Danish TV channel apologizes for comparing monkey family to Moroccan footballers

A Danish television station apologized on Twitter over the weekend for airing derogatory comments comparing players on Morocco’s national football team and their families to a family of monkeys.

Morocco says 18 migrants died trying to cross into Spanish territory - The Jerusalem Post

Morocco said 18 migrants died trying to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on Friday, after a violent two-hour skirmish between migrants and border officers that also led to scores of injuries

‘Tragic accident’: Moroccan boy stuck in well dies before rescue | News | Al Jazeera

Workers retrieved the body of a young boy who was trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a devastating end to a painstaking operation that gripped the nation.

UN renews peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, calls for talks | Al Jazeera

The United Nations Security Council has extended the UN peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara for a year, expressing concern at the breakdown of the 1991 ceasefire between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front and calling for a revival of UN-led negotiations.

Sahara Occidentale, Brahim Ghali: "La guerra con il Marocco continua"

 

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Algeria closes airspace to all Moroccan planes | Al Jazeera

Algeria’s presidency has announced the closure of the country’s airspace to all Moroccan planes, according to the presidency, in the latest dispute between the two neighbours at odds mainly over Western Sahara.

España comienza la deportación de 920 menores marroquíes en Ceuta y 50 se fugan

 

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Historic Visit from Israeli FM Yair Lapid to Morocco

 

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Cientos de marroquíes hacen cola para solicitar asilo en España

 

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Marruecos amenaza con romper las relaciones con España

 

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Moroccans demand boycott of Spanish products

Activists in Morocco demanded a boycott of Spanish products on Saturday after tension rose between Rabat and Madrid for the welcoming of the leader of an outlawed Western Sahara separatist movement.

Spain accuses Morocco of ‘blackmail’ over sudden influx of migrants to Ceuta

 

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España despliega fuerzas militares en la frontera con Marruecos | DIRECTO: El Ejército controla la entrada masiva de inmigrantes en Ceuta

 

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Migrants, refugees swim from Morocco to Spain’s Ceuta enclave

More than 100 people, including two families with children, swam overnight from Morocco to enter the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, according to local authorities.

El Gobierno rechaza tajante toda aspiración marroquí sobre Ceuta y Melilla | Agencia EFE

El Gobierno ha rechazado este martes de forma tajante cualquier aspiración de Marruecos sobre la soberanía de Ceuta y Melilla como la expresada por el primer ministro marroquí, Saadedin Otmani, recalcando que no hay ninguna discusión al respecto porque ambas ciudades son españolas.

Algeria's Prime Minister Voices Security Concerns Over Morocco-Israel Rapprochement - Sputnik International

 The recently-signed agreement on normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel points to the latter's pursuit to anchor itself in Northern Africa, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad said on Saturday.

US moving ahead with $1bn arms sale to Morocco: Report | Al Jazeera

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a $1bn weapons sale to Morocco, Reuters News Agency reported on Friday, a day after the United States announced that Morocco had agreed to normalise diplomatic ties with Israel.

Spokesman: UN Chief's Position on Western Sahara Remains Unchanged - FarsNews Agency

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' position on the issue of Western Sahara remains unchanged despite Washington's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the territory, said his spokesman on Thursday.

Accord "historique" entre Israël et le Maroc avec le Saraha occidental dans la corbeille - RTL Info

Donald Trump a frappé jeudi un nouveau coup diplomatique en obtenant du Maroc un accord "historique" de normalisation de ses relations avec Israël, dans le cadre du plan de paix américain au Proche-Orient, avec comme contrepartie la reconnaissance par Washington de la souveraineté marocaine sur le Sahara occidental.

Les combats de poursuivent au Sahara occidental, selon le Polisario - RTL Info

Les combats se poursuivent au Sahara occidental, a affirmé samedi le Front Polisario, mouvement indépendantiste sahraoui, au lendemain de l'opération lancée par l'armée marocaine dans une zone-tampon de ce territoire disputé, près de frontière avec la Mauritanie.