Once again, Algeria denounced the opening of African consulates in the Sahara. On Saturday, January 19, the Algerian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that «the serious unilateral decision taken by Guinea and Gabon to open consulates in Western Sahara can under no circumstances legitimate the occupation of the territory». This statement comes after Guinea and Gabon opened consulates in the city of Laayoune and Dakhla on Friday, January 17. Their decision comes after
Born in Al Hoceima, Mohamed El Badaoui is a Spain-based scriptwriter and movie director. His love for his region, the Rif, pushed him to make several movies about the rural world in Morocco and the problems and challenges facing it inhabitants.
Ignoring the UN’s recent comments on respecting civilian and commercial traffic in Guerguerat, the Secretary General of the Polisario Front sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In his letter, Brahim Ghali noted with «surprise and dissatisfaction», the statement of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Africa Eco Race. «It is astonishing and utterly unacceptable that the United Nations has so far remained silent in the face of the
The Spanish authorities have located a Spanish-Moroccan jihadist near the borders of Turkey and Syria. 28-year-old man, M.Q., was arrested in Turkey based on an international arrest warrant issued by the National Court at the request of the counterterrorism Spanish authorities, Ceuta Actualidad reported on Thursday. After working for several years in the Balearic archipelago, M.Q. moved to another European country for professional reasons. There, he stayed until early 2017, before
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
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