UK : A shopkeeper sentenced to prison for attempting to smuggle stolen phones into Morocco

A British shopkeeper was sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to smuggle 49 stolen mobile phones into Morocco. The 59-year-old man was stopped at the Manchester Airport in November 2019 as he was travelling to Morocco to sell the devices. According to local media, 49 of the 71 mobile phones he was carrying that day were stolen or lost. The same man owned a shop in Bolton and purchased the devices to sell them in Morocco. The man said he «rarely purchased second hand phones

An American trade coalition rejects placing tariffs on Morocco’s phosphate imports

As part of the standoff between phosphate producer Mosaic, Morocco's OCP and Russia’s PhosAgro, American companies rejected the company’s wish to impose taxes on phosphate imported to the United States. In a press release, Kent Kaiser, executive director of the Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity, said on Monday that Mosiac «owns the majority of phosphate mines in the U.S.», which can «create a monopoly of sorts». «If there are tariffs on the

Ceuta wants to install the statue of a general, accused of «atrocities during the Rif War»

Ceuta wants to install the statue of General José Millán-Astray, the first head of the Spanish Legion, unbolted in 2010 in La Coruña. Under his command, this army corps is accused of «atrocities and massacres in the Rif».

Morocco : 1,376 new coronavirus cases, 3,426 new recoveries in 24 hours

1,376 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 103,119. 3,426 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 84,158. 25 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,855. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (7), Settat (2), Meknès (2), Tétouan (2), Kénitra (1),

«Hassan II agreed that the Sahara is a question of decolonization», Algerian president says

Assuring that his country has no problem with Morocco, the Algerian president reiterated his country's position on the Western Sahara issue. He also expressed his country's determination to «impose itself» as a mediator for a solution to the Libyan crisis, but also for the Malian issue.

Royal Moroccan Navy conducts tracking exercise with the USS Hershel Woody Williams

The Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Mohammed V has conducted a military exercise with the Regional Operations Center, tracking USS Hershel «Woody» Williams and simulating an interception and boarding off the Moroccan coast. According to Navy Recognition, the exercise is meant to «build partnership and exercise Moroccan capabilities to track and intercept vessels within the country’s Economic Exclusion Zone» (EEZ). Said exercise included simulated man overboard

Spain asks for Morocco’s help to search for missing ship in Mediterranean

Salvamento Marítimo, a sea search and rescue agency that operates in Spain, said on Sunday that it had sent a request for assistance to Morocco in order to search for a boat that has been missing since Friday in the Mediterranean. According to EFE, Salvamento Marítimo has been searching for this ship since Sunday after it disappeared on Friday and its track was lost 22 nautical miles south of the municipality of Adra, in Almeria.  The aforementioned body

Moroccan Azzam Raguragui’s stabber found guilty of manslaughter, his family rejects the verdict

More than a year after a Dublin fight that led to the death of Moroccan teenager Azzam Raguragui, the teenager who stabbed him was found guilty of manslaughter and not murder. Azzam’s family has rejected the verdict, launched an online petition and promised to appeal the decision.

Morocco : 11 people test positive for the coronavirus in a Midelt retirement home

11 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in a retirement home in Midelt. The infections were recorded among the facility’s workers and residents. According to media, the center’s employees and residents underwent coronavirus tests, which revealed the 11 infections. The patients were transferred to the Moulay Ali Charif regional hospital in Errachidia for treatment. Local authorities in Midelt disinfected the rest home and carried out further Covid-19 screening. On

After the dissolution of CODESA, Aminatou Haidar heads a new pro-Polisario association

Aminatou Haidar has created a new association. In the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, and without the intervention of local authorities, the members of the new body gathered on Sunday, September 20, in a house in Laayoune. The meeting was to launch the «Sahrawi Instance against the Moroccan Occupation». The meeting was held in memory of former Polisario leader Mohamed Abdelaziz who dided in 2016. During his lifetime, he treated Aminatou with respect and supported her