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President Joe Biden has highlighted the enduring relationship binding the United States and Morocco since the signing of the bilateral Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1786, underlining the two countries’ shared interest in peace, security and stability in North Africa. This came in a message of congratulations President Biden addressed to King Mohammed VI […]
Moroccan anthropologist Aomar Boum, a renowned scholar of Jewish culture, has been appointed to the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Author and co-editor of four books, including “Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco,” and “The Holocaust and North Africa,” Boum is also a […]
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged the U.S. Department of State to include Algeria on its Special Watch List for engaging and tolerating severe violations of religious freedom. In recent years, Algerian authorities have shown more hostility towards religious minorities, forcibly closing dozens of Protestant churches and prosecuting Ahmadiyya Muslims for gathering […]
Iranian hacker group Lyceum has launched lately a cyber-attack against an internet service provider (ISP) in Morocco, according to the findings of Prevailion’s Adversarial Counterintelligence Team (PACT) and Accenture’s Cyber Threat (ACTI) group. The attack, which was launched between July and October 2021, also targeted ISPs and telecommunication operators in Israel, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia […]
The United States and Egypt stressed the importance of holding elections in Libya on the scheduled date, i.e. on December 24. This was stressed in a joint statement released on Tuesday evening by the State Department following the US-Egyptian strategic dialogue held on November 8 – 9, under the chairmanship of Secretary of State Antony […]
The United States ordered Saturday the departure of its non-essential personnel from its embassy in Ethiopia, where fighting has redoubled this week in the north of the country between government forces and Tigrayan rebels who threaten to march on the capital. The decision was taken “due to the armed conflict, civil unrest and possible shortages,” […]
Royal Armed Forces and U.S. Army are preparing the upcoming joint military drills “African Lion” 2022, one of the major annual exercises organized to strengthen cooperation and training, enhance interoperability and promote the exchange of military experiences. The announcement was made by the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command in its Twitter account. «Coming […]
The UN has belied the false reports and baseless accusations made by the Algerian presidency blaming Morocco for the recent death of three Algerian truckers in an alleged bombing near Mauritanian borders, without specifying the exact location of the incident. For its part, Nouakchott had affirmed that no air strike or attack occurred on its […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to attend the Paris Summit on Libya next week, according to administration officials. Through the participation of Kamala Harris, who took office in January, Washington wants to support Libya as it takes steps toward elections scheduled for Dec.24. “We want to show our support for the Libyan people […]
The United States delivered Saturday, October 30, some 850,590 doses of the Pfizer anti-covid-19 vaccine to Morocco as well as a $2 million donation provided by the USAID, aimed at providing additional emergency aid to Morocco and at extending further support to the Kingdom’s highly successful response to the pandemic. In a tweet, the United […]