Ten years ago a young street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in the central Tunisian provincial town of Sidi Bouzid to protest against police harassment. Bouazizi’s sacrificial act served as a catalyst and inspired the Tunisian people …
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Tags : Tunisia, arab spring, democratisation,
The joint Mauritania-Morocco military commission held Monday, in Nouakchott, its second meeting to strengthen cooperation between both countries in the military and security field. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Chief of…
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Tags : Mauritania, Morocco, Military cooperation,
In recent years, Morocco has invested massively in developing its agricultural and horticultural sectors. These small-scale farmers used to sell their products on the local market. Now, they’ve evolved into professional companies that focus on markets such as Europe and Russia. So, Morocco has become a formidable competitor for countries like Spain and Turkey. And the growth continues. Lyna is a Belgian company. It’s been importing and exporting Moroccan and Belgian fruit and vegetables since 2019.
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Tags : Morocco, agriculture,
Spain has summoned the Moroccan ambassador to explain comments by its prime minister over the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are claimed by Rabat. The spat comes at a sensitive time in relations between the two countries, in particular over the Western Sahara region, a former Spanish colony claimed by Morocco. US President Donald Trump earlier this month fulfilled a decades-old goal of Morocco by backing its contested sovereignty over the region.
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Tags : Morocco, Spain, Ceuta, Melilla,
The Moroccan government announced a nationwide curfew and other restrictive measures on Monday, as it seeks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The curfew will be in place between the hours of 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) and 6:00 am and the new measures — also including a ban on parties and public gatherings — will all kick in for a three-week period from Wednesday, the government said in a statement reported by the official MAP news agency.
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Tags : Morocco, coronavirus, covid 19, curfew,
Israel sent envoys to Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign-policy push by U.S. President Donald Trump. Led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, the delegates were accompanied to Rabat by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and architect of pan-Arab rapprochements with Israel. They took El Al Israel Airlines in the first direct flight by a commercial plane from Tel Aviv to Rabat, opening the way for a possible surge in tourism among the hundreds of thousands of Israelis of Moroccan descent.
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Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization,
JERUSALEM, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — An official Israeli delegation departed from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday, in a first direct flight since the two countries agreed to normalize ties. The El Al flight took off from the Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv and will land in Rabat, a government spokesman told Xinhua. The Israeli group is headed by Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat and was joined by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior advisor.
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Tags : Morocco, Israel, normalization,
Host Evan Gottesman speaks with Einat Levi, a researcher at the Israeli think tank Mitvim who specializes in Israel-Morocco relations, about the history of Israel’s ties with Rabat, the new normalization agreement…
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, Israel, West Bank,
Washington D.C. – Morocco has been facing a fierce and systematic media attack since President Trump announced US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara on December 10. After Stephen Zunes, — a professor at the University of San Francisco known for his hostility towards Morocco, desperate defense of the Polisario Front, and use of misinformation to achieve his agenda…
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Tags : Western Sahara, Morocco, US Media, USA,
Further flights are set to resume to Morocco early next year, providing a dose of winter sun options to UK travellers. Royal Air Maroc has confirmed that, as of February 11th, routes will be reinstated from London Gatwick to Marrakech four-times weekly; London Gatwick to Agadir three-times weekly; and Manchester to Agadir twice a week. The flights will join other operations from Royal Air Maroc, which currently operates from London Heathrow into Casablanca three times weekly.
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Tags : Morocco, coronavirus, travels,