The House of Councillors once again raises the issue of the predominance of French in Moroccan administration and education. A parliamentary report recommends a rebalancing in favor of Arabic and Amazigh, the two official languages of the country.
Literary production in French, the most widely spoken foreign language in Morocco, has seen a very significant decline, according to a recent report by the King Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Humanities.
The municipal councilor of the Constitutional Union party (opposition) in Martil, Mohamed Achkour, announced his refusal to approve a partnership agreement project aimed at strengthening the city’s wastewater treatment network, on the grounds that it is written in French and not in Arabic or Amazigh, the two official languages of the kingdom.
The body of Raiss El Hajj Mehdi Ben Mbark, a great Amazigh singer, was found lifeless on Friday after 12 days of disappearance.
MP Kamal Ait Mik, member of the parliamentary group of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) in the House of Advisors, has identified errors in the writing of Amazigh words on road signs.
The Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch has revealed details about his telephone exchanges with King Mohammed VI before the sovereign’s decision to decree the Amazigh New Year as a national, public and paid holiday.
Moroccans suffer from the predominance of the French language in the computer transactions of Moroccan administrations. This is the finding made by the parliamentary group of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), which calls on the Minister of Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform to guarantee the supremacy of the Arabic and Amazigh languages.
The commune of Ait Sedrate Jbel Soufla in the province of Tinghir has finally agreed to register Amazigh names in its civil registry. A victory for the Amazigh movement.
The famous Amazigh singer Fatima Tihihit says she has refused an invitation to perform in Israel , notably because of the daily airstrikes on the Palestinian people.
The World Amazigh Assembly (AMA) is asking Bank Al-Maghrib to comply with the Constitution and the organic law on the officialization of Amazigh and to integrate this language on banknotes and coins.
The date of the Amazigh New Year in Morocco is now known. It has just been set by the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, and it will be January 14. This day will therefore be a paid holiday.
Moroccan civil status officers are now obliged to temporarily accept the declared first names, including those in contradiction with the law, contrary to previous practices, according to a decree that has just been published.