Is the Polisario Front going to attend the 5th AU-EU summit ? The answer is still unclear for the moment as the separatist movement announced on Friday that it was invited by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission at a time when Ivory Coast, the hosting country, refuses to do so. Details.
An Ivorian official told Jeune Afrique on Wednesday that his country refuses to invite «SADR» to the 5th AU-EU summit. On the same day El Moudjahid, an Algerian newspaper, criticized in one of its editorials Morocco and its policy in Africa comparing it to the one adopted by «some European capitals».
The Moroccan passport is ranked 69th in the world according a report issued by the Arton Capital’s Index. Based on the 2017 Global Passport Index, Moroccan nationals are granted visa-free access to 58 countries.
The Polisario Front is once again angry at one of the European Union vital institutions. In fact, the separatist movement believes that the adoption of the Euro-Mediterranean EU-Morocco agreement on air transport undermines the «international rights of the Sahrawi people».
Once upon a time, Aneesa Waheed and her husband met in the aspiring city of Marrakech, fell in love and got married but their story did not end there. The couple now owns two Moroccan restaurants in Schenectady, New York, sharing with their community their experiences, love for the Moroccan cuisine and culture. Love Story.
The new airline route launched recently by Transavia, a low-cost airline, has irritated the Polisario Front. The separatist movement, as a result, has sued the Dutch company to protest against the new flight linking Paris to Dakhla. Details.
Relations between King Hassan II and the Mossad services continue to make headlines in the Arab world. This time, it is «Assafir», Lebanon’s most famous newspaper that translated another article of Yedioth Ahronoth, which interviewed Meit Amir, the former director of the Mossad services in the 60s. The latter has given a detailed description of the Mossad’s involvement in the kidnapping and assassination of Mehdi Ben Barka.
Mohammed is a 12-year-old Moroccan from Leiden who wanted to change the way Moroccans are looked at in the Netherlands through a documentary. Meanwhile, the leader of the extreme right in the country appealed against a previous conviction for discriminating against Moroccans.
King Mohammed VI dismissed on Tuesday four ministers from El Othmani's cabinet. The royal decision came after the Sovereign voiced his discontent with the slow pace of development projects, which fall within the framework of his «Lighthouse of the Mediterranean» initiative, inaugurated in October 2015. Abdelilah Benkirane, on the other hand emerged unscathed.
Nasser Zazafi’s hearing was postponed to the 31st of October by a judge, Tuesday in Casablanca. Meanwhile, a number of MPs have demanded the release of the Hirak detainees asking King Mohammed VI to intervene. Details.