By Kouthar Sambo Gift of the Givers has commended the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) for its readiness to intervene in national or international emergencies. Gift of the Givers’ Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman paid a visit to the university’s Bellville Campus this week to meet with the chosen individuals to[…]
An earthquake has rocked Morocco’s Atlas mountains, killing nearly 300 people and flooring buildings in several surrounding governorates. The interior ministry said on Saturday morning the preliminary death toll stood at 296, with another 156 injured. However, as the quake hit mountainous areas, access to victims is believed to be difficult. The[…]
Morocco has not made a formal request to join the Brics grouping and will not attend its summit in South Africa, state news agency MAP said on Saturday. Citing an unnamed diplomatic source, MAP denied a statement by South Africa’s Brics Sherpa Anil Sooklal who said earlier this month Morocco[…]
The Moroccan Coalition for Human Rights Organisations wrote to Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch to urgently intervene to prevent the extradition of a Palestinian citizen. A Moroccan judicial decision was issued against him, stipulating his extradition to the Israeli occupation authorities. The Moroccan Coalition for Human Rights stated, in the letter[…]
Morocco faces a dilemma regarding balancing its alliance with Israel without abandoning the Palestinian cause, which still enjoys popular support. This challenge has become more apparent recently after the arrival of the most right-wing government in Israel’s history. The issue came to the fore when King Mohammed VI reprimanded the[…]
US President Joe Biden has instructed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to prepare an emergency plan to establish an American military industrial base in the Kingdom of Morocco, the New York Daily News has reported. The plan was proposed during a high-level meeting at the end of December when Biden and Austin discussed[…]
Morocco will impose a ban on people arriving from China, whatever their nationality, from January 3 to avert any new wave of coronavirus infections, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. Several countries have imposed restrictions on travellers from China due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Thousands of tourists visit[…]
INTERNATIONAL Doha, Qatar – Morocco’s unprecedented success at the World Cup has caused a welcome headache for shopkeepers in Doha’s Souq Waqif. Replica shirts of the North African team have sold out and there is a growing demand for more. In the days leading up to the tournament, shops lining the narrow alleys of the iconic[…]
The Moroccan National Action Group for Palestine demanded Thursday to “close the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, and cease normalisation with Israel”, following sexual abuse allegations against envoy, David Govrin, Anadolu news agency reported. The Group, which includes a number of bodies, unions and non-governmental associations that support the Palestinian cause, condemned in a[…]
Tunisia announced yesterday that it has recalled its ambassador to Morocco for consultations following Rabat doing the same the day before in response to Tunisian president Kais Saied hosting the head of the Polisario Front, a movement seeking independence for the disputed Western Sahara territory. President Saied met with Brahim Ghali ahead[…]
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