Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is currently in Marrakech with his partner Georgina Rodriguez and their son Cristiano Jr. On social media, the family posted photos of their visit to the building site of their new Marrakech hotel Pestana CR7. The Juventus forward has also announced that the opening of the hotel to take place in 2020, after it was initially scheduled for 2019, said José Roquettes from Portuguese company Pestana. This new hotel is located at the heart of the
Last week, Bombardier announced that it is selling its Morocco plant, consolidating its aerospace business into a single unit. Monday, in a press conference held in Casablanca, Moroccan Industry Minister revealed that the company will be supplied by the unit in teh Kingdom after sale.
On Monday, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat attended the Third African Union-United Nations Annual Conference, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. During this meeting, peace, security, sustainable development and climate change were among the topics discussed by Faki Mahamat and Guterres. In a joint communiqué, made public on the same day, the UN Secretary-General and the AU Chairperson
According to data made public by the Israel’s Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration, a record number of visitors, form Muslim countries that have no diplomatic ties with Israel, traveled to Tel Aviv in 2018.
A far-right political party, known for demanding the deportation of all Muslims, will be running for general elections in Denmark, the Guardian reports. Stram Kurs, known also as Hard Line, was founded in 2007 and is headed by Danish lawyer Rasmus Paludan. Despite the party’s «racist» opinions, it managed to get the required 20,000 signatures from voters to be on the ballot paper in Denmark, scheduled for June the 17th. Rasmus Paludan is also a Youtuber who is followed,
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Morocco Abdullah Bin Saad Al Ghariri was received, Monday in Rabat, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki. During this meeting, the diplomat reiterated his country's position on the Western Sahara conflict. «Morocco's territorial integrity is a red line and an immutable principle of its foreign policy», said the House of Representatives in a statement relayed by MAP news agency. Al Ghariri took the opportunity to address
Spanish police announced, Thursday, that it had dismantled an irregular migration network, operating in Morocco, Algeria and Spain, American news agency Associated Press reported. According to the same source, the smuggling ring in question, is based in Bangladesh and it «fraudulently obtained visas to Algeria through that country’s consular services in India for at least 350 people from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India». After reaching Algeria, these smuggled
On April 27, the Polisario deployed tanks to disperse angry Sahrawis, protesting against restrictions imposed by Algeria. This use of force did not stop Sahrawis from resuming their protest movement in Tindouf.
Uk-based market research company YouGov revealed in a new survey that Australians can be accepting of migrants but tend to have negative feelings towards Islam. Relayed by the Guardian, Friday, the YouGov’s poll found that 51% of Australians had «unfavorable sentiments» towards Islam while 10% of them said that they think positively of the religion. 37% of respondents said that they are «very unfavorable» of Islam, 14% said that they were «fairly
In a regional seminar held by the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, the Polisario sought the opportunity to make mention of «self-determination» and «independence». Meanwhile, Morocco sent elected representatives from the Sahara to attend the UN seminar.