In Washington, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita met with his counterpart Mike Pompeo. The two officials discussed Morocco’s efforts to «counter Iran’s malign influence». Attending the meeting of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, Bourita did not meet John Bolton as predicted.
A recent archaeological study has led to the discovery of hundreds of mysterious stones in Morocco’s Saharan provinces. These stones are known as dolmens for scientists.
The Freedom House recent reports ranks Morocco second in North Africa, behind Tunisia the freest country in the region.
In February 2017, a retired Algerian general played the role of a mediator between Brahim Ghali and Ould El Bouhali. Two years later, another Algerian general is tasked with the same mission.
Mehdi Alaouia, a sociologist and founding member of GADEM, the Anti-racist Group for the Support and Defense of Foreigners and Migrants, was deeply saddened by the content of a sketch performed by a stand-up comedian, known by his stage name «Kahlouch». The latter was accused of «discriminating against» sub-Saharan africans in Morocco.
Thanks to well-preserved fossils found in the Bou Izargane excavation in the Kingdom, a group of scientists managed to reveal the weird morphology of an old animal. The latter named Stylophoran lived in the ocean half a billion years ago.
According to Hootsuite’s new report on social media, 17 million Moroccans use social media platforms. They spend an average time of 2 hours and 33 minutes a day on social media.
Born in Tunis in 1984 to a Tunisian father and a Moroccan mother, Fawez Zahmoul is the first tattoo artist to get a tattoo business licence in Tunisia. He is also the founder of the Tunisian National Tattoo School, after having built a career in North Africa and around the world.
In an interview broadcast on Qatari channel Al Jazeera on January the 23rd, Moroccan Foreign Minister hinted at the fact that Rabat had serious reservations about Mohammed Bin Salman's recent tour to Arab countries. On Thursday, Saudi channel Al Arabiya fired back at the Kingdom through a video on the Western Sahara conflict.
In December, John Bolton said he was frustrated that the Western Sahara conflict «has not been resolved». In January, the US National Security Advisor did not comment on the Security Council’s review of the conflict.