Polisario leader Brahim Ghali attended, Saturday, the swearing-in ceremony of President Cyril Ramaphosa and listened to his speech next to hundreds of guests. Brahim Ghali arrived in Johannesburg on Friday, May 24, to take part to these festivities. At the airport of the country's economic capital, he was received by the Director of African and Middle East Affairs at the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ghali flew to South Africa on an Algerian presidential plane. The Polisario's
The Polisario does not believe the «health reasons», as communicated by the UN, behind Horst Kohler’s resignation. «There are other reasons», said M'Hamed Khaddad in statements to the agency Sputnik relayed by SPS. «Since his appointment, the former personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General has faced obstacles in the accomplishment of his duties with the European Union and the UN. France has always hindered the action and the work of Mr. Kohler»,
Spain has urged again the European Union to support Morocco in its fight against irregular migration networks. Two senior officials from the Spanish Interior Ministry forwarded this request to the Deputy Director-General for Migration in the European Commission Simon Mordue during his visit to Madrid on May 10, El Pais reveals. The daily reports that Spanish officials have demanded that Brussels grant a «fund», on an annual basis, to Morocco. This request joins an
Born and raised in Amsterdam, Nadia Bouras is a Moroccan-Dutch historian who is interested in debunking myths on Moroccan migration in the Netherlands. The researcher is currently working on a book and a documentary on Amsterdam’s first Arab school.
Moroccan-Norwegian dancer Mona Berntsen who wore a Palestinian flag while dancing during Madonna’s Eurovision performance said that she was interrogated for more than an hour by the airport security in Israel, Metro reports. In a message she published on her Instagram and deleted later, the 29-year-old dancer said that leaving Israel after the Eurovision performance was so «intense», recalling that she was questioned at the airport. «Thank you Madonna for having me as
Morocco is one of the countries that could be impacted by the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a United States federal law that imposed sanctions on Iran, North Korea, and Russia, especially when it comes to weapons. According to Spanish newspaper Defensa, the Kingdom was recently interested in buying Russia’s S-400 missile system, an anti-aircraft weapon system developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the
Last week, students from Marrakech French school Victor Hugo took to the streets to denounce a sexual harassment case. This week, the parent of a student filed a complaint against the school’s headmaster, who as soon as he got suspended left for France, sources told Yabiladi.
58 migrants arrived, Friday, in the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in a boat, American press agency Associated Press (AP) reports. Quoting the Italian news agency ANSA, AP said that the 57 migrants and one woman who reached the island are from Morocco, Algeria, Syria, Libya, Gambia and Bangladesh. They sailed for Lampedusa through Libya, the same source said. According to the same source, around 1,100 migrants arrived in Italy in 2019. Moroccans and Afghans top the list of migrants
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has designated the Moroccan Agency of Nuclear and Radiological Safety and Security (AMSSNUR) as its first African Capacity Building Center (CBC) for Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR), the agency said on Thursday. The decision is part of an agreement signed on May 21 in Vienna by IAEA Deputy Director General Juan Carlos Lentijo and AMSSNUR director general Khammar Mrabit. The agreement focuses mainly on radiological EPR education, training,
According to the Global Index of Economic Openness, compiled by the Legatum Institute, Morocco is one of the countries that are open to commerce in the MENA region. The Kingdom ranks first in North Africa.