Maghreb

Articles

• Roger Milla Sparks Controversy with Comments on North African Nations in African Football
  12 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  "The Maghreb countries, they are the ones who always cause trouble. It is they who always cause disorder, I am sorry. I will tell them here as their brother, whether it is Morocco, Egypt or others, that it is not normal. If they are not Africans, let them play for Europe, for Asia or for others, but let them not come to cause trouble in the African continent," fumed Roger Milla in an interview with TV5 Monde. The former Cameroonian international blames Rabat and Cairo for having voted to (…)

• Spanish Police Chief Faces Racist Backlash Over Moroccan Heritage
  15 January, by Sylvanus

  In Spain, the new national police commissioner in Jaén, Laila Idriss Hajj Mohamed, is the target of a racist campaign due to her Moroccan origins.
  "Laila Idriss Hajj Mohamed is the target of a vile racist campaign by Spaniards who have not accepted the appointment of this woman to a senior position within the National Police." On the web, the comments are pouring in. "Your leaders are also high treason collaborators and will be tried when the time comes, failed mercenaries," can be read (…)

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  5 November 2020, by Bladi.net
• Ancient Agricultural Complex Discovered in Morocco, Predating Nile Valley Settlements
  16 December 2024, by Sylvanus

  The oldest and largest agricultural complex in Africa outside the Nile Valley, reshaping historical visions of the Maghreb region, is located in Morocco. This is the discovery made by a team of Moroccan, British and Italian researchers.
  Moroccan archaeologist Youssef Bokbot, Cyprian Broodbank of the University of Cambridge and Giulio Lucarini of CNR-ISPC and ISMEO, and other researchers have discovered traces of an ancient agricultural society in the Oued Beht in Morocco, revealing that (…)

• COVID-19 Disrupts Ramadan Traditions Across North Africa
  8 May 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Maghreb is experiencing an unprecedented Ramadan this year. The Covid-19 pandemic has turned everything upside down. The ban on prayers, evening gatherings and community meals has taken away all the flavor and fervor that characterized this Ramadan.
  Maghrebians are frustrated to be spending a Ramadan in sobriety and without flavor. There are many Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians who are deprived of iftars, prayers, evening gatherings and night outings this year. Maïssa, a (…)

• Locust Swarms Threaten Morocco as UN Warns of North African Invasion
  8 May 2020, by Bladi.net

  Some African countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia are currently suffering from the scourge of desert locusts for weeks. Morocco and all the Maghreb countries risk suffering the same fate in the coming weeks.
  Based on data collected on the movement of desert locust swarms, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects an invasion of North Africa, including Morocco, for the third quarter of 2020. A severe drought would justify their migration to this (…)

• Former Belgian Minister Reveals Racist Attacks During Her Term, Explains Decision Not to File Complaint
  24 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  Fadila Laanan, a Belgian politician of Moroccan origin, did not file a complaint against the racist attacks she has been the victim of in the past. In an interview, the former Belgian Minister of Culture, Audiovisual and Youth explains her position.
  Victim of racist attacks during her term in 2004, the former minister never filed a complaint, reports the newspaper Dernière heure. The first reason to explain her position: "The times were very different," she says. She then provides some (…)

• Marseille Doctor Links Coronavirus Surge to North African Travel as France Fears Second Wave
  16 July 2020, by Sylvanus

  Philippe Parola, head of the infectious disease department at the IHU in Marseille, said that "most positive cases are people returning from the Maghreb and Africa". France is seriously concerned about a second wave of coronavirus.
  "Most of the patients who tested positive are people who have returned from travel, from areas where the countries are still in the epidemic phase: It’s the Maghreb, it’s Africa. And family contacts with these positive cases," he said in an interview with (…)

• North African Countries Grapple with Persistent Anti-Black Racism
  22 July 2020, by Bladi.net

  In the Maghreb, discrimination against blacks is entrenched in habits and trivialized. Nationals from sub-Saharan Africa who have come to study, work or try to reach Europe say they suffer from "ordinary" racism, reports AFP. "Black Lives Matter", a global movement born in the United States, whose actions against racism are no longer to be proven, struggles to change mentalities. To denounce racism in the United States and elsewhere, only the Tunisian association Mnemty was able to organize (…)

• Oxfam Report Slams EU Migration Policies in North Africa, Citing Human Rights Concerns
  28 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  The NGO Oxfam has just denounced the guilty silence of the European Union in the face of the migration policy practiced in the countries with which it is in partnership and which, however, affects human beings, the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
  In a report entitled "The Converging Agendas of the Migration Policies of the European Union and North Africa: What Place for the Interests of the Populations?", the NGO severely criticizes Europe. Moreover, it has focused its report on (…)