Following Morocco’s move to secure once and for all the Guerguarat border crossing with Mauritania, most international reactions have been to Rabat’s favor, wrote Crisis Group, an international conflict prevention NGO. “Despite Polisario’s mobilization, most international reaction to the events in Western Sahara has either reflected support for a swift return to the ceasefire and/or […]
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COVID-19: Morocco extends night curfew, other restrictive measures for two more weeks as of March 16
Morocco has extended the night curfew and other anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, March16 at 9 p.m. although health authorities have been reporting in recent weeks decreasing numbers of daily new coronavirus cases with more recoveries than new cases, and lower fatality rates. Besides the night curfew from 9 p.m. […]
Libya: New Government of National Unity sworn in before Parliament in Tobruk
Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba and all the members of his Government of National Unity took the legal oath of office in front of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk this Monday march 15. The solemn oath ceremony was held at the parliament’s headquarters in the eastern city of Tobruk and broadcast by Libyan […]
Convicted Tunisian media mogul to surrender to authorities
Tunisian prominent media businessman and journalist Sami Fehri said Sunday he would surrender to authorities on Tuesday after he was sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with a corruption case dating back to 2011. Tunis first instance court last week found the owner of Al-Hiwar Ettounsi TV guilty of corruption over the […]
Morocco’s successful management of Covid-19 Crisis, vaccination campaign still making the headlines
Morocco’s successful management of Covid-19 Crisis and its successful vaccination campaign were hailed by international organizations and several governments and are still making the headlines of international media. Chilean news website ELPeriodista wrote in this vein that the measures taken by Morocco to avoid mass contagion by the coronavirus and its vaccination plan have made […]
AfDB: Morocco’s growth to rebound to 4.5 % in 2021
Morocco’s GDP is expected to increase to 4.5 pc in 2021 as the country’s economy is recovering from a 5.9 pc decline in 2020 after growing 2.5 pc in 2019, says the African Development Bank in its latest report. During the third quarter of 2020, Morocco’s exports of automotive parts and phosphate and derivatives rebounded […]
Crisis Group uncovers Algeria’s involvement in Sahara dispute
International conflict-prevention NGO, Crisis Group, raised in a detailed report Algeria’s main role in perpetuating the Sahara conflict and in arming the Polisario separatists. “Algeria supports Polisario’s military strategy of attrition,” wrote the NGO in a report that zooms on the recent developments of the Sahara issue. “While there is no evidence of new weapons […]
Sahara issue: Prominent Portuguese figures call on Portugal, EU to support Morocco, preserve stability in Maghreb
Prominent Portuguese figures have called on their government and the European Union to support Morocco in the Sahara issue and to back the kingdom’s territorial integrity. In a letter addressed to Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in his capacity as President of the Council of the EU, a group of former and current Portuguese officials […]
Germany, a new safe haven for Islamist terrorists
After the defeat of Daesh by the international coalition, no less than 500 fighters of the Islamic State managed to flee via Turkey, Syria and Iraq, towards Europe, according to the investigative program de the French TV channel M6 Enquête exclusive. These seasoned terrorists have settled in some European countries with a predilection particularly for […]
César for Best Short Film goes to French-Moroccan director Sofia Alaoui
New consecration for Sofia Alaoui. The French-Moroccan director has just won the César for best short film for her “What if the Goats Die?” The award was handed to Sofia Alaoui at France’s 46th César ceremony, held Friday night. Sofia Alaoui was thus ahead of “L’Aventure atomique” by Loïc Barché, “Baltringue” by Josza Anjembe, “I […]