A team of the US Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa is currently conducting a Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Program by in Morocco, wrote Defence Web on Tuesday. The training, conducted at the request of the US Department of State, started on December 2nd and is expected to be concluded on the 13th of the same month. During this training, US Marines will be holding a train-the-trainer concept to «enhance Moroccan service member’s
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released, Monday, its Human Development report. According to the findings of the annual report, Morocco has an «average human development» level, ranked 121st among 189 countries.
American media-services provider and production company Netflix has unveiled the first trailer of «Messiah», a thriller web television series for Muslim viewers, CNews reports. The series, which will be released on Netflix on January 1, 2020, tells the story of a young man in Syria. The man claims to be sent to Earth by his father. Like Jesus Christ, the man will perform miracles around the world and will be investigated by the CIA. In the series, the main character
Hirak detainee’s father Ahmed Zefzafi has resigned from Tafra, an association created by Hirak detainees’ families. Nasser Zefzafi’s father has announced that he is abandoning his post as head of said association. «From now on, I will only speak on behalf of my son. From now on, Ahmed Zefzafi will defend only his son Nasser Zefzafi», he said in a video. Ahmed Zefzafi’s decision comes after his association has been accused of «misappropriation of
British rock band Coldplay released, Monday, the music video for its «Everyday Life», a single from its new album that bears the same title, Under the Radar Mag reports. Directed by 23-year-old Canadian music and video director Karena Evans, the music video was shot in several locations, including Morocco. Released, Monday, the video, which was also shot in South Africa and Ukraine, includes several scenes from a Marrakech’ Riad, old market and Medina. The music
Three of Morocco’s iconic dishes were influenced and evolved due to historical factors and events. Modern-day Bastilla, Tagine and Couscous were, in fact, products of a culinary cultural exchange.
A former Australian politician is tipped to succeed Horst Köhler, a German politician who formerly served as the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy to Western Sahara. Julie Bishop who served as Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister between September 2013 and August 2018 is expected to be soon appointed by the US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, sources told Yabiladi. «Her appointment will be announced soon by Antonio Guterres in a few days», a well-informed
A Manhattan-based federal appeals court ruled, Friday, that Moroccan diplomat Jamal Benomar is immune from a civil suit by major Republican fundraiser Elliot Broidy. The latter accused the Moroccan diplomat last year of allegedly orchestrating a «Qatari hacking campaign», sending his trade secrets and personal information to US media. According to the New York Law Journal, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that Elliott Broidy
According to the 2020 Global Climate Risk Index, is one of the countries affected the least by extreme weather events. The country is ranked 125th among 181 countries studied by the report.
According to Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister Sabri Boukadoum, his country must «examine known problems with Morocco, including the Western Sahara issue». Interviewed by Russian news agency Sputnik, Boukadoum emphasized the need of «political solutions and dialogue», stressing the special «relationship that brings Moroccans and Algerians together». For the record, Sabri Boukadoum and Morocco’s Minister Delegate for African Cooperation Mohcine