Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez received, Wednesday in Madrid, Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita. Sanchez and Bourita discussed «migration issues, European Union ties and the recent fisheries and agricultural agreements signed between Morocco and the EU», announced the Moncloa Palace in a statement. «The two countries have positively assessed that the number of migrant arrivals (in Spain) has decreased by 55% compared to last year», the
David Levy Yulee is known in the United States as the first Jew to serve as senator. But in Morocco, he is the descendent of a renowned Jewish family that gained respect within the Moroccan Jewish community and served the royal court during the 18th century.
Morocco has been ranked 100th in the 2019 Legatum Institute Prosperity Index, losing five places. Released earlier in November, the report which measured prosperity levels in 167 countries, indicates that the Kingdom ranked 95th in 2018 and 94th in 2017. The index, which is based on a variety of factors, stresses that «Morocco performs most strongly in safety and security and market access and infrastructure». Meanwhile, it indicates that the Kingdom is the weakest in social
Houcine Bachir Brahim, a 27-year-old pro-Polisario student and activist, was sentenced, Tuesday, to twelve years in prison by the Marrakech Appeal court. The judges found Brahim guilty of killing Amazigh student Omar Khaleq, also known as Izem, during violent clashes between Sahrawi and Amazigh students at the Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech in 2016. According to El Espanol, Houcine Bachir Brahim fled, in January, to the Canary Islands, where he applied for political asylum. Once there,
After the crackdown on the eastern Mediterranean route, irregular migration mafias immediately opted for the Andalusian coast. The deadly route, however, have pushed these mafias to opt for the Canary Islands.
Brazilian customs seized, Tuesday, 1.3 tons of cocaine concealed in a sugar cargo. The ship carrying the cargo was expected to leave the port of Santos, São Paulo, heading to Morocco, wrote the official state news agency of Cuba Prensa Latina. In a communiqué relayed by the same source, the authorities said the cocaine had been concealed in 120 bags of sugar. The same source states that the cargo was bound for the port of Tangier-Med. Prensa Latina also reports that between
«Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita at the latter’s initiative», wrote the Russia Foreign Ministry in a communiqué issued Tuesday, November 26. During this phone call, the two diplomats «discussed the practical factors of the development of multifaceted bilateral ties, including the convocation of the eighth meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental
The US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced, Tuesday, in Washington that he will visit Morocco in early December. Pompeo’s announcement was made at a news briefing, during which he described Morocco as «one of the strongest partners of the United States in the region». «I am looking forward to reviewing our countries’ strong economic, security, partnership and discussing future areas of cooperation», Pompeo told reporters. On 22 October in
Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen lived and died in Casablanca, where he was buried. While few people know about his story, many recall the transfer of his grave, which was located in the ancient medina. Today, this saint lays in the Ben M’sik cemetery, where Jewish pilgrims come visit his grave yearly.
While other pro-Polisario Saharawis attended on November 22 and 23 the 44th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (Eucoco) in Spain, Aminatou Haidar preferred to fly to Germany. Monday in Berlin, the president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) met the former UN Secretary General's personal envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler. C' était vraiment un grand honneur pour moi, d' être reçu par
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