Thirteen Moroccan associations with innovative projects received financial assistance estimated at almost 15 million dirhams granted by the USA-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program of local grants to groups and individuals wishing to contribute change in society. «MEPI's local grants program is an annual activity. We have received more than 100 project proposals from several Moroccan associations and organizations, but thirteen have been selected according to criteria of
The head of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) is unhappy about the expulsions of 150 Moroccan nationals by the Italian authorities for alleged links with the organization «Islamic State». «There is no tangible evidence that confirms their implications and the fact that they are not prosecuted by Moroccan justice is a proof of their innocence», Abdelhak El Khiame said in an interview published Monday by the Italian newspaper La Stampa. El Khiame
Why was Prince Moulay Hicham expelled from Tunisia on the 8th of September before attending a conference on democracy? This is the question raised on Wednesday by Jeune Afrique. The Paris-based weekly examined the possible reasons of this expulsion, immediately dismissing the possibility of a Moroccan intervention. «At no time did the Moroccan authorities made such a request or took any steps in this direction» with their Tunisian counterparts, indicated to Jeune Afrique
Au moins 216 personnes sont mortes dans le puissant séisme de magnitude 7,1 qui a frappé le centre du Mexique mardi et causé l'effondrement de plusieurs immeubles dans la capitale Mexico, a annoncé la protection civile. A Mexico, l'une des villes les plus peuplées au monde, des incendies se sont déclarés dans plusieurs bâtiments après la secousse, vers 13h15 heure locale, qui a poussé de nombreux habitants paniqués
Sand kittens were filmed by the Sand Sahara Team during an expedition on April 27th in the Moroccan Sahara. The video was shared on Facebook on September 18th by the researchers. They write that to their knowledge, it is «the first-ever video of young wild sand cat kittens». «Cuteness alert,» they assure. The video shows three wild kittens hiding behind the grass and gazing at the camera. Researchers estimate they are 6 to 8 weeks old. The wild kittens belonging to
On behalf of the Central African Republic (CAR) configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (CCP), of which he is president, Morocco deplored the recent rise in violence in the CAR in New York on Tuesday of peacekeeping capacity (UNMISCA). «Armed groups cannot take care of the whole political process», Foreign and International Cooperation Minister, Nasser Bourita said during a high-level meeting organized to discuss the situation in the Central African Republic at the UN 72nd
Au nom de la Configuration République Centrafricaine (RCA) de la Commission de Consolidation de la Paix (CCP), dont il est président, le Maroc a déploré, mardi à New York, la montée récente de la violence en RCA, et appelé à l’augmentation de la capacité de la de maintien de la paix (MINUSCA). "Les groupes armés ne peuvent pas prendre en otage tout le processus politique", a déclaré le ministre des
Le Datacenter, inauguré mardi dans la zone industrielle de Temera, est la première plateforme Cloud Computing en Afrique francophone construite sur un site 100% marocain. Ce projet initié et financé en partenariat avec l'agence nationale de promotion des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) dans le cadre du programme IMTIAZ, est la première réalisation du groupe MEDAFRICA dans le cadre de sa stratégie de développement portant sur la
The Mediterranean Foundation for Peace (FMP), based in Naples, has just awarded Fouzia Assouli, President of the Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation (FEMF) and Honorary President of the Democratic Federation of Women's Rights (FLDDF) the 2017 Mediterranean Prize for Women. According to a press release, the founding president of the FMP, Michele Capasso, affirmed at the award ceremony at the headquarters of the foundation that this distinction is a tribute to Mrs Assouli's action in favor of
Twenty minutes from the old medina of Marrakech, not far from the Guéliz district built in the 1920s, lays a vast desert land. On a fence that does not seem to protect anything, a handwritten sign pointing down a rocky path indicates «Cactus». «Cactus Thiemann» is a cactus crib of 6.88 hectares. More than 150 varieties stand in perfect rows, says the New York Times Travel. The garden was founded in the 1960s by Hans Thiemann, a German agricultural engineer whose