On Tuesday, Morocco Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani met in Geneva his Tunisian counterpart Youssef Chahed. Their meeting took place four days after Tunisia gained non-permanent UN Security Council seat. Tunisia’s nomination comes as its relations with Morocco witnessed a setback after the Esperance vs. Wydad Casablanca game and CAF decision. But way before this crisis, relations between Rabat and Tunis were affected by the Tunisia’s presidential elections in 2014, when Moncef
The Moroccan government is planning to sell 6% of its 8% stake in Maroc Telecom in June as a «block order to local institutional investors», Reuters said quoting Morocco’s Finance Ministry. The government favors retirement funds, insurance companies and banks, the same source said. The 2% stake that will remain will be sold on the Casablanca stock exchange. The 6% stake «comprises 52,745,700 shares, priced at 127 dirhams ($13.2) per share», the news agency
According to a White House official revealed, Tuesday, that Morocco, Egypt and Jordan will be attending the Bahrain’s conference on the US peace plan’s economic portion. This announcement comes as Donald Trump’s senior advisor visited Morocco in May.
Two mosques were attacked during the weekend in two German states, namely Hesse and Bremen. According to Abna24, these attacks targeted a mosque in the city of Kassel, that is run by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs in Hesse and the Rahman mosque in Bremen. The attacks were also confirmed by Turkish press agency Anadolu. Des militants d'extrême droite saccagent la mosquée Rahma à Brême, en #Allemagne et ont déchiré plusieurs
The number of young Moroccan asylum seekers in Sweden fell by 20% compared to last year, said Swedish newspaper SVT Nyheter, quoting data gathered by the Swedish Migration Agency. Only 55 minors have applied for asylum this year, according to statistics compiled by the government agency. «One of the reasons behind this change is the new agreement signed between Sweden and Morocco, which allows border police to match the fingerprints of unaccompanied minors with data provided by
Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani met, Tuesday, with his Tunisian counterpart Youssef Chahed at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. According to a communiqué published by the Tunisian government, El Othmani said that relations between Rabat and Tunis «must be developed, especially as the region is faced with several challenges in the middle of a situation that is complicated regionally and internationally». To El Othmani, the efforts made to maintain
Pope Sylvester II, who studied at Morocco’s Al Quaraouiyine University in Fes, is the first French scholar to hold this position. The Arabic-speaking Pope is, according to some historians, the one behind the Crusades' plan.
German speed and red-light camera systems manufacturer Vitronic announced Wednesday, June 5, that it will deliver 500 traffic control systems to the Kingdom of Morocco. The firm will be partnering with Moroccan engineering consultancy Alomra Group International to implement the project. In a press released published on its official website, Vitronic said that the 500 red-light enforcement systems will be «deployed in twelve country regions and their metropolises such as Casablanca,
French-Moroccan activist Latifa Ibn Ziaten woke up on Monday, June 10, to a number of threats tagged on her house’s walls in Rouen. «Long live Merah», «You will soon be dead, Jew», and «We will come and get you», were tagged on her house’s entrance. En me réveillant ce matin, c’est sous le choc que j’ai découvert ces tags sur les murs de ma maison. Une nouvelle fois, je suis prise pour cible. J’ai
Muslim gangs, created for criminal purposes, are reported to carry out violence in three English prisons. According to a new study published by the UK Justice Ministry, these gangs are structured groups with defined membership roles.