The intervention of the Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem goes badly in Morocco. The Cherifian kingdom denounced "the aggression and terror of the faithful in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan".
In the process, Rabat called for respect for the legal, religious and historical status of Jerusalem and the Holy Places and to avoid all practices and violations likely to destroy all chances of peace in the region''.
This intervention is anything but good news for Tel Avi and Rabat, which began to normalize their relationship in December 2020 under the leadership of the United States. Despite this return to normal, Morocco still affirms its attachment to the Palestinian cause.
Continued clashes in Jerusalem and the West Bank could ultimately undermine the foundations of the Abraham Accords .
Moreover, a Negev summit , a forum which was to bring together the heads of American, Israeli, Egyptian, Moroccan, Emirati and Bahraini diplomacy in March in Morocco, has been postponed indefinitely, according to Moroccan media.
At least 350 people were arrested in clashes following Israeli police intervention on Wednesday.
Guinea: more than 1.5 tons of cocaine seized by the navy
More than 1.5 tons of cocaine was seized on Sunday by the Guinean national navy on a ship flying the Sierra Leonean flag.
Sixty-two bags of 25 kg of cocaine each and another of 22 kg were found in the hold of the ship boarded by the army during one of its permanent missions of surveillance of the Guinean maritime territory.
The ship's crew is made up of four Sierra Leoneans, three Ghanaians and three Guineans , according to the army's information and public relations directorate.
The Minister of National Defense officially handed over the 1,572 kg of cocaine and the 10 crew members of the ship to the prosecutor of the Kaloum court of first instance , in Conakry , adds the press release, which specifies that the investigations are in progress.
Long considered a simple transit zone, West and Central Africa has also become a region of high drug consumption, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published in June 2022.
The UNODC specifies that between 2019 and 2022, at least 57 tons of cocaine were seized in West Africa or en route to this region.
Seizures that affected Cape Verde (16.6 tons), Senegal (4.7 tons) and Benin (3.9 tons), according to the report.
Zimbabwe wants to criminalize the foreign recruitment of its doctors
Zimbabwe plans to enact a law criminalizing the recruitment of its health personnel by other countries.
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga , who is also health minister , said the flight of health professionals amounts to human trafficking.
Tougher penalties will be imposed on those he accuses of depriving the nation of its human capital.
"If someone deliberately recruits and causes the country to suffer, it's a crime against humanity. People are dying in hospitals because there are no nurses and doctors. This must be taken seriously. seriously," said Constantino Chiwenga .
"Zimbabwe disapproves of this heinous crime which is also a grave violation of human rights," he concluded.
Destination UK
Local media say more than 4,000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021.
The UK 's National Health Service is an attractive destination for Zimbabwean doctors and nurses, as salaries are much higher than in the country.
The UK last month halted the recruitment of Zimbabwean health workers after the southern African country was placed by the World Health Organization on a red list which designates countries facing serious problems of health personnel.
According to the Zimbabwe Medical Association , the country has around 3,500 doctors for a population of 15 million.
Zimbabwe is grappling with an economic crisis that has seen wages decimated by endless inflation.
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