped that his country’s position «wouldn’t affect
Chaim Ben Diwan is the son of another Jewish saint in Morocco, Amram Ben Diwan. Buried in Ouirgane, near Marrakech, the saint is a mysterious one whose story was overshadowed by his father's.
Arrested Monday in Dubai, Moroccan-Dutch Ridouan Taghi, wanted for suspected involvement in at least ten murders related to Dutch organized crime, was extradited on Wednesday to Amsterdam, wrote Belgian newspaper Sud Info, quoting the Dutch prosecution. Taghi, who is also known as one of the leading figures of Dutch criminal network Mocro mafia (Moroccan mafia), is wanted on an international arrest warrant issued by Amsterdam. He is also suspected of plotting the 2017 Café la
American billionaire John Paul DeJoria has led a long court battle against a Moroccan company after a failed oil project he promised to launch in the Kingdom. Lobbying to change a Texas law, he escaped a $123-million Moroccan settlement.
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has reportedly been warned by Morocco about the plots of Anis Amri, a Tunisian terrorist who carried out the 2016 Berlin Christmas market truck attack, German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reports. Quoted by French-language newspaper Medias24, Der Tagesspiegel said that a few weeks after the tragedy, the Berlin criminal police discovered that BKA knew about the plots of the terrorist before he moved to action. The information
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has announced that Morocco is one of the five countries that topped its Human Rights Committee's ranking for the implementation of selected recommendations. In a statement published earlier this month, the UN body stressed that «Argentina, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Morocco and Sweden received 'A's in the Committee's follow-up review of their action on priority recommendations». "Morocco was rated 'A' for the adoption of the law on the
The United States House of Representatives has approved a proposition on funds allocated to Morocco, including the Sahara in the document released Monday.
Morocco is the biggest MENA region customer for American arms in 2019, according to data compiled by the Forum on the Arms Trade from the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program and relayed by Forbes. In fact, Rabat has concluded deals «worth some $10.3 billion, almost all of it going on the Royal Moroccan Air Force» in 2019, the American magazine said. The same source explains that in March 2019, the US «State Department announced a deal to sell $3.8 billion worth of F-16
Two Moroccan women, aged 32 and 38, were arrested on the charges of sexual exploitation of a minor in Barcelona. According to Spanish newspaper El Nacional, the women took the minor in question from a nightlife spot in Barcelona in February. The minor had left for Barcelona to spend a few days with friends. During an evening, she would have met the two Moroccan women who would have offered her a job. According to the same source, the minor had reportedly accepted their offer and after a few
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