Sources in the parliament told media that the proposal of sending a fact-finding mission to Huelva has been rejected. Meanwhile, head of Morocco’s Commission for Social Sectors in the House of Representatives told Yabiladi that the request is still pending.
At the United Nations Human Rights Council, Algeria has been urged to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to count the population of the Tindouf camps. It also questioned Algiers about Moroccans expelled in 1975 against their will.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham, head of Mauritania's ruling party criticized King Mohammed VI for not attending the African Union summit, held in Nouakchott earlier this month.
EPA’s chief Scott Pruitt resigned on Thursday, following allegations of self-dealing and wasteful spending. The official heading the USA's environmental protection agency has been criticized for visiting Morocco to promote liquefied gas imports in the Kingdom.
According to two reports conducted by G20 on Africa, Morocco needs to make more efforts to develop infrastructure.
Interviewed by Bloomberg, General Affairs Lahcen Daoudi announced that the government is to adopt a new plan, capping fuel prices. The procedure comes as Moroccans protest the high cost of living in a viral boycott campaign.
The Polisario has officially launched a new campaign to oppose negotiations held currently between Morocco and the European Union.
When Morocco broke free from the French, the United States of America decided to strengthen diplomatic relations with Rabat. The country raised the level of its representation in the Kingdom and recognized the King’s sovereignty over Tangier.
In Grenfell Tower Inquiry hearing, a senior fire officer revealed that the residents must have been evacuated 47 minutes before the stay-put policy was ignored. Victims, including a Moroccan family whose members died, were told by firefighters to stay in their flats instead of being removed from the tower.
Spain’s new PM Pedro Sanchez is determined to keep on good terms with Morocco. After Josep Borrell and Fernando Grande-Marlaska visited Rabat, El Pais started praising Morocco’s head of the Moroccan secret services, Abdellatif Hammouchi.