Organized by the Permanent Delegation of the African Union, the African Group and the NGO "World Against Racism Network", on the sidelines of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, this event comes to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in accordance with the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations, adopted in December 2007, which proclaimed March 25 of each year as the International Day for the Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery.

The purpose of this day is to honor the memory of those who lost their lives to slavery and those who suffered the horrors of the Atlantic crossing and their struggle for freedom, explained Zniber, in his capacity as chairman of the African Group, noting that it is also a day devoted to examining the causes and consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, as well as the lessons learned from it, in order to raise awareness of the dangers of racism and stereotypes.

The abolition of slavery must not remain a static point in history, he stressed, adding that the "abolition of slavery must enable us to look forward to a better future in which our determination" to combat all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance must be stronger than ever and translated into effective action.

At a press conference on Monday in Geneva, the fact-finding mission chairman Mohamed Auajjar noted that the FFM report recommends helping the local judiciary to be more accountable, noting that the mission has been cooperating with the International Criminal Court to strengthen accountability for international crimes, by sharing with the court the findings of the mission's investigations into international crimes committed in Libya.

In its latest report, the mission made a series of recommendations to the Libyan authorities, including the investigation of individuals who allegedly committed violations and abuses, effective disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation to establish armed forces and security units in accordance with international standards and practices, the cessation of all military trials of civilians, and the halting of the execution of sentences handed down by military courts against civilians.

The report's recommendations, which crowned the mission's work, also included regulating the irregular entry and stay of migrants in Libya in accordance with international human rights standards, the immediate release of arbitrarily detained migrants, the closure of secret prisons, the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained persons, in addition to full cooperation with the UN human rights system and the International Criminal Court, and facilitated, unimpeded, and safe access to these bodies.

The report included recommendations to the United Nations, the international community, and other countries. For example, the mission called on the Human Rights Council to establish an independent international investigation mechanism, and on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to create a separate and independent mechanism with a continuing mandate to monitor and report on gross human rights violations in Libya, with a view to supporting Libyan reconciliation efforts and assisting the Libyan authorities in achieving transitional justice.

The MASI.20, an index of the 20 most liquid stocks, rose 1.03% to 839.94 points.

Dubbed Leaders Ftour Talk, this event, in its third edition, was an opportunity to celebrate the diversity, otherness and respect for others that make Morocco a unique country.

HM the King's advisor, André Azoulay, who took part in this event, expressed his joy to find an audience composed of all generations carried by "the same passions, the same convictions, the same hopes and the same ambitions for our country". He stressed that the Moroccan identity has been forged by "the richness of our history and our civilization". This civilization and this history, said Azoulay, "allow us today to have a presence, an identity and a specificity that is authoritative in the world".

Highlighting the achievements of the Kingdom in promoting and consolidating peace and tolerance, the advisor to HM the King said that "We Moroccans are the sum of all civilizations that have stopped in our country centuries and millennia ago”.

"This reality is unfortunately not the one that is shared around us," Azoulay stressed, regretting that the approach is often one of subtraction and not addition.

Azoulay added: "In a world that has regressed and where all the archaisms, fanaticisms and extremisms flourish, which we wrongly believed had disappeared. They are coming back. We must carry loudly and clearly this Moroccan voice that will be the compass of this community of nations that has lost its way a little”.

In a statement to MAP TV channel M24, president of MML, Marouane El Idrissi, said that the purpose of this ftour-debate is to show that Morocco is today, as it has always been, a land of coexistence.

"We chose Ramadan, a sacred month for us Muslims and which embodies the values of living together to tell the world that Morocco is a lantern of human values of coexistence and peace," he added.

For his part, the resident representative in Morocco of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Steffen Krüger, welcomed the holding of this meeting, which is an opportunity to meet around a ftour of exchange and conviviality.

During this visit, the delegation, also composed of Ghita Lahlou, vice president of the CGEM and president of the Human Capital Commission, Badr Alioua, president of the International Commission, Samia Terhzaz, deputy managing director and Marwa Tellal, head of the Communication, Public Relations and International Pole, held, in the presence of Lahcen Azoulay, Ambassador of Morocco in Bern and Christophe de Figueiredo, president of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Morocco, a series of meetings with representatives of various Swiss economic organizations, including Christoph Maeder, president of EconomieSuisse, the CGEM's counterpart organization, Stefan Barny, director of the Global Network of Switzerland Global Enterprise, the Swiss export and investment promotion agency, Michel Rheinegger, director of the Africa-Switzerland Business Circle,, and Vincent Subilia, president of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Confederation said in a statement.

Discussions focused on the complementarities between the Moroccan and Swiss economies, on the opportunities that the Kingdom presents to investors, especially as a hub to the African continent, as well as on the sectors of common interest in which Moroccan and Swiss companies could co-invest, share their know-how and operate a technology transfer. Moroccan sectoral economic missions to Switzerland and vice versa will be held in the coming months, the same source said.

This mission of the CGEM in Switzerland was marked by the organization, in Lausanne, of a meeting with members of the Association of Executives of Moroccan Origin in Switzerland (ACOMS), an opportunity to listen and exchange with these high-potential Moroccans ready to actively contribute to the socio-economic development of their country by initiating projects with high added value.

The meeting discussed several topics such as the development of skills as a lever for growth and the Royal Project of the Investment Charter which provides entrepreneurs with a series of incentives to promote private investment and job creation in Morocco.

Morocco and Switzerland have a significant potential for cooperation. According to figures from the Swiss Federal Office for Customs and Border Protection, trade between the two countries reached 778 million Swiss francs in 2022, an increase of 18.9% compared to 2021.

After recording a value of 347 million Swiss francs in 2021, Swiss exports to Morocco reached a value of 414 million francs in 2022, showing an increase of 19.3%, reports the Office. As for Moroccan exports to Switzerland, they rose from 307 million Swiss francs in 2021 to 364 million in 2022, an increase of 18.6%.

This development reflects in particular a net increase in the growth of currency from 6.5% in 2021 to 10.8% and demand deposits with banks to 8.9% after 7.6%, said the Central Bank.

By main counterparts, the money supply’s evolution reflects in particular the acceleration of 10.3% to 14.4% of the growth rate of net claims on the central government, and 5.1% to 6.7% of bank credit, while the growth of official reserve assets has returned from 8.2% to 4.9%, the same source said.

In the fourth quarter of the year 2022, the M3 aggregate showed an increase of 6.6%, following an acceleration in the pace of growth of cash from 7.1% to 9%.

By beating the Kazakh Kungeibayeva Lazzat, world champion in 2016, El Mardi becomes the first African and Arab woman to achieve such a performance.

This victory, which comes a year after the silver medal won by El Mardi at the World Championships in Turkey, allows Morocco to rank 5th at the World Championships in New Delhi, after the bronze of her compatriot Yasmine Moutaqui (-48 kg).

El Mardi's international carrer began in October 2019 in Russia, when she offered Moroccan women's boxing a first medal in the world championship, after seeing her quest for gold stopped at the semi-final stage (-75 kg).

However, the Moroccan champion managed to get this bronze medal, while she resumed the competition after an absence from the rings since 2017 due to a caesarean section.

Khadija El Mardi was able to join the national boxing team to compete in the All Africa Games in Rabat in 2019, obtaining a gold medal.

In India, the native of Zagoura had a challenge to meet, that of reaching the world summit and represent the national sport with dignity. A challenge taken up with flying colors with an unprecedented achievement for the Arab and African boxing.

At the beginning of its proceedings, the Council of Government will examine the draft law on prisons' organization and management, the Head of Government’s department said Monday in a statement.

Subsequently, the Council will consider two draft decrees, the first on the creation and organization of the price of collective bargaining agreements and the second setting the salary and allowances of members of the Council of the National Authority of Probity, Prevention and Fight against Corruption (INPPLC).

The Council will also examine proposals for appointment to high office in accordance with the provisions of Article 92 of the Constitution, according to the same source.

In addition, the government will hold, at the end of the Council's proceedings, a meeting to examine legislative proposals, concludes the statement.

This evolution is due to accelerated rates of growth in loans to private companies from 8.7% to 9.8%, and to households from 3.4% to 3.6%, as well as an increase of 6.3% in loans to public companies against a decline of 10.9% in the third quarter, explains Morocco's central bank in its recent report on monetary policy.

The evolution of credit to private companies reflects in particular a 4% increase in equipment loans after 3.2% and a consolidation of the pace of growth of liquidity facilities to 14.7%, adds the same source.

Regarding the assistance granted to public enterprises, cash facilities have increased by 166.1% after 54.9% in the third quarter and the decline in equipment loans was mitigated from 16.9% to 5.9%.

"On the eve of a summer season that promises to be exceptional, Royal Air Maroc is deploying a reinforced flight program on most of its destinations. Thus, the national airline is preparing to meet strong demand for its flights, in a buoyant context marked by a good recovery in business travel and tourism. Royal Air Maroc will put in place an offer of 6.2 million seats on more than 90 destinations across the four continents," said RAM in a statement.

This increase in supply follows the restoration of almost all routes that were suspended during the health crisis and the opening of new routes in 2022 such as Tel Aviv, Dubai, Seville, Porto.

Today, RAM has covered nearly 95% of its network in 2019. The Company deploys its new capacities to facilitate the travel of its customers in the summer period, especially Moroccans of the world.

Thus, more than 2.3 million seats will be deployed on the European continent and some 902 flights per week will connect 11 Moroccan airports to 34 European airports.

In North America, the company will offer nearly 500,000 seats, 6% more than the offer in summer 2019. As a pan-African carrier serving the African diaspora, Royal Air Maroc is strengthening its continental network, which will increase to 26 air routes with an offer of 901,800 seats.

RAM will also offer 200,000 seats on its Middle East routes, an increase of 25% over the summer 2019 offer.