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The United Nations Chair for the Alliance of Civilizations at Morocco’s Euromed University of Fez (UEMF) was awarded the prestigious “Alliance University of the Year” prize in Prague as part of the 2025 Triple E Awards. Organized by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU), the world’s only accreditation body focused on university […]
An exhibition entitled “Arab Pop Art: Between East and West,” is held in the Washington-based Middle East Institute’s Art Gallery September 11 through January 23. The exhibition, sponsored by the Moroccan Embassy in the United States, showcases Moroccan and Arab artistic identities and cultural creativity as a universal language and bridge between nations. It shows […]
Algerian newspaper El-Chorouk, mouthpiece of the ruling military regime, has unleashed a vicious rant against the United States and its President Donald Trump, labelling America as “The biggest terrorist State in the world”. The daily slammed U.S. imperialism and foreign policy around the world, especially in the Middle Est, describing Trump in scurrilous and vitriolic […]
South Sudan’s First Vice President, Riek Machar, is facing charges of treason, murder, terrorism, and other grave offences, the Justice ministry confirmed, raising fears of renewed conflict in the fragile nation. Machar, who has been under house arrest since March 2025, was suspended by President Salva Kiir after being accused of orchestrating subversive activities against […]
partnership between Morocco and France to address security challenges at international and regional levels was revewed at a meeting in Rabat Thursday between Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, and his French counterpart Céline Berthon. During their meeting, marking a new stage in Moroccan-French security cooperation, Hammouchi and Berthon discussed counterterrorism, […]
The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled in 2025, raising fears that abductions for ransom are becoming a new tactic in the conflict-torn nation. Over 30 aid workers have been abducted so far this year, compared with fewer than half that figure in 2024, according to humanitarian officials. Some […]
Seven Algerian teenagers, younger than 18 years old, stole a fishing boat from Algiers port and navigated their way for 300 kilometers in the open sea until they docked in the Spanish island of Ibiza. They documented their hazardous journey using their phones and shared sequences on social media. Algerian countrymen hailed them as a […]
Morocco’s foreign minister, Nasser Bourita, called for a sweeping reform of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, arguing that the region must evolve into a space of concrete cooperation and shared responsibility rather than remain a symbolic or fragmented initiative. Speaking at the opening of a high-level retreat in Rabat focused on the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations, Bourita […]
Libya and Malta have agreed to begin discussions on maritime borders, with the possibility of expanding the talks into multilateral negotiations if they involve third countries. The agreement was reached during a meeting on Wednesday, September 10, in Valletta between Libya’s Acting Foreign Minister, Al-Taher Al-Baour, and his Maltese counterpart, Ian Borg. The talks also […]
Morocco has pledged to share its expertise in nuclear applications with African member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Nuclear technology has numerous applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and consumer products. It uses radioisotopes and radiation in cancer treatment, food irradiation, sterilization, material modification, and environmental monitoring. In full cooperation with IAEA, Morocco […]