At a time when the debate on the representation of Blacks in French society is resurfacing after the death of George Floyd in the United States on May 25, a group of parliamentarians is receiving, on Wednesday, July 1, a booklet compiling the backgrounds of one hundred combatants from the Second World War colonies, including Morocco.
Words like "white", "whitening" and "fair" will no longer be part of the terminology of the company L’Oreal. This is what the group has decided, for its products, following the demonstrations against racism.
The European Union (EU) will reopen its borders from July 1 to 14 countries, including Morocco, except the United States, Russia, Israel, Brazil and Turkey, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) announced in Brussels on Friday.
A contract for the purchase of 24 AH-64 Apache helicopters has been concluded between the American manufacturer Boeing and Morocco. The terms of this agreement are known.
Detained since last February in a Colorado prison in the United States for acts of domestic violence, the son of former Interior Minister Driss Basri was the subject of an expulsion measure.
Morocco is ranked 57th most powerful country in the world, gaining four places compared to last year. This is what the US News and World Report 2020 indicates in its latest ranking of the 80 most powerful countries.
In its 2019 report published on Wednesday, the US State Department commended Morocco for its efforts in the fight against terrorism, also stressing the "solid and long-standing cooperation" between the United States and the kingdom in this area.
According to the latest forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), published last May, North Africa could become the world’s largest wheat importer in 2020/2021. A first in three years of campaign.
Following the shipment of medical aid to 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the United States on Monday, June 15, 2020, hailed Morocco’s leadership and King Mohammed VI in the fight against covid-19.
While anti-racism movements are multiplying following the death by asphyxiation of African-American George Floyd in the United States during a police arrest, four 14 to 15-year-old middle school students from Val-de-Marne were victims of "discrimination" and faced "racist and homophobic insults". Suspected of snatching, they were arrested, placed in "arbitrary detention", released and then exonerated.
While the anti-racism movements are not wavering in the United States and other countries, a case has resurfaced. It is that of Iliass Tahiri, a young Moroccan who died under the same circumstances as George Floyd, on July 1, 2019, in a juvenile center in Spain.
Moroccan actress and singer Mariam Hussein’s blackface in support of the anti-racism protests in the United States and elsewhere has provoked the anger of Internet users.