On Thursday, the Kenitra Primary Court sentenced 14 students from Ibn Tofail University, who had been either detained or released on provisional bail following protests calling for the postponement of exams. The court handed down two-month prison sentences and fines of 500 dirhams each to ten students who had been provisionally released, including three women, as well as four others who had been held in custody. The National Union of Moroccan Students in Kenitra said the prosecutions stemmed
Twenty professional and civil society organizations within the Moroccan Coalition of Human Rights Organizations have issued an open letter to the head of government, drawing urgent attention to the situation in Figuig. The signatories are demanding an «urgent intervention» to address the concerns of the town's residents and its adjacent oasis, which are suffering from land seizures by Algeria, impacting Moroccan landowners economically. The letter outlines the ongoing tensions that
Search operations launched by local and security authorities in the Chefchaouen region are still underway as they work to determine the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a two-year-old girl named Soundous, who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon. The area has seen an exceptional mobilization of services, with close coordination between the Royal Gendarmerie and Civil Protection units, supported by specialized technical teams and volunteers from the Moroccan Red Crescent as
Six succursales de la chaîne halal Tanger Markt, détenue par une famille marocaine basée aux Pays-Bas, ont été scellées à Anvers et à Bruxelles. Cette mesure s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une vaste inspection policière, opérée mardi soir. L'action vise toutes les succursales belges de la chaîne, visée par une enquête sur l'emploi, selon la porte-parole du Bureau de l'auditeur du travail de Bruxelles,
20 instances professionnelles et de la société civile au sein de la Coalition marocaine des organisations défense des droits humains ont adressé une lettre ouverte au chef du gouvernement, pour interpeller sur la situation de Figuig. Les signataires demandent une «intervention urgente» pour répondre aux revendications des habitants de la ville et de son oasis frontalière, en proie à l’accaparement des terres agricoles par
In a bold attempt to enter Ceuta, a migrant from sub-Saharan Africa tried to cross the border by paraglider on Wednesday evening. His plan failed when he became entangled in the first border fence. Security sources, cited by EFE, said the young man took off from the Moroccan highlands, hoping to fly over the double fence separating Ceuta from Morocco. However, a lack of sufficient wind caused him to lose altitude, and he only managed to reach the first barrier, where he was unable to
لازالت عمليات البحث والتمشيط التي باشرتها السلطات المحلية والأمنية بإقليم شفشاون متواصلة، لكشف ملابسات اختفاء طفلة تدعى سندس، وتبلغ من العمر حوالي سنتين، والتي فقد أثرها منذ عصر الأربعاء بحي “كرينسيف”. وتشهد المنطقة تعبئة استثنائية لمختلف الأجهزة، مع تعزيز
Six branches of the halal supermarket chain Tanger Markt, owned by a Moroccan family based in the Netherlands, were sealed in Antwerp and Brussels following a large-scale police inspection on Tuesday evening. The operation targeted all of the chain’s Belgian branches and is part of an employment investigation, according to Valentina Marocchi, spokesperson for the Brussels Labor Auditor’s Office. «The inspection is part of an investigation into employment», she said,
Au cours de la première année après la migration du Prophète Mohammed de La Mecque vers Médine, les musulmans ont commencé à annoncer l'appel à la prière dans la mosquée. Cette pratique a commencé durant le mois de Ramadan.