Green March Anniversary: Royal speech postponed to Saturday following detection of COVID-19 case among recording & broadcasting team

The speech King Mohammed VI was due to deliver this Friday on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Green March has been postponed to Saturday November 7. The announcement was made in a statement by the Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery, which said that following the discovery of a positive […]

Mauritania: 76 political parties dissolved over low scores during past elections

The interior Ministry has decided to dissolve 76 political parties for scoring less than 1 per cent of the number of voters during 2013 and 2018 legislative elections. The ministry has informed leaders of the targeted political movements in a memo, according to press reports. The decision was made on the basis of political groups […]

Moroccan navy rescues 54 migrants in southern waters

Morocco’s navy rescued 54 Sub-Saharan migrants, including 7 women and a child, in the waters of the southern provinces, near Tan Tan. The migrants, who were heading to the Canary Islands, have received medical care before they were handed to the Royal Gendarmerie. Increasing numbers of migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are trying the riskier Atlantic […]