In reaction to the decision of the government of Pedro Sanchez to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, Algeria plans to "revise" all trade agreements with Spain, but will continue to supply gas to the country, at least until the end of the contract.
A Moroccan woman, a domestic worker without a contract in Ceuta, was acquitted in 2019 after being unjustly accused by her employer of stealing jewelry worth 60,000 euros. She is demanding justice for this "false" accusation. But three years later, the Court dismisses her, considering that it would be difficult to prove her innocence.
Pending an official decision, companies are preparing for the reopening of Moroccan maritime borders with Ceuta and Melilla and for the Marhaba Operation dedicated to MREs.
Julien Dray, member of the National Council of the French Socialist Party and lawyer and essayist Gilles-William Goldnadel denounce the relentlessness of the French media against Morocco in the Pegasus affair. They also welcomed Moroccan diplomacy, the latest achievement of which is the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara issue.
Spain has decided this Tuesday to extend the closure of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco until April 30.
The police arrested on Sunday in Seville a Moroccan accused of having stabbed another Moroccan during a dispute that occurred at the home of one of them.
Morocco has established itself in recent years as one of the main supply hubs for the textile and clothing sector in Europe, America and Africa, thanks to a cheap labor force. But increasingly, the kingdom is facing competition from Turkey.
The High Court of Justice of Madrid has confirmed the conviction of the former deputy mayor of Palma, Rodrigo de Santos, to two years in prison for sexually abusing a young man of Moroccan origin in a shelter run by an NGO close to the Popular Party (PP).
The president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, hopes that the upcoming visit to Morocco of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, scheduled for April 1, will consecrate the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as many interests are at stake.
The Vox party denounced on Monday the arrival of 293 migrants to the Canary Islands over the weekend, stressing that the change in Spain’s position on the Sahara, which ended the crisis with Morocco, has not yet changed the migration situation.
Spain’s change of position on the Sahara will delay the finalization of the work to expand the capacity of Medgaz , the gas pipeline that connects Algeria to Spain.
The airline Air Arabia Maroc has inaugurated its first direct flight between Barcelona and Oujda on Sunday, March 27, 2022.