At the beginning of the 21st century, Morocco and Libya worked on strengthening their bilateral ties. In 2001, King Mohammed VI visited Tripoli, where he met Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The latter, however, was rude to the Moroccan monarch whom he called «my son».
Sent to Morocco to serve as a British vice consul to Mogador, William Willshire was known for redeeming Western Sailors captured by Moroccans and enslaved in the Kingdom. His kindness was mentioned in several historical accounts.
After it threatened to seek the Court of Justice of the European Union to cancel the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement amended last week by the European Parliament, the Polisario Front sent a letter to the President of the UN Security Council.
Currently on display at the Espace Rivages in Rabat, Belgian-Moroccan Hamid Douieb is an artist en vogue. Born in Casablanca, he left for Belgium at the age of 20 and this decision changed his life forever after, making him more in touch with his artistic sense.
According to a study conducted by the University of Oxford, ethnic minorities in the UK face discrimination when looking for a job.
In a report released this week, Human Rights Watch enlisted human rights violations that took place in Morocco in 2018. According to the New York-based NGO, authorities in the Kingdom met protests with repression.
On the 4th of January, the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy announced that the EU has already granted Morocco €70 million to Morocco to address irregular migration. Visiting Morocco on Thursday, Federica Mogherini promised that the Kingdom will receive €110 million soon.
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is establishing a solid groundwork for his successor. He announced that not running for a third term does not mean he is retiring from politics.
After MEPs voted in favor of extending tariff preferences to products from Western Sahara, the Polisario couldn’t hide its anger. In a communiqué, the Front condemned the decision claiming that it violated the CJEU’s ruling.
The European Parliament agreed, Wednesday, to extend tariff preferences to products originating from Western Sahara in the framework of the EU-Morocco association agreement. The decision comes as the Polisario threatened to seek the CJEU.