In an unprecedented move, the Algerian government has warned MINURSO members of kidnapping risks in the Tindouf camps, endorsing the recent recommendations of Spain. The latter has advised its nationals against traveling to the camps.
Morocco ranks 61st out of 79 countries in the 2019 Global Connectivity Index (GCI). Scoring 36 points out of 120, the Kingdom is part of the «staters» category, the lowest one set by the index conducted by Chinese telecoms firm Huawei. Assessing connectivity levels in country, the index reveals that Morocco has «improved its score for 4G investment over the last year, despite its overall below the global average». Alongside South Africa, «Morocco has some of the
Ancient Mauretania, which refers to present-day Maghreb, was ruled for centuries by powerful Berber Kings who played a crucial role in writing the Roman and Greek history. Baga, Bocchus, Juba and Bogud, were kings who fought some of the greatest wars of the ancient times and left their footprint in Africa and Europe’s shared history.
The terrorist group «Islamic State» (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the London Bridge attack through its propaganda «news agency» Amaq, AFP reports. ISIS claimed that «the 28-year-old convicted terrorist was one of its fighters», wrote the Independent. The terrorist group’s announcement comes after Usman Khan killed two people in a knife terrorist attack in London Bridge on Friday before being shot dead by police. The attacker was a former
Thousands of Jews visited Morocco, Thursday, accompanied by Yoshiyahu Pinto, who was recently appointed as the chief rabbinical judge of Morocco, to attend the hillula of Rabbi Ḥaim Pinto, a former leading rabbi in the seaport city of Essaouira. According to the Yeshiva World, thousands of Jews visited the tomb of Rabbi Haim Pinto and celebrated the «coronation of the rabbonim of Shuvu Yisrael in all branches worldwide». Participants went to the city of Casablanca where
The Moroccan authorities prevented, Sunday, four Basque MPs from the «joint group of peace and freedom for the Sahrawi people» from entering Western Sahara, where they planned to stay for a week, Spanish agency EFE reports. According to Carmelo Barrio, a member of the People’s Party (PP) and the coordinator of the joint group, the delegation landed in Laayoune. After arriving in Morocco, the MPs were prevented by authorities from leaving the plane and were forced to
Abdel Hamid Gharbaoui, commonly known as Benny B, is the first dancer and rapper to introduce the boy band style to the French scene in the mid-1980s. Quickly becoming the darling of talk shows, in Belgium and France, he is proud to defend the fact that «the first French rap is Moroccan».
Local authorities in Tetouan have banned a sit-in, scheduled for December 1 in the morning at Moulay El Mehdi Square, to protest «the poor economic conditions in the city». The pasha justified his decision by the fact that no party has submitted to local authorities an application to get an authorization to hold the event. Because of that, according to him, the event would «constitute an obstacle to the circulation and a disturbance of the public order». In recent
Usman Khan, a 28-year-old man who killed two people in a knife terrorist attack in London Bridge on Friday before being shot dead by police, was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism, said British counterterrorism chief, Neil Basu, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. «This individual was known to authorities, having been convicted in 2012 of terrorism offenses. He was released from prison in December 2018 on licence», said the police chief in a statement. The latter
Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Boutaleb, who is of Moroccan descent, was accused of being a «puppet in the hands of the Moroccan government» by the Dutch-Moroccan community after banning a Hirak march. Ahmed Boutaleb refused to give the go-ahead to a march of support for Hirak detainees, citing security measures, reports Dutch online newspaper Rijnmond. The mayor and city authorities said the event could provide an opportunity for groups of young people to engage in looting
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