The Polisario is losing ground in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. After Salvador said that it withdrew recognition of the «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic» (SADR) earlier in June, Barbados announced the same thing, Friday June 21. According to a joint communiqué, published by Morocco’s news agency MAP, Barbados withdrew recognition of «SADR» during a visit conducted by the country’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley to Morocco. In the same
According to forecasts revealed by the United Nations, Morocco’s population is expected to decrease in the coming decades. Meanwhile, its population will be getting older.
A Moroccan national was arrested in the city of Hamburg in Germany for threatening, insulting and spitting at two Jews, American press agency Associated Press (AP) reports. German police said the 45-year-old man insulted, Thursday, two Jewish men who were attending a meeting at the city’s hall. The two men called the police, which intervened and arrested the man. When he was confronted by a police officer, the Moroccan national tried to run. He then stopped and spat at the two
French-Moroccan comedian Jamel Debbouze announced Tuesday, June 18, that he will take a break from his career for a couple of years, reports Le Figaro, quoting French radio station RTL. This decision would allow the actor to take a step back and rest, the same source said. «I have given a lot and today I just want to take (…) So I can continue enjoying what I do, I need to take care of myself», Debbouze told the same radio. The actor will stay away from the spotlight
Moroccan goalkeeper Abdelali Mohamadi has officially joined Saudi football club Abha, the latter announced Thursday. Mohamadi signed a contract with the Saudi club that is currently playing in the Saudi Professional League, the highest tier of Saudi football, said Abha on its Twitter account. Abdelali Mohamadi (27) used to play for Kawkab Athlétique Club from 2010 to 2015 before joining Berkane Sports Renaissance, with which he played during the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup, MAP
Moroccans are more likely to return lost wallets that contain larger amounts of money. These findings were shared by a group of researchers who conducted a civic honesty experiment in 40 countries, including the Kingdom.
President of the Regional Government of Andalusia Juan Moreno has been on a three-day visit to Morocco. While in the Kingdom, Moreno held a series of meetings with Moroccan officials, including those dealing with migration issue. Pressured by his far-right allies, mainly from VOX, President Moreno flew to Rabat to ask the Moroccan authorities to curb migrant surge. However, the Andalusian president was met with an unexpected reaction. The Moroccan authorities informed Moreno
A high delegation of military officers from the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces was received, earlier this week, by NATO’s Political Affairs and Security Policy Division in Belgium. The visit is the first of its king, the intergovernmental military alliance said in a communiqué. The meeting, conducted under the framework of NATO’s public diplomacy activities with Morocco, was attended by Nicola de Santis, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Section at NATO and Major
Malmo-based War Maritime University (WMU) signed on June 14 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Morocco’s Higher Institute of Maritime Studies (ISEM) to collaborate on maritime training and capacity building for the international and Moroccan maritime community, the Swedish university announced on its website this week. The MOU was signed in Casablanca by the President of WMU Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry ISEMS’ director Mohamed Briouig. According to Doumbia-Henry the «MOU
Danish engineering company FLSmidth and Morocco’s Société Générale des Travaux du Maroc (SGTM) signed, Wednesday, a contract with TEKCIM S.A., a subsidiary of SGTM, to co-deliver a cement plant, said the Copenhagen-based firm in a communiqué published on its official website. The plant will be built in Oulad Ghanem, a small town near the city of El Jadida. It is expected to have a daily capacity of 3,600 tons. The contract, awarded for 335 million DKK