Several countries, around the world, will be celebrating the first day of Ramadan on Monday, including Australia, Belgium and France. Moonsighting will be conducted Sunday in Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania.
After a trip to Madrid, the Secretary-General of Morocco’s Socialist Union of Popular Forces announced that his party filed a complaint against Spain’s far-right movement Vox. The information was later debunked by a Moroccan lawyer, who lodged the complaint in question as head of an association based in Spain.
The official listing of lobbying expenses in the United States reveals that Morocco spent $1.7 million in 2018 on the practice. Algeria, however, has mysteriously disappeared from the list.
The Cuban ambassador to Morocco, based in Paris, visited Rabat on Friday, a Spanish-language news outlet reported. In Morocco, he met with Education Minister Said Amzazi. This meeting was an opportunity to let the Minister know about «Universidad 2020», an event that will be hosted by La Havana. Elio Rodríguez then visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, where he held talks with Minister Rachid Talbi Alami, focusing on strengthening cooperation between
Dutch painter and engraver Adriaen Matham was a member of a diplomatic mission that had the chance to visit the Badi Palace in Marrakech in 1640. Impressed by the beauty of the Saadi royal court, Matham named it the eighth wonder of the world.
A Moroccan woman was banned from working out in a gym, Friday, at Mirandola, a city in Italy, because she was wearing a veil, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The 28-year-old woman, who works as an interpreter, appealed to the city council, the same source added. In her appeal the Moroccan woman said that the owner of the gym «refused [her] membership because [she] dresses in a not very western way». «I asked for clarification and he replied that in his in his gym he
In resolution 2468, the UN Security Council urged parties involved in the Western Sahara conflict to cooperate with MINURSO and facilitate its mission in the region. In addition to human rights monitoring, the UN resolution contains challenging points for Morocco.
The death toll in the Christchurch terror attacks, which took place on March 15 in New Zealand, has risen, reaching 51 on Thursday after a man surrendered to his wounds, New York Times reported. The man in question is a Turkish national who had been put in intensive care in a Christchurch hospital since the attack, the same source added, quoting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. «Unfortunately, we have lost our citizen Zekeriya Tuyan, who was injured seriously in the treacherous terrorist
During the weekend, several countries around the world will be observing the new moon to determine the first day of Ramadan for 2019.
The main opposition party in Melilla may not be able to run for local elections, scheduled for May the 26th. Elections commission in Melilla has unanimously decided to invalidate a list of candidates from Spanish party Coalition for Melilla (CpM) for «not respecting Article 44 from the organic law of general electoral regime». The article indicates that electoral lists submitted by political parties must include an equal number of men and women, EFE reports. Coalition for Melilla