Moroccan man sentenced to seven years for sexually assaulting a minor in Italy

A 24-year-old Moroccan man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, September 16, for sexually assaulting a minor. The ruling was handed down by a court in Macerata, a city and in the Marche region of central Italy. The man was also ordered to pay €18,000 in provisional compensation to the civil plaintiff. The assault took place last August when a 14-year-old girl and her 16-year-old friend arrived in Civitanova Marche with the 14-year-old's grandfather to spend an evening at a

France : Rachida Dati visée par une enquête pour «non-déclaration» à la HATVP

La ministre française de la Culture, Rachida Dati, fait l’objet d’une enquête pour soupçons de non-déclaration de plusieurs pièces de joaillerie de valeur à la Haute autorité pour la transparence (HATVP). Cité par l’AFP, le parquet de Paris a annoncé, mardi, une investigation sur une partie du patrimoine de la responsable, quelques mois après la parution d’une enquête du journal

سبتة: وفاة مغربي إسباني بعد اعتداء وحشي بالعرائش

توفي مواطن إسباني من أصول مغربية، يوم الاثنين، في المستشفى الجامعي بسبتة، بعد أن قضى نحو شهر في قسم الإنعاش متأثرا بإصابات خطيرة تعرّض لها إثر اعتداء وحشي في بالعرائش. الضحية، الذي لم يزر مدينته منذ عشرين سنة وكان مقيما في إسبانيا، ظلّ في غيبوبة إثر سكتة دماغية طيلة 25 يوما

Moroccan blogger Mayssa Salama Ennaji to consider PPS candidacy in upcoming elections

The Secretary-General of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah, welcomed activist and blogger Mayssa Salama Ennaji’s expressed intention to run in the upcoming elections under his party’s banner. On his Facebook page, Benabdallah wrote: «A very warm welcome to Ms. Mayssa Salama Ennaji’s desire to run in the upcoming legislative elections with our party. We are very proud in the PPS of this positive step, which strengthens the magnetic pull

Social protection : Government assesses implementation of key programs

On Tuesday in Rabat, Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fully implementing the national solidarity project on the universalization of social protection. Chairing a meeting of the Ministerial Commission tasked with overseeing the reform of the social protection system, Akhannouch stressed that the government is determined to carry out this project «within a clear and integrated vision, and in full compliance with the timetable set by King

وزير الفلاحة الاسباني يرد على انتقادات الحزب الشعبي بشأن المنتجات المغربية

دافع وزير الفلاحة والصيد والتغذية الإسباني، لويس بلاناس، عن دخول المنتجات الزراعية المغربية إلى السوق الأوروبية، مؤكدا أنها تخضع لرقابة حدودية صارمة، وذلك ردا على اتهامات السيناتورة عن الحزب الشعبي، لورينا غيرّا، التي تحدثت عن "منافسة غير عادلة" لصالح المغرب. وأوضح

Maroc : La blogueuse Saida El Alami condamnée à trois ans de prison

L'activiste et blogueuse Saida El Alami a été condamnée, mardi, à trois ans de prison ferme par le tribunal correctionnel de première instance à Casablanca, avec une amende de 20 000 dirhams. Elle a été poursuivie pour «outrage à un corps constitué, outrage à la justice et diffusion de fausses allégations». Saida El Alami a été arrêtée début juillet dernier, un

PJD questions Morocco's official livestock figures amid opposition scrutiny

Following the PPS’s lead, the general secretariat of the PJD, also in opposition, has expressed its «astonishment» at the official livestock figures released by Morocco’s Ministry of Agriculture after a census conducted between June and August. The party denounced what it called an «illogical and abnormal evolution», and urged an «investigation» to establish accountability, «especially since the February census led to the cancellation of Eid

Casablanca court sentences activist Saida El Alami to three years in prison

The Court of First Instance in Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, on Tuesday, September 16, sentenced activist and blogger Saida El Alami to three years in prison and fined her 20,000 dirhams. El Alami was prosecuted on charges of «insulting an organized body», «insulting the judiciary», and «spreading and broadcasting false allegations». She was arrested in early July, just a year after benefiting from a royal pardon granted on Throne Day, which included several

Moroccan Khadija Bendam, first woman to lead the International Nuclear Societies Council

On Tuesday, Moroccan expert Khadija Bendam was appointed president of the International Nuclear Societies Council (INSC) during its General Assembly in Vienna, held on the sidelines of the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). With her election, Bendam becomes the first woman worldwide to hold this prestigious position, marking a historic milestone for women’s representation in international nuclear organizations. Her appointment also highlights