The question of opening customs in Ceuta and Melilla still divides Morocco and Spain. «Everything is ready to be able to start functioning (customs)», insisted Spanish Foreign minister José Manuel Albares, this Thursday in Rabat, during a press briefing with his Moroccan counterpart. An assertion that Nasser Bourita wanted to qualify, ensuring that the two parties are not facing «a problem of commitments or politics», but rather a «problem of technical
A hub of the Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship (CCE) opened on Tuesday, December 12, in Marrakech’s Emerging business Factory, the US Department of State said. The hub was opened in collaboration with the US Department of State and the Near East Foundation, with the support of the Esla & Peter Soderberg Charitable Foundation and Islamic Relief USA, reads a statement published Wednesday. The CCE Hub will be a makerspace for climate-focused entrepreneurs, with access to
Nigerian e-commerce firm Jumia Technologies will shut down its food delivery business in Morocco by the end of 2023, it said on Wednesday. In addition to the Kingdom, the firm will end its food delivery services in six other countries, namely Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast, reports Reuters. The decision is meant to allow the African company to grow its online retail business. Jumia’s «strategy to optimize its capital and resource allocation and to
Morocco Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch received on Thursday, December 14, in Rabat, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez, who is visiting Morocco to boost ties between the two countries. During this meeting, Akhannouch and Albarez praised the distinguished level of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and the strategic partnership backed by the heads of the two states, reads a statement by the Head of Government's cabinet. According to the same source, the two
Algeria will organize, on December 17 and 18 in Oran, its yearly forum on supporting the Polisario Front, intended mainly for the African members of the Security Council. For the 10th edition of the meeting, organizers are counting on the presence of eight African foreign ministers and representatives of member countries of the African Union Peace and Security Council. Morocco will be «discussed» according to the event's agenda. «This year's edition is being held as Moroccan
British Airways, the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has added Agadir to its London Gatwick route network, Simple Flying reported on Wednesday. The new route, which will be launched on March 31, 2024, is going to be operated by British Airways’ subsidiary BA Euroflyer. The latter will secure a four-times weekly flight to the city's Agadir Al-Massira International Airport. This announcement makes Agadir the second Moroccan destination on British Airways’ route
In Algeria, the campaign launched against the new partnership agreement signed by Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, on December 4 in Abu Dhabi, continues to make headlines. On Wednesday, December 13, the head of Algeria's Workers' Party Louisa Hanoune alleged that «there is a Moroccan-Emirati plot against Algeria, undoubtedly orchestrated with the complicity of Tel Aviv». «Morocco is receiving heavy and advanced weapons from the UAE», she claimed during a
The Algerian Ministry of Defense, under the authority of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, announced on Wednesday «the arrest of three Moroccan nationals for attempting to illegally cross maritime borders using a jet-ski». The operation «took place during a surveillance and security patrol in territorial waters on the morning of Monday December 11, 2023, around 8:40 am», says the ministry in a press release, widely relayed by Algerian media. This arrest comes almost four
The Moroccan man who crossed the Mexico-US border, earlier this month, said he was struggling to find a place to live and work in New York. Ous, short for Oussama, had told media after irregularly crossing the US-Mexico border at Lukeville, Arizona, that he is not seeking asylum, and plans to work in the Big Apple. «The problem I have is at work. I want to work here legally without violating the law, because I promised you in the video that it [illegally crossing
A court in El Jadida has sentenced a pedophile to 20 years in prison, following the emergence of a video that showed him sexually assaulting a child. The ruling was called a «victory» by child protection NGO.
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