Morocco and Spain have finally reached a common ground on the issue related to the closure of Melilla’s commercial borders. Officials from both countries met yesterday and agreed to work together to find technical solutions for the problem.
After the signing of the Oslo II Agreement, an airport was built in Gaza. Modeled after Mohammed V International Airport, the facility, which ceased operation in 2001, was designed and constructed by Moroccan architects and engineers funded by King Hassan II.
One day after King Mohammed VI met with the United Arab Emirates’ Crown Prince, Mohamed Ben Zayed, in Abu Dhabi, Gulf states hailed the efforts made by Morocco to solve the Western Sahara dispute at a UNHRC session.
While, a source told Yabiladi earlier this week that his candidacy is not featured in the Sakharov Prize’s nominee shortlist, Dutch MEP Kati Piri denounced the information, stating that Hirak figure Nasser Zefzafi is officially nominated to compete for the award.
Sent back to Morocco in August, 20 migrants were sentenced to prison sentences in Tetouan for illegally entering Ceuta. For NGOs, the verdicts were unexpected but unjust.
Although Morocco managed to make progress in the United Nations Food and Security report, the number of people suffering from undernourishment in the country remains high.
A few weeks before the adoption of a new resolution, extending the mandate of the MINURSO, the United States warns Morocco and the Front against the situation in the Sahara.
In a report issued Tuesday, the Council of Europe hails the performance of the Moroccan parliament. Meanwhile, the organization urged Morocco to implement other projects in the future.
Researchers have concluded that solar and wind energy projects carried in southern Morocco could increase rain and vegetation in the Sahara. The study released on Friday says that energy generation will reduce carbon emissions and thus mitigate anthropogenic climate change.
On the 10th of September, 1844 Morocco was forced to recognize Algeria as part of the French empire through the signing of the Tangiers treaty. The latter emerged after the Kingdom was defeated in its first Franco-Moroccan war.