A Moroccan goes to Fnideq, picks up his nephew and swims back to Ceuta

This weekend, a Moroccan left Ceuta for Fnideq, in order to «pick up his nephew», before returning to the autonomous city, swimming in a 30-minute trip.  According to Spanish newspaper La Razon, the two people were rescued near Tarajal. The two migrants were picked up by a patrol boat, which said they are an adult and a minor. Back on land, they were taken care of by the Benemérita and the Red Cross, who provided them with dry clothes and subjected them

Arrested and jailed in Morocco, «pirate mastermind» extradited to Denmark

A 33-year-old Danish man, jailed in Morocco for being the alleged «mastermind» behind private torrent tracker DanishBits, has been extradited to Denmark. Arrested in Morocco in October 2020, the man was heard at the Copenhagen City Court, Thursday, and remanded in custody for 25 days, Torrent Freak reported. The man in question is suspected of being one of the owners of a site called DanishBits. The latter is a private torrent tracker that attracted millions of visits per month.

A new Air France link connecting Paris to Tangier during summer 2021

In partnership with the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), Air France will launch, starting from June 3, a new route linking Tangier (Ibn Battouta) to Paris (CDG). A joint press release from OMNT and Air France, sent Tuesday to Yabiladi, explains that the new route will offer up to 3 weekly flights with a capacity of 174 seats. «This new link will strengthen Air France's offer from Morocco, where the company also operates flights from Marrakech, Casablanca and Rabat throughout

Covid-19 : Morocco to receive new batches of vaccines from 4 suppliers

Morocco is expected to receive new vaccine batches from Sinopharm, Sputnik V and AstraZeneca in the coming days. These batches will be arrive «between the end of March and the beginning of April», professor Azzedine Ibrahimi from Morocco's vaccination committee told EFE. According to the official, the Kingdom will receive 2 million doses of Sinopharm, one and a half million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in South Korea as part of the WHO Covax program, one

The African Union at the heart of tension between Algeria and Morocco

The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs has finally responded to Morocco's rejection of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union recent communiqué devoted entirely to the question of Western Sahara. Sabri Boukadoum welcomed the statement, describing it as «very important» and «an achievement in establishing peace in North Africa», APS reported. «The UN is not the only one in charge of this issue but also the African Union which today

Covid-19 in Morocco : 125 new infections and two deaths on Monday

125 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 489,096. 4,264,761 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 2,516,742 people have received the second. 305 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 479,557. 2 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related

Netherlands : A teacher suspended after insulting Moroccan students

The board of directors of the Calandlyceum in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, a secondary school, has suspended a teacher after insulting his Moroccan students. At the end of an online course, he told his wife, thinking that his microphone was off, that he was «almost done with these **cking Moroccans», reports Joop. Contacted by the Dutch media AT5, the principal of the school, Wendelien Hoedemaker declared that she disapproves of the remarks made by the teacher and regrets his

Rabat and Tel Aviv liaison offices will open after Passover, David Govrin says

The official opening of the Moroccan and Israeli liaison offices in Tel Aviv and Rabat respectively will be official in the coming weeks, said David Govrin, head of the Israeli liaison office in Morocco. He confirmed, in an interview with Hespress, that the opening of the two offices will take place simultaneously, and more precisely after Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrated in April. The Israeli official stressed that the agreement between Morocco and Israel provides for the

Moroccans constitute the largest foreign community in Spain

The Spanish Ministry of Social Security, Inclusion and Migration reported that 264,304 Moroccan nationals in a legal administrative situation were registered with social security in Spain, as of February. This number makes of Moroccans the largest foreign community established in the Iberian kingdom. They are followed by the Chinese community. These statistics indicate overall that foreigners affiliated to social security were 2,053,997 in February 2021, an increase of 0.4% compared

World Happiness Report : Moroccans are less and less happy

The health crisis linked to the pandemic of the new coronavirus seems to have an impact on happiness among Moroccans, according to the global report of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, published on the occasion of the international day of happiness. A ranking where Morocco loses 9 spots compared to 2019.