Israel has recently issued a report stating that the value of property «Jews in Arab countries and Iran were forced to leave behind when they were expelled», stands at $150 billion. However, these demands are deemed «unfair» for Moroccan Jews who were not forced to leave the country.
Sentenced to life in one of Morocco’s best-known counterterrorism trials, a Belgian-Moroccan man has reportedly been held in «abusive solitary detention for more than three years», Human Rights Watch (HRW) wrote on Friday. The international NGO, which recalls that the «mass trial in which he was convicted was marred by serious rights violations», added that the sentence imposed on Belgian-Moroccan convict Abdelkader Belliraj was based on his and
While it was accused of imposing a «fait accompli» policy in the province, Morocco sees in the opening of several consulates in the Sahara a new strategy that normalizes the country’s sovereignty on the territory. This strategy is expected to make of the cities of Laayoune and Dakhla political and economic hubs.
Spain’s new Foreign Affairs Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya is expected to visit Rabat on January 24. In Morocco, she will be meeting her Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, Spanish reports say. The Morocco visit will be Laya’s first trip outside Europe as a Foreign Affairs Minister. On Sunday, the Minister will fly to Brussels to attend the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. On Monday, she will also participate to a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European
King Mohammed VI held, Thursday, a telephone conversation with Tunisian President Kais Saied, the royal cabinet said in a statement relayed by MAP. «This phone call, at the initiative of HM the King, was an opportunity to recall the strong historical relations between the two brotherly Maghreb countries and to agree on an exchange of visits, soon, between the two Heads of State», the same statement added. This is the first time that the two leaders hold a telephone conversation,
Moroccan teenager Ayoub Mahfoud, sentenced in December to three years in prison and fined 5 000 dirhams for a Facebook post about a rap song, was granted provisional release, Thursday, pending trial, AMDH member Khadija Riadi told Yabiladi. The student still has to stand trial at the Meknes Appeal court after his appeal hearing has been scheduled for January 20. During his trial, the Moroccan Association will support the young man for Human Rights (AMDH), hiring its lawyers to defend
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) launched, Thursday, its new line to china, connecting Casablanca to Beijing through three weekly flights. A large delegation of senior Moroccan officials flew to Beijing to inaugurate the new route, including Royal Air Maroc’s CEO Hamid Addou, as well as the head of Morocco's National Tourist Office (ONMT), Adel Al Fakir, said RAM in a press release sent Thursday to Yabiladi. Thanks to this new route, the national company
School violence in Morocco has made headlines recently with several cases that raise questions about our educational system and methods applied within classrooms. To experts, using violence is a major communication failure that begets similar practices.
«It is shameful to see that Spain entrusts Morocco with the mission of curbing the flow of migrants», Ceuta’s president Juan Vivas said. Quoted by the Spanish news agency Europa Press, Vivas told reporters during a meeting that he «was supposed to have a relationship of friendship and good neighborliness with [Morocco]», adding that Spain cannot count on the Kingdom. Moreover, the elected representative of the Spanish People's Party warned
While the Venezuelan Socialist Party declared allied legislator Luis Parra as head of parliament, allowing Nicolas Maduro to control the institution, Morocco reiterated support for Juan Guaido who declared he was acting President of Venezuela in 2019.