Will Algeria’s Hirak movement have a negative impact on the Polisario ? To M’Hamed Khaddad, the Front’s coordinator with MINURSO, protests in the country wouldn’t affect the separatist movement. The Polisario, however, decreased its activities in Europe and in the US in 2019 compared to the previous years.
Two British Conservative candidates were suspended for sharing Islamophobic posts on Facebook, The Guardian reports. These messages posted on the social media platform refer to Muslims as «bin bag wearing individuals» and called for the banning of Quran, they described as «evil book». A Conservative local election candidate wrote that people in the UK must «boycott» Muslim-owned shops and liked a comment that «labelled the religion’s
In a 54-minute long documentary, BBC Arabic tried to answer questions related to hashish production and smuggling in Morocco. The channel revealed the vulnerability of Moroccan hashish growers and its flourishing market in the West.
Spanish far-left party Podemos has urged the «People’s Advocate», a body that ensures the protection of all human rights and freedoms by public authorities, to «immediately stop the expulsion of 23 unaccompanied minors» from Morocco, El Pais reported on Thursday. In a letter written by Spanish politician Isa Serra, the party called the body to monitor the «proceedings» of this decision and «guarantee the rights» of these minors, the same
To disperse thousands of young teachers, authorities made use of water cannons, Thursday, in Rabat, witnesses told Reuters. Speaking to one of the organizers, the same source revealed that 65 teachers were injured and one of them «got seriously wounded». Police dispersed protestors after they tried to camp in front of the parliament. These protesting teachers, who have been hired on renewable contracts, want the Ministry of education to put an end to «renewable
In a weekly press briefing, held Thursday in Rabat, Government’s Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi refused to address reports on the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Morocco. Refusing to answer journalists’ questions, El Khalfi said that he has no «comment on Emirati diplomat and reports related to this topic». On Monday, several news platforms reported, quoting well-informed sources, that the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Morocco Ali Salem Al
A Moroccan association has launched a campaign to expose popular proverbs that discriminate against women. According to sociologists, sexist proverbs draw legitimacy from misconceptions.
In 90 days, autopsy report on the mysterious death of Moroccan model Imane Fadil will be published. The decision was announced, Thursday, by the Milan prosecutor and pathologist Cristina Cattneo, appointed by judges to analyze components extracted from the remains of the key witness in the «bunga bunga» trial, who died on March 1, local newspaper La Sicilia reports. For the record, Imane Fadil told her family and former lawyer days before her death that she fears being
During an African Union Peace and Security Council’s meeting, Morocco stressed that it refuses conflict escalation in Libya. The diplomat stressed that «the military option would not contribute to the stability of that country», the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom in the African Union Mohamed Arrouchi said, Wednesday, in Addis Ababa. He highlighted the need of «putting an end to all military operations and to encourage all parties and political actors to
Swiss MEP Liliane Maury Pasquier, who is the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, received a Polisario delegation in Strasbourg on Wednesday. The delegation, headed by the Front’s representative in France Oubbi Boucheraya Bachir, had reportedly delivered a letter from Khatri Adduh, the President of the Polisario’s National Council, to Pasquier «giving a detailed presentation on the latest developments» of the Western Sahara dispute, SPS