Manuel Alejandro Chegne Tiburcio, a Peruvian mine worker, is one of the 18 identified victims of the recent floods in Morocco. His family in Peru has issued a public plea through local media to expedite the repatriation of his remains and allow for a dignified Christian funeral. A 56-year-old father, Chegne had been working for FTE Drilling in Morocco since last March. He was tragically swept away by a landslide on Sunday while trying to escape from his truck. According to RPP Rotafono,
Morocco's Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, met with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdel Ati, in Cairo to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and addressing regional issues like the Libyan crisis and Nile water dispute. Egypt expressed concerns over Morocco's growing ties with Ethiopia, especially following the visit of Ethiopia's military chief to Morocco.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, once again ignored the positions of the Polisario during the opening of the 57th ordinary session of the Human Rights Council, being held from September 9 to October 11 in Geneva. Instead, the Austrian focused his speech on restrictions on the exercise of freedom of expression in countries such as Azerbaijan, Mali, Uganda, Venezuela, Tunisia, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and China. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Brahim Ghali, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, chaired a meeting of the permanent office of the General Secretariat on Sunday following his return from a visit to East Timor. In a statement, the body welcomed the «SADR's participation in the Africa-Japan Summit», held in Tokyo from August 23 to 25. The Polisario even praised the «significant achievements obtained by the Sahrawi cause» during this event and acknowledged «the efforts of sister
In Spain, the People's Party (PP, opposition) is demanding that the Sánchez government allocate an «extraordinary fund» to assist Sahrawi refugees facing a food emergency in the Tindouf camps in Algeria, report Iberian media. The PP is urging the government to include an article in the upcoming finance bill to guarantee food and basic products for approximately 180,000 Sahrawi refugees. The group of PP deputies justified their proposal due to a 30% reduction in emergency
In 1963, Morocco experienced two devastating floods that caused widespread destruction, loss of life, and severe damage to infrastructure, including the Mohamed V dam. To commemorate the victims, Morocco issued stamps and even reportedly canceled the celebration of Eid al-Adha.
UAE-based Falcon Energy Materials plc has entered into a comprehensive technical and strategic partnership with China's Hensen Graphite & Carbon Corporation. Together, they will jointly develop an anode plant in Morocco to produce coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG), as announced in a press release on Monday. Hensen, a leading CSPG producer, has a proven track record in constructing and operating synthetic and natural graphite anode plants in China. Under this agreement, Hensen and
After an initial acquittal, Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment, with one year to be served, for the rape of Brigitte (a pseudonym) in 2008. On Tuesday, the Criminal Appeal and Review Chamber issued its ruling, overturning the first-instance verdict from the trial held from May 27 to 29. RTS reports that during the first-instance trial in May 2023 at the Geneva Correctional Court, Ramadan was acquitted due to reasonable doubt. His last resort now is an
At least 18 people died following the heavy thunderstorms currently affecting several provinces of Morocco, according to a press release issued Monday by the Interior Ministry. Of the 18 people who perished in the floods, 10 are from Tata, three from Errachdia (including one Canadian and one Peruvian), two in Tiznit who are of Spanish nationality, and one in Taroudant. In terms of missing persons, four people are listed as missing in the Tata region, and the search for them is ongoing. 56
On Monday, the Rabat Court of First Instance reviewed a complaint filed in February by Abdellatif Ouahbi, the Minister of Justice and former Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), against Hamid El Mahdaoui, the director of the Badil website. The court decided to postpone the case until October 14, at the request of El Mahdaoui's defense. Ouahbi, in his previous role as Secretary General of the PAM, initiated legal action after El Mahdaoui made statements suggesting a
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