Morocco is getting ready for the post-Brexit phase. On Saturday, the Kingdom signed an association agreement with the United Kingdom, which includes products Western Sahara products. However, will this agreement survive Boris Johnson's 12 December election call ?
During a march held, Saturday, in Paris to commemorate the death of Moroccan fish vendor Mohcine Fikri, the Moroccan flag was desecrated. In fact, the Moroccan flag was trampled and burned by some participants who demanded the independence of the Rif region and raised the flag of the Rif Republic established by Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi in 1921, following the Anoual Battle. For the record, a person who desecrates the national flag is liable for a conviction to a fine and three
The head of the terrorist group «Islamic State» (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly targeted by a US military operation in northwestern Syria in which he was reportedly killed, wrote Agence France-Presse (AFP), quoting US media. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which has an extensive network of sources on the ground, American commandos were helicoptered and landed overnight in the Idleb region where there were «groups close to
Moroccan runner Othmane El Goumri set a new record in the Dublin marathon on Sunday. According to the Irish Examiner, the Moroccan athlete completed the marathon in two hours, eight minutes and four seconds. He crossed the finish line at Merrion Square, a few seconds before Stephen Scullion, in an edition that brought together more than 22,500 people. Born May 28, 1992, Othmane El Goumri has already represented Morocco at two outdoors world championships and one indoor. In 2013, he came first
Hirak activist Rabii Al Ablak was admitted to a prison clinic in Tangier after a seven-week hunger strike, his brother and lawyer, quoted by Reuters, said on Friday. Sentenced to five years in jail in June 2018 for «spreading fake news and reporting as a journalist without a permit» following the Rif Hirak, «he was admitted yesterday night to the prison's clinic after his health deteriorated», his brother Abdellatif said. «He couldn't even walk when the lawyer
Sentenced in first instance to 12 years in jail, the owner of Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Alyaoum, Taoufik Boucharine, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he appealed against the first ruling. Indeed, the Casablanca Court of Appeal has just increased the first sentence on Friday. In November 2018, the court of first instance found him guilty before the journalist decided to appeal the judgement. In early October 2019, the prosecution had required 20 years of imprisonment. Alyaoum24
Moroccan novelist Abdelkader Benali moved to the Netherlands in his early childhood to join his family. Books, reading and writing made him find a balance in his new motherland.
Throughout history, Moroccans raised different flags and emblems to distinguish themselves from other powers and nations. Red, however, was a favored color for several Moroccan dynasties.
Morocco will be home to the first North Africa fully operational sea observatory. The project is part of a European Union-funded project called ODYSSEA, which integrates networks of observing and forecasting systems across the Mediterranean basin, addressing both the open sea and the coastal zone. The new Morocco sea observatory will be in Al Hoceima National Park and is expected to be launched on October 29 during the third general assembly of the ODYSSEA Project. The second mission of the
The Mauritanian government plans to appoint a new ambassador to Rabat to replace Mohamed Ould Abbaye, who was appointed on September 18 as a chargé de mission for the country’s presidency. Nouakchott has reportedly proposed three candidates to Rabat. The list includes the name of the former Mauritanian Prime Minister, Yahya Ould Hademine, who held this position under the presidency of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz from August 21, 2014 to October 30, 2018, the former Interior Minister
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