After he openly criticized normalization of relations with Israel a few weeks ago, Mohamed Amekraz now defends the «resumption of relations» between Rabat and Tel Aviv, referring to the importance of the Sahara issue.
Biden administration has paused UAE and Saudi arms sales amid broader review. Will the United States do the same with Morocco, which agreed on normalizing ties with Israel as Donald Trump recognized its sovereignty over the Sahara.
The US newly appointed Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, Wednesday, in the highest-level contact yet between Israel and the new American administration. The two officials discussed «expanding the circle of peace, the Iranian threat and other issues», the Israeli Foreign Ministry said. Antony Blinken «welcomed the Abrahamic Agreements which were signed in recent months between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,
The United States and Morocco launched, Thursday, an $18 million program aimed at promoting regional development in the Beni Mellal-Khenifra, a press release by the US Embassy in Morocco. This program, initiated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is in partnership with the Wilaya and the Regional Council of Beni Mellal-Khenifra. It plans to create economic opportunities for women, young people, people with special needs and rural populations. The Inclusive
The Al Adl Wal Ihsane movement denounced the arrival of the charge d'affaires of the Israeli liaison office in Morocco, calling the move a «disaster». «It is a day of mourning and anger for the Moroccan people on whom this unpopular choice was imposed which affects their dignity, their strength and their future», denounced the association in a statement. For the record, Israeli diplomat David Goffrin arrived, Tuesday, in Rabat to assume his post as
The local authorities found, Wednesday evening, a dead body buried under the rubble after an ancient medina house collapsed in Casablanca. The operation, which lasted for more than 10 hours after the collapse of the house, was conducted by firefighters and local authorities’ agents, with the help of bulldozers and trained dogs. The house collapsed on Wednesday morning and led to the partial collapse of a neighboring building. In a communiqué, the local authorities in Casablanca
The Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismail Ould Cheikh received on Tuesday Morocco’s ambassador Nouakchott, Hamid Chabar. Officially, the talks focused on «the close bilateral relations between the two countries and all issues of common interest», Mauritanian news agency AMI reported This new meeting between the two diplomats comes just four days after the Polisario said it launched an overnight attack on the Guerguerat area on the border between Morocco and
890 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 468,383. 1,358 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 446,181. 20 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,207. 7 of these deaths were recorded in the Oriental, 6 in Casablanca-Settat, 2 in Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, 2 in Marrakech-Safi, 2
The Moroccan authorities «must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Maati Monjib, and drop all charges against him including from a previous trial ongoing since 2015 in relation to his work on freedom of expression», Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Moroccan historian was arrested on 29 December and his next investigation session before an investigative judge is scheduled for 27 January. «Maati Monjib is the latest victim of the government's
Morocco has been associated with the discovery of seven planets orbiting around a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. The Oukaimeden Observatory has also participated in a new study which examines the composition and density of these planets that are the same size as ours.