King Mohammed VI has decided to dedicate a grant for the refurbishment and restoration of some of the Al-Aqsa mosque’s facilities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said in a communiqué relayed by MAP press agency Wednesday. Moroccan architects and craftsmen will be sent to Palestine to contribute to these works, aiming at preserving the unique architecture and authenticity of the holy mosque, the ministry added. The Moroccan sovereign, in his capacity
The Spanish and Moroccan authorities have conducted an anti-terrorist operation that led to arrest an alleged jihadist in Morocco, Spanish news agency EFE reported on Wednesday. The man in question was planning to carry out an attack in Seville, the agency said, quoting the Spanish Interior Ministry. At the same time, the police raided the suspect's home in the Andalusian town, according to the same source. For the record, the Iberian country heightened since 2015 its terrorist threat level,
Cairo is hosting the second meeting of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism. The event is attended by Morocco's Secretary of State to Minister of Transport Najib Boulif and a Polisario delegation.
Moroccan mining company Managem announced that it will be raising 200 million dollars by selling non-convertible bonds to finance its development plans, Reuters reports. The company said in a statement that the terms and conditions of this decision will have to be «approved» by its general assembly in May. According to the same source, Managem revealed in March that its revenue for 2018 fell by 16 percent to 4.35 billion dirhams. This drop was caused by the falling prices of metal
In a letter sent to the UN personal envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler, the Sahrawi Initiative for Change (SIC), an opposition movement launched in the Tindouf camps, slammed the two round-tables held in Geneva on the Western Sahara conflict. Quoted by pro-Polisario news platform Futuro Sahara, the Sahrawi Initiative for Change said that the talks attended in December 2018 and in February 2019 by delegations from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario «are a waste of
Days before the Security Council adopts a new resolution on the Western Sahara conflict, the Polisario Front mobilized one of its representatives in New York. The separatist movement’s representative to the United Nations Sidi Mohamed Omar met, Tuesday, with the permanent representative of Germany to the United Nations and current president of the Security Council Christoph Hooschen. According to the Front’s press agency (SPS), which published a photo of Omar and Hooschen, reported
According to the Fragile States Index, the conditions that led to popular protests in North Africa have not gone. Ranked by the report, Morocco’s performance has been worsening.
One month after New Zealand was home to one of the deadliest terrorist attacks, the country announced, Wednesday, that it is disarming its police officers, lowering the terrorism threat level, AFP reports. The threat level has been moved from high to medium, the same source said, adding that «authorities judge that another attack, violent criminal behavior, or violent protest remains feasible rather than very high». Commenting on the decision, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda
The controversial Saudi advisor Turki Al Sheikh announced on his Facebook that he was received, Tuesday, by King Mohammed VI. «I am honored as the President of the Arab Football Federation that the second edition of the Arab Champions Cup will bear a name dear to all the Arabs, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God protect him, who honored us with his approval», he wrote on his account. His statement was accompanied by a photo of him and the Moroccan sovereign. This meeting comes a
Every year, Jews gather in Morocco to conclude tomb pilgrimage. One of the tombs visited annually by the Moroccan Jewish community is the one of rabbi Khalifa Ben Malka who lived in the 17th century in Agadir.
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