Seminar in Agadir on peacekeeping operations

Cherry Blossom Seizure Ends with the Victory of OCP

Cherry Blossom vessel, loaded with 55,000 tons of Moroccan phosphates, which has been illegally seized by South African authorities since May 1, last year, has just left the South African territorial waters and her cargo has been returned to its legitimate owner, Morocco’s phosphates company, OCP. It all started last May, when a South African […]

ICC uncovers evidence of war crimes, ethnic violence in Western Sudan

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has revealed there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in western Sudan. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, July 10, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan described the suffering in the region as “difficult to put into words”. […]

Morocco: Africa’s oldest giant dinosaurs’ teeth unearthed in Middle Atlas Mountains

Moroccan and foreign researchers have unearthed, near Morocco’s Boulemane province, in the Middle Atlas Mountains, three fossilized teeth of giant dinosaurs dating to the Bathonian era (Middle Jurassic, around 168-166 million years ago), the scientific journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica reported in a study published on August 7. The plant-eating dinosaurs are called “Turiasaurians”. The study […]