In a long article made public this week, the president of the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People hailed Morocco’s autonomy plan, giving up on his pro-Polisario position.
In January, the UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara announced that he is preparing for a second «round-table», on the Western Sahara dispute. But instead of bringing the four parties together, Horst Köhler might arrange a meeting between Morocco and the Polisario.
A group of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council has recently discovered a new bat species in Morocco, Algeria and Europe. The Moroccan bat species lives in caves and is highly rare and vulnerable.
After David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel, the Soviet Union was quick to recognize the entity as a new nation. This decision influenced communist parties in the Arab world, including the Moroccan communist party.
After accusing two governmental authorities of neglecting a court’s order, OCP Kenya will have its fertilizer tested this week. The decision comes after the OCP branch was accused of importing fertilizers that were allegedly «contaminated».
Against all odds, the Minister of General Affairs criticized last week the decision of the anti-competitive practices’ council, which disapproved of Lahcen Daoudi’s plan to cap fuel prices. Commenting on that, oil companies in Morocco said that «they still don’t understand» the measure.
On Saturday, the Polisario Front announced that it signed an agreement with an Australian company to explore minerals in the Sahara. This is not the first time that the Front signs similar agreement with foreign companies.
On January the 19th, French-Moroccan Nordine Oubaali, 32, became the World Boxing Council bantamweight world champion. An achievement that he reached with the help of his family and his coach Ali Oubaali.
After MEPs adopted the association and fisheries agreements at the European Parliament, Morocco welcomes Sahara provisions in the 2019 US Appropriations Bill.
While ISIS is losing ground in Syria, several Moroccan families had fled the areas controlled by the terrorist organization, reported AFP. The latter pointed at the struggle of North African nationals in ISIS and their difficult repatriation.