On Thursday, the European Parliament in Brussels announced that Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Gennadyevich Sentsov was awarded the Sakharov Prize. Hirak figure Nasser Zefzafi was among the three finalists who were nominated to win the award.
During a meeting held this week at the African Parliament, a Moroccan representative and a person who represented the Polisario clashed. The meeting was temporarily suspended.
The Polisario is intending to impose its own rules on Spanish associations that do not make use of caravans when sending aids to the inhabitants of the Tindouf camps.
About fifty migrants, among those who forced their way into Melilla, were sent back to Morocco. They will be immediately expelled to their countries of origin. According to NGOs, their expulsion is «illegal».
The World Health Organization has urged Morocco in a new report to eradicate virginity testing. The practice, according to Moroccan sociologists, encourages discrimination and social hypocrisy.
On the 22nd of October 1956, a plane carrying FLN leaders, including Algeria’s future president Ahmed Ben Bella, was re-routed by the French authorities. The trip was plotted by King Mohammed V.
Morocco and Spain will be granted 140 million euros to manage the current migration crisis. Rabat will receive 70 million euros to purchase border surveillance equipment, in addition to an annual sum of money.
While Arab allies voiced their support for Saudi Arabia amid the Khashoggi death allegations, Morocco has decided to remain silent. Meanwhile, Western governments urged Riyadh to give more explanations over the death of the journalist.
Co-founder of several initiatives including «Incleaders», «Bridgizz» and «180Amsterdammers», Ahmed Larouz is a Moroccan national who lives in the Netherlands. The computer engineer has been helping for more than 20 years the Moroccan diaspora in the Netherlands.
A few days after a South African diplomat visited the Tindouf camps and Algiers, the Speaker of Pretoria's National Assembly arrived in Rabat. This is the second time this year that a senior official from south Africa visits the Kingdom.