Five Moroccans were arrested this week in Italy in an anti-drug trafficking operation called «Sottobosco». According to Corriere Del Ticino and Giornale De Inavigli, four of them have been taken into police custody while the fifth one is being prosecuted in provisional release. They are charged with trafficking drugs in certain municipalities of the provinces of Como, Lecco and Monza Brianza. This investigation began with the discovery of a cell phone and a few
Moroccans living in Wuhan, a city that has been quarantined by the Chinese authorities to contain the coronavirus, are in panic. On Friday, they told Yabiladi that they want to leave for Morocco as the virus is killing several people in their city.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs is expected to arrive Friday, January 24, in Rabat. In the Moroccan capital, Arancha Gonzalez Laya will especially held talks with her counterpart, Nasser Bourita. Morocco’s maritime borders will be at the heart of these talks. The next day, the minister will be heading to the Canary Islands to meet the socialist president of the archipelago, Angel Miguel Torres. In a tweet, the minister promised to inform him about the content of her meetings in
For two years, Boulmane-native Zouhair Laaz worked on building a homemade paraglider. The project was to realize his childhood dream of being able to fly.
Morocco and the United Kingdom have signed new partnerships in the educational field. On the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment Summit, kicked off Monday, the UK’s Minister of State at the Department for International Trade Conor Burns announced that the a Memorandum of Understanding «is being signed between the UK’s Reigate School and Morocco’s British International School Partners». Speaking at an event during the summit, Burns said, Wednesday, that this
Shortly after Morocco’s House of Representatives approved bills on the delimitation of its southern maritime borders, the Polisario Front broke its silence, lashing out at Rabat and Madrid. In a statement, relayed Thursday, the Front’s «Foreign Committee Chairman» Mhammed Khadad said that the decision is «just another episode of Moroccan expansionism which affects the entire region». While condemning the vote, Khadad blamed the situation on Spain,
International NGO Amnesty International asked, Wednesday, the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez, who is expected to visit Morocco on Friday, to discuss the human rights situation in Western Sahara and in the Rif, with Rabat. The London-based human rights association has urged the minister to tackle the promotion of freedom of speech and expression in Morocco with the Moroccan authorities, EFE reported. In a note, Amnesty International called Morocco «to put an end to the
Neil Ward, chief executive of the Football Association of Wales Trust (FAW), has been named the new director of technical operation for the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, BBC Sport wrote on Wednesday. Ward, who headed FAW Trust for 12 years, said that «the new role presents an exciting professional and personal opportunity». Ward will be joining ex-Wales assistant Osian Roberts, who has been serving as Morocco’s national technical director since August 2019.
The Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe inaugurated, Thursday, consulates in Laayoune. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and his Central African counterpart Sylvie Baïpo-Temon chaired the opening ceremony of the consulate of the Central African Republic. Earlier today, Nasser Bourita chaired with his Santomean counterpart, Elsa Teixeira de Barros Pinto, the opening ceremony of
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the opposition parties have commented on Morocco’s plans to delimit its maritime borders. They did so on the same when Morocco’s House of Representative voted on two bills related to the topic.
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