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Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, a former financier of President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz’s regime has tossed his support behind opposition and independent candidate for the June Presidential elections. Bouamatou, billionaire business tycoon announced in a statement his support to Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, a former Premier of the North African country, Le360.ma news portal reports. Boubacar led […]
United Nations Secretary-General has appointed Najat Maalla M’jid of Morocco as his Special Representative on Violence against Children “United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today (Thursday) the appointment of Najat Maalla M’jid of Morocco as his Special Representative on Violence Against Children at the level of Assistant Secretary-General. She will succeed Marta Santos Pais of […]
Prince Moulay Rachid arrived in Jeddah this Thursday to represent King Mohammed VI at the Extraordinary Arab Summit and the 14th Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to be held in Makkah. The extraordinary Arab summit was summoned by Saudi Arabia following the subversive acts that targeted mid-May two oil pumping stations […]
Moroccan security forces Wednesday arrested an Italian man suspected to be leader of The Camorra crime syndicate. The 53-year old man is wanted in Italy over alleged criminal acts including blackmailing of businessmen, violence, international homicide, and drug trafficking. The arrest comes in line with an international arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities and a […]
The UN has placed on its terror blacklist 26 Tunisian citizens and 3 organizations following an update of the list of people connected to terrorism around the world. The UN Security Council sanction committee Wednesday reviewed the list and placed the Tunisians and the organizations on its backlist. Head of the national counter-terrorism commission, Mokhtar […]
King Mohammed VI hosted Tuesday an iftar, a fast breaking meal, in honor of President Trump’s son-in law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, Moroccan News Channel Al Oula reported. Earlier, the Sovereign held talks with Jared Kushner on strengthening the long-standing, strong and multidimensional strategic partnership between Morocco and the United States, as well as […]
Eastern Libyan forces led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar Tuesday extradited one of Egypt’s most wanted terrorists to Egyptian authorities, a move welcomed President Fattah al-Sisi. Live television footage on the national TV showed Hesham Ashmawi being escorted from a military aircraft by heavily armed GIS forces, local media Egyptian Streets reports. Ashmawi, 41, a […]
What is the reason for the surprise resignation of the German Horst Köhler from his job as special envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara? For Algeria, which voiced its speculations through a Polisario media outlet, American pressures are behind Köhler’s abrupt exit. It is both normal and understandable that a 76 year-old, […]
King Mohammed VI inaugurated on Tuesday in the province of Benslimane (Casablanca – Settat region), an addiction treatment Center, carried out by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity for a total investment of 6 million dirhams. On this occasion, King Mohammed VI handed over to the Association managing the Center, Amicale Bouhaira Slimania social […]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made a positive assessment of the results of its seven-year long partnership with the Moroccan parliament lauding in particular the progress achieved in strengthening democratic governance. PACE also stresses in a resolution on Morocco the need for authorities “to pursue and take ownership of the reforms […]