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The French Foreign ministry slammed Monday police treatment of journalists during Jan. 14 pro-democracy demonstration against President Kais Saied, in the Tunisian capital Tunis, reports say. “Several journalists, including correspondents from the French and international press, were victims of violence while covering the demonstrations in Tunis on January 14, 2022. This is not acceptable,” the […]
Spain’s King Felipe VI urged his country’s cabinet to take steps in order to improve ties with its southern neighbor Morocco on “solid foundations.” Relations between Morocco and Spain worsened after Madrid acted in connivance with Algeria in hosting for medical treatment the Polisario chief who entered Spain under a false identity and an Algerian […]
Former Head of Spanish News Agency EFE, Luis María Anson, has voiced concern over Washington’s growing preference of Morocco over Spain, saying such a tendency will weaken Madrid’s regional and international influence. The U.S. administration is suspicious of the Spanish government’s rapprochement with the communist party, but also of Pedro Sánchez’s open or undeclared ties […]
An online petition has been launched by an activist resident in France, Esther Dahan, against the granting of political asylum in France to the anti-Semitic couple “Dounia and Adnane Filali”. This couple, active on social networks, creates false controversies with hateful, racist, anti-Semitic and malicious speeches. This petition was posted online via the change.org platform […]
Morocco and Portugal on Wednesday signed an agreement on the stay and employment of Moroccan workers in Portugal, as part of the process of modernizing partnership instruments between the two countries. The agreement was initialed at the end of a video-meeting between the Moroccan and Portuguese Foreign Ministers, Nasser Bourita, and Augusto Santos Silva. During […]
Spain and Morocco dismantled in a joint operation a large international criminal network based in Spain, specializing in the manufacture in Morocco of hallucinogenic tablets, locally known as karkoubi. The joint operation involved the Spanish Guardia Civile, Spanish Fiscal Agency (DCI), the Tanger Med Police Cooperation Center, and the Directorate General of Morocco’s National Security […]
Morocco on Monday called for a new win-win partnership between the European Union (EU) and the African continent, as France holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. “It is necessary to define together a common commercial and industrial pact, based on the strengths of Europe as a renewed and innovative industrial power […]
Reacting to the press release issued this Monday by the British firm Chariot energy company announcing a major gas discovery offshore the northern Moroccan city of Larache, the Moroccan Office for Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) confirmed the encouraging results from the Anchovy-2 drilling off Larache. ONHYM said, in a statement, that “following the encouraging results […]
Ex-Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki has revealed French authorities have turned down Tunisia’s request to extradite him after he was condemned to four years in prison in December on charges of plotting against the North African country. Marzouki indicated that he has been subjected to an international arrest warrant issued by Tunisian authorities. The former […]
The Belgian judiciary wants the Chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), Ali Mahmoud arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement, Libya Observer reports, citing Belgian magazine “De Tijd”. Mahmoud is subject to an international arrest warrant and could be arrested if he leaves Libya and the warrant aimed at investigating lost interest on the […]