Local authorities in the city of Taroudant, have intervened to stop a sit-in organized on Sunday by a number of workers who got laid off from a farm owned by Prince Moulay Hicham. Contacted by Yabiladi, the Moroccan League for Citizenship and Human Rights (LMCDH), explained the situation and demands of the fired employees. Details.
Once again it is the Palace that calls the shots when it comes to political action. King Mohammed VI presided over a meeting on Monday afternoon devoted to the presentation of a report on Al Hoceima. The latter was ordered by the sovereign to investigate the delayed projects in the region.
The Martyr’s way (Khat Ach’chahid), an opposition movement within the Polisario Front, led by Mahjoub Salek, has sent a letter to the new personal envoy to the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara. A letter in which the movement recalls that the Front «doesn’t have the right to negotiate in the name of the Sahrawi people». Details.
Where do Canada’s immigrants come from, is a question that has been asked last week by the Economist. Statistics dating back to 2011 suggest that Africa is at the bottom of the ranking compared to other regions in the world whose citizens immigrate to the North American country. The same thing applies to Morocco according to data provided by the Canadian government.
Authorities could not prevent thousands of Catalans from taking the streets and voicing their choices. Catalan officials said that 90 % of those who voted supported independence in yesterday’s vote. In the Maghreb region, the referendum of Catalonia almost went unnoticed. As Morocco showed support for Madrid, Algiers and the Polisario Front remained silent in an embarrassing way.
Soukaina Boutiyeb is a Casablanca native. When she was 14, she left the Kingdom with her family to settle down in Canada. She is currently the Executive Director of Alliance des Femmes Francophonie Canadienne, an organization that aims at protecting the contribution of Francophone women in their communities and preserving their right to live and fully flourish in French.
Anti-Israel groups are once again angered by the participation of an Israeli filmmaker to one of Morocco's most known festivals. Organizers of the International Women Film Festival of Sale invited Simone Bitton, an Israeli-French documentary filmmaker of Moroccan descent.
Morocco and Algeria have managed to collaborate in the past, most precisely during June 1993. The kingdom back then handed over to the Algerians the leader of one of the most dangerous Islamic groups in Algeria, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), who fled to Morocco seeking refuge.
The Moroccan Centre of Conjuncture delivered yesterday in Casablanca the findings of its exploratory study on the emergence of the Moroccan economy. An analysis that focuses on the challenges of the following objective : maintaining sustained and regular economic growth.
On Wednesday, the American online newspaper, the Daily Beast revealed how an account on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter allegedly led by the Russian government stole the identity of an authentic Muslim organization to share Islamophobic propaganda and conspiracy theories online. The group posted memes about politics, Osama ben Laden, ISIS and Hillary Clinton provoking chaos and tension among Muslims in the USA.
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