Morocco’s diplomatic campaign in Latin America has finally paid off. After resuming diplomatic relations with the Kingdom in April 2017, the Cuban authorities have appointed their first ambassador to Rabat.
French multinational food-products corporation Danone is slowly but surely recovering from the consumer boycott that affected its sales in Morocco. The company based in Paris and founded in Barcelona announced, Thursday, that its sales growth gathered speed in the second quarter in all its business lines, Reuters reports. Danone said that this «acceleration from 0.8% growth in the first quarter» comes as its «sales were hit by (…) a consumer boycott in Morocco»,
The Atlas Lions’ former coach Hervé Renard said that his journey in Africa has ended, denying rumors on his contract with another African team. «In order to put an end to these rumors and interpretations that talk about my future, and which are not based on facts, I would like to let you know (…) that I will not be managing an African team», he said in a Facebook post Wednesday. For the record, Hervé Renard no longer the manager of the Moroccan national
After Morocco and Uganda, which recognizes «SADR», announced that they will be strengthening their diplomatic ties, the Polisario responded in its way, publishing a letter sent by a pro-Polisario Ugandan NGO. On Wednesday, the Front’s news agency SPS relayed the letter sent by the President of the Pan-African club Oscar Cassia which he addressed to the Front on Monday to «express his organization’s solidarity with the Saharawi people». «We wish
The Polisario Front has launched, since Friday, a campaign against Morocco, denouncing the death of a Sahrawi woman in Laayoune. Interviewed by an Algerian newspaper, Aminatou Haidar and Salem Tamek have followed in the movement’s footsteps.
Police in Nuoro, a city in Sardinia, arrested on Wednesday three Moroccans, two women aged 60 and a 21-year-old man, suspected of being involved in a criminal network that arranges white marriages between Italians and foreign nationals, especially Moroccans. Once these marriages are documented the women sent to Italy would be hired for prostitution. A 60-year-old Moroccan woman who had been arrested in the past for offences related to prostitution in Italy is suspected of heading the network,
In 1601, sultan Ahmad Al-Mansur couldn’t hide his obsession with America. The Saadi ruler wanted to conquer the New World and make Moroccans populate the land with the help of Queen Elizabeth I.
An independent advisor was appointed Tuesday, July 23, to give expert advice on the definition of Islamophobia in the UK, the British government said a press release. Imam Qari Asim, Deputy Chair of the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, will lead the process of establishing a definition of Islamophobia. He will be joined by a second advisor that has not been selected yet. Accoridng to the government, the new definition will take into consideration the already existing ones on
During a meeting held Tuesday, the managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said that Nigeria and Morocco have agreed to deliver the gas pipeline bilateral agreement in record time, Nigerian newspaper Sun news online reports. While receiving the Moroccan ambassador to Nigeria Moha Ou Ali Tagma, Mallam Mele K. Kyari said Morocco and Nigeria are «completely aligned with the MoU signed by our two governments. We will take it forward and ensure that those terms
The Malaga Moroccan Association has launched a mobile app to fight against Islamophobia and hate crimes, Spanish press agency Europa Press reports. The app is part of a national program set to counter Islamophobia. In addition to this project, Malaga will host in September its first national congress against Islamophobia. The app, called «Islamofobia», is free and available on Google Play. It is presented as the first Spanish digital tool to address the phenomenon, as explained by