For the third time in a row, Brahim Ghali will not be able to attend the 44th edition of the European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), scheduled for 22 and 23 November in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The Polisario’s head is avoiding arrest in Spain, where he is accused of presumed crimes of murder, damages, illegal arrest, terrorism, tortures and disappearances. In 2016, the judge of the National Court José de la Mata reopened the case against
Rabbi Raphael Moshe El Baz was the saint of Sefrou, a city where he was born and raised after his family left Spain for Morocco. In the city, he liked several fields, excelling in poetry, science and mathematics.
The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has suspended a number of its members for reportedly sharing Islamophobic posts online, the BBC reports. The decision was taken after British newspaper The Guardian said in a recent article that «15 current and 10 former Tory councillors have posted, shared or endorsed Islamophobic or other racist content on Facebook or Twitter», citing a dossier that it obtained from an anonymous Twitter user. According to Conservatives, the
Ismail Ingrioui was born and raised in the Atlas Mountains, near Azilal, where he dreamed of conquering the world. Today, he is a tour guide, an enthusiastic one, who traveled Morocco with tourist groups for years. In October, he won a bronze prize in London for his work.
The 12th edition of the Africa Eco Race is set to begin on January 5 and end on the 19th of the same month, linking Monaco to Dakar (Senegal). According to the race’s organizers, the participants will arrive in Morocco on January 7, driving through Dakhla on the 12th. The drivers are expected to arrive in Mauritania on the 14th and Dakar on the 19th. In 2020, the Africa Eco Race contestants will be driving through the Guerguerate border crossing, a route that has been rejected by the
Weeks after the United Nations Security Council renewed its mandate; the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) has been criticized by the Polisario Front. Speaking during a conference held in France, the Front’s representative Oubbi Bucharaya Bachir said that «in addition to not fulfilling its main mission, [MINURSO] is gradually becoming a mission that consolidates the Moroccan occupation of the Sahrawi territory». Since the UN
A van carrying 52 sub-Saharan migrants smashed into a barrier, Monday, at the border between Morocco and Ceuta, police sources told Spanish news agency EFE. Four of the passengers were transported to the hospital due to their injuries. The van broke through the metal gate of the Spanish side of the border «at full speed» at around 3:00 am on Monday. The van was carrying 34 men, 16 women and 2 children, including a five-month-old baby. The driver was a Moroccan citizen and was
Morocco is planning to develop its defense industry by making its suppliers share their maintenance technology and know-how with the Royal Armed Forces, Morocco’s Minister-Delegate for National Defense said. The Kingdom «seeks to develop the maintenance of military equipment by imposing, as much as possible, on its suppliers the need of sharing the maintenance technology of the purchased equipment», reports al3omk, quoting the minister. The government official explained that
Scientific research is almost in his DNA. While he is always trying to perfect his academic knowledge, Hicham Mouatadid remains attached to Morocco and thinks that this attachment can be further strengthened by the right to vote for Moroccans living abroad which should be mulled thoroughly.
Al Hoceima’s mayor and president of the Moroccan Association of Mayors Mohamed Boudra was elected Friday in Durban the new president of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). Boudra came first after the Russian candidate Ilsur Metshin withdrew from the competition. Mohamed Boudra, Mayor of Al Hoceima, and President of the @AMPCC2 is the new President of UCLG and will guide us for the next 2019-2022 ??"Il faut préserver notre union. Sans l’union, on n’a pas