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.
The recent statement of Algeria’s Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, has indeed created a diplomatic crisis between the two neighboring countries. As a result, Morocco summoned up its ambassador in Algiers while the latter responded by recalling its chargé d’affaires in Rabat. To comment on the situation that made headlines since Friday, Yabiladi contacted Ali Benhadj an Islamist activist and co-founder of the FIS, an Algerian Islamic Party. Interview.
The Algerian Foreign Minister, Albdelkader Messahel accused Morocco on Friday of using banks to launder drug money in Africa. The Minister’s accusations have led to a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Meanwhile, an international report issued by the Basel Institute on Governance suggests that Algeria’s risk of money laundering and terrorist financing is bigger than the one recorded in Morocco. Details.
King Mohammed VI gave his instructions to send emergency medical aid to the Republic of Madagascar to relieve the pneumonic plague epidemic that hit the country, said on Sunday a statment issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The aid consists of 34 tons of medicines, medical devices and protection equipments that go hand in hand with the World Organization standards, the statment said. For the record, experts expect the plague in Madagascar to spread as
Nadia Kailouli is a well-known TV presenter in Germany. However, the German young woman of Moroccan descent has been introduced to the field of media by mere chance. The journalist said she is very attached to Morocco, the country where her parents are from. Portrait.
While the Minurso’s mandate has not been extended to monitor human rights in Western Sahara, a number of American senators want the Trump administration to consult the United Nations mission before sending aid to the region.
The Spanish government is determined to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, to restore the «constitutional order», according to Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s Prime Minister. Meanwhile, the two major political parties in the country, Cuidadanos and PSOE, support article 155 of the constitution that allows Madrid to take over running of the region. Strangely, the two parties that have backed in the past the Polisario Front refuse to show Catalans the same kind of support.
The Polisario is in the process of getting an invitation to attend the African Union-EU summit shedualed for the 29th and 30th of November in Abidjan. Before electing Moussa Faki Mahamat, a Chadian politician, as the chairperson of the African Union Commission and Morocco’s admission to the Panafrican organization, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a South-African politician, has offered the separatist Front a valuable gift. Details.
On the 17th of October 2001, King Mohammed VI shed light on the importance of recognizing an important and primordial part of the national culture and heritage. By announcing the creation of the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture (IRCAM), the sovereign gave the green light to a number of initiatives and projects that worked on putting the Amazigh language and culture on an equal footing with Arabic. 16 years later three Amazigh activists spoke to Yabiladi about the ups and downs surrounding
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