The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the shortlists for the various categories of the 2024 CAF Awards. Several Moroccans are among the nominees in the top categories.
In the race for the Best African Player of the Year, Morocco (...)
The African Football League has not yet designated the country to host its headquarters. The AFL is a competition launched in 2022. Once again, Morocco and Algeria are vying for this strategic advantage in African football.
South Africa, Algeria's (...)
Participants at the BRICS summit, held from October 22 to 24 in Russia, adopted the Kazan Declaration. According to the document viewed by Yabiladi, the issue of Western Sahara was not mentioned, although the group members dedicated a long paragraph (...)
As the new BRICS summit kicked off yesterday in Kazan, Russia, South Africa is actively opposing Morocco's bid to join the group. South African officials have been vocal about their plans in the international press.
In comments to the U.S. news (...)
In his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed disappointment over the lack of progress in the Sahara political process, facilitated by his personal envoy.
The report emphasized that while (...)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune claimed that his country respects and adheres to Security Council decisions regarding the Sahara issue. However, Algeria has already declined the Council's invitation to participate in roundtable discussions (...)
On October 14 and 15, the foreign ministers of South Africa and Namibia held a new session of their political dialogue in the Namibian city of Swakopmund. In a joint statement, the two countries «welcomed the decision of the Court of Justice of the (...)
After issuing a statement on October 9 condemning MP Obed Bapela's visit to Morocco, South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has now taken disciplinary action. The party announced that Bapela, a former minister in the Presidency, has been (...)
After his visit to Morocco, ANC Deputy Chairperson Obed Bapela faced criticism from his party for remarks promoting economic cooperation with Morocco, which were seen as contradictory to the ANC's stance on the Sahara conflict.
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Morocco and South Africa took a small step towards strengthening bilateral relations when Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met with a South African delegation led by Obed Bapela, MP and Deputy Chairman of the African National Congress (ANC) party's (...)
The reform of the UN Security Council, discussed at the 79th UN General Assembly, could see two permanent seats allocated to Africa, with nations like South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Morocco vying for the spots.
The proposed reform of the Security (...)
Rachid Talbi Alami, Speaker of Morocco's House of Representatives, met with South Africa's National Assembly Speaker Angela Thokozile Didiza to discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation. While Didiza expressed interest in deepening ties, relations (...)
Morocco improved its ranking to 90th out of 193 countries in the 2024 E-Government Index, moving up 11 places from 2022. The report highlighted Morocco's steady progress in digital governance since 2008, placing it fourth in Africa behind South (...)
Mauritania declined an invitation from the Polisario to a conference titled «From occupation to self-determination: a comparison between Western Sahara and Palestine», reveals a media outlet in Nouakchott. The meeting, organized on September 10 in (...)
The Polisario continues to exploit the Palestinian issue to support its cause. With backing from the «Geneva Group», which includes Algeria, South Africa, and Namibia, the Front organized a conference on the sidelines of the 57th session of the UN (...)
On September 10 and 11, the Chinese city of Xiamen hosted the BRICS Forum 2024 on Partnership for the New Industrial Revolution. Morocco was represented by its Minister of Industry and Commerce.
«This was a valuable opportunity to share Morocco's (...)
It is the first time that the parents of Mehdi Narjissi, a 17-year-old French-Moroccan rugby player, have publicly addressed the disappearance of their son while training with the French U18 rugby team in South Africa.
Nearly a month after the (...)
The Polisario Front's quest to establish a state in Western Sahara is gradually diminishing, according to a South African think tank, which added that South African officials believe the separatist front has failed to garner international support (...)
Morocco took first place at the 2024 African Mathematical Olympiad, held at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 10 to 20.
The national team achieved a total of 201 points, a record that no country has ever (...)
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) celebrated its 44th anniversary on August 17 and 18 in Zimbabwe. To mark the occasion, Algeria hosted a ceremony yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended by ambassadors from SADC member (...)
Morocco's women's football team has maintained its 59th position in the latest FIFA rankings, published on Friday, and remains among the top three in Africa.
Despite missing out on the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which contribute to the FIFA (...)
Mehdi Narjissi, a 17-year-old French-Moroccan rugby player, has been missing at sea since Wednesday while training with the French U18 rugby team in South Africa for the International Series. Mehdi, a rising star at Stade Toulousain since 2022 and a (...)
The Group of Friends on Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development, co-chaired by Morocco and the United States, organized a high-level event on the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) to support sustainable development in (...)
South Africa's Unity government was quick to respond to the Polisario's request, expressed on July 2, to meet its new Foreign Minister. On Monday, July 15 in Pretoria, Ronald Lamola received the Front's «Minister of Foreign Affairs» and Brahim (...)
A new edition of the Boumerdès summer university for Polisario cadres opened on Sunday, July 14, in Algeria. In the absence of Brahim Ghali, the president of the Polisario Front's parliament, Hamma Salama, presided over the opening ceremony.
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