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Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:56:05 +0000
Sahrawi Activist Brings Case of Two Sahrawis Burned Alive Before UNHRC
Rabat – Polisario’s human rights abuses and atrocities are still surfacing, with the case of two young Sahrawis burned alive by Algerian soldiers in Tindouf last October being brought to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:42:43 +0000
Exposing Algeria’s Double-Talk on Morocco’s Legitimacy over Western Sahara
Rabat – A frustrated Algeria continues to search for means to revoke the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.  In its latest attempt, Algeria evoked Morocco’s most important diplomatic issue during a meeting of the ...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:24:56 +0000
Morocco Records Another 444 New COVID-19 Cases, 484 Recoveries
Rabat – Health authorities in Morocco reported 444 new COVID-19 cases, 484 recoveries and 8 related deaths over the past 24 hours as its vaccination campaign continues. Since its emergence in Morocco the COVID-19 pandemic has infected a total o...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:55:33 +0000
Figuig: Moroccan Community in Canada Urges Government to Support Distressed Farmers
The Moroccan community in Canada is urging Morocco’s government to “reverse” its apparently apathetic attitude to the Figuig incidents and show more support for farmers whose lives have been upended by “Algerian provocations.” Gathering on ...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:38:57 +0000
Morocco’s Human Rights Council Denounces Violence at Teacher Protest
Rabat – Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CDNH) is calling on security forces to follow the law when dispersing demonstrations. The violence witnessed at a March 16 protest by teachers in Rabat shocked the nation after some law enforce...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:14:14 +0000
Turkey Withdraws From Convention Combating Violence Against Women
Rabat – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has withdrawn the country from a 2011 convention that aimed to stop violence against women.  Early on Saturday, March 20, Erdogan signed a decree that annuls Turkey’s participation in the...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:10:40 +0000
Morocco’s Government Spokesperson Amzazi Decries Fake Accounts
Rabat – Fake pages are pretending to publish official government statements according to a press release by Morocco’s government spokesperson. Saaid Amzazi, who functions as Morocco’s government spokesperson published a “statement of ...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:16:39 +0000
Moncef Slaoui: ‘My Mother Was Vaccinated with AstraZeneca in Morocco’
Rabat – Amid intense, global, hand-wringing about the effectiveness of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for the elderly, Moncef Slaoui, who was the Trump administration’s COVID-19 vaccine tsar, has “strongly” recommended the vaccine be used...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:37:26 +0000
20 Moroccan High Schools Receive British Council’s International School Award
Rabat – In partnership with the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, and Higher Education, the British Council has awarded the prestigious International School Award (ISA) to twenty Moroccan high schools. The award ceremony took...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:20:00 +0000
Manal Benchlikha’s NIYA Inspires Moroccan Youth, International Academia
Miami – Inspiring everyone from millennials to university-level lecturers, Manal Benchlikha’s song “NIYA” pays tribute to Moroccan culture-specific customs as the artist works towards the release of her album “360” in May. At the age ...



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