A few days after King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain visited Morocco, the president of Melilla referred to a «dark and very worrying» situation in the borders between Morocco and the autonomous city, reports local online newspaper El Faro de Melilla. Juan José Imbroda’s comments were made while he was discussing issues related to borders with Morocco, including trade. Moreover, the president said that «the central government visited Morocco, where it
In 2015, Morocco supported Muhammadu Buhari while running for Nigeria’s presidential election. This year, the Kingdom has chosen to back the Nigerian President through Zawia Tijaniyya.
After the Spanish Interior Ministry denied having concluded a deal with Morocco to allow Spanish sea rescue services to return some migrants to Moroccan ports, the Moroccan government issued its own response. Speaking, Thursday, in a press briefing held in Rabat, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi stressed that «there is no such agreement between Rabat and Madrid», reports MAP news agency. «This information is false», El Khalfi told reporters. The
After Israeli free-to-air television Channel 13 reported that Benjamin Netanyahu and Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita held a «secret» meeting in September, 2018, in New York, the Kingdom denied the reports. In a press briefing held Thursday in Rabat, Government Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi told reporters that «the Kingdom does not reply to rumors». The Moroccan government’s answer comes after the Israeli channel revealed, quoting a source
Earlier this month, the Polisario sought the help of an Algerian general to end tensions between two influential tribes in the Tindouf camps. On Tuesday, Brahim Ghali announced that he appointed two «officials» from the Teknas tribe.
After Venezuela’s self-proclaimed Interim President thanked Morocco for backing his position, one of his diplomatic representatives held talks with Rabat's ambassador to Peru, stressing that Venezuela wants to normalize ties with Morocco.
In a long article made public this week, the president of the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People hailed Morocco’s autonomy plan, giving up on his pro-Polisario position.
In January, the UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara announced that he is preparing for a second «round-table», on the Western Sahara dispute. But instead of bringing the four parties together, Horst Köhler might arrange a meeting between Morocco and the Polisario.
A group of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council has recently discovered a new bat species in Morocco, Algeria and Europe. The Moroccan bat species lives in caves and is highly rare and vulnerable.
After David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel, the Soviet Union was quick to recognize the entity as a new nation. This decision influenced communist parties in the Arab world, including the Moroccan communist party.