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Morocco, Mauritania Break Ice

Morocco and Mauritania are showing willingness to start a new page after undergoing a silent storm on the backdrop of Nouakchott’s ambiguous stands on the Sahara issue. A sign of the new rapprochement was expressed at the reception by Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz of Morocco’s new ambassador to Nouakchott Hamid Chabar who presented his […]

Moroccan Jewish community celebrates Rabbi Eliezer Davila’s Hiloula

Several hundred members of the Moroccan Jewish community gathered last week at the Israelite cemetery in Rabat, to celebrate the Hiloula of Rabbi Eliezer Davila. This annual religious meeting celebrates the venerated Saint Rabbi Eliezer Davila, who was born in 1714 in salé, Rabat’s twin city, and who died in 1761. He was buried in […]

Mauritania: Men of Trust, President Ould Abdelaziz’s Shield

The Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, in power since 2008, has been unshaken by the opposition for many reasons, but if he still has a tight grip on the country, it is mainly due to the faithfulness of some men of trust. One of those men, says West Africa Newsletter, is Mohamed Ould Ghazouania; Chief […]