Every year, twelve Moroccan students can live their passion for science by applying for the US space camp program. Last year, these science-lovers left Morocco for Alabama to walk in astronauts' shoes and yesterday in Casablanca two of them shared with Yabiladi their life-changing experiences.
Unlike Islamists in the Kingdom, who have remained silent over the Turkish military intervention in Syria, several Moroccan Amazigh associations have showed support for the Kurdish population. They accuse Ankara of wanting to «exterminate» Kurds.
Spain recorded 23,600 undocumented arrivals between January and October, 47% less that what was registered during the same period last year. According to an internal report of the European Commission, the «decrease is largely owed to renewed efforts by Morocco to stop migrants from departing from its coastline», El Pais reports. «The preventive efforts by Moroccan authorities continue to be effective, and they are key to understanding the strong reduction in
Shortly after it was announced that Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni was pardoned by the king, several activists welcomed the decision. However, to some of them, the release of the Akhbar Al Yaoum reporter should not put an end to the debate on reforming some laws.
The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting, Wednesday, to discuss the Western Sahara conflict. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO Colin Stewart and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bintou Keita commented on the situation in Western Sahara in the last six months, following the adoption of resolution 2468 in April. The meeting addressed, as well, the appointment of a new personal envoy to Western
The Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA) has decided to «render homage to the people of the Rif region for the peaceful movement called Hirak, headed by Nasser Zefzafi», the NGO said in a video posted, Tuesday, on social media. «We express our solidarity and gratitude for all of them», the NGO said. Hirak detainees and their families welcomed the association’s initiative. Indeed, Mohamed Ahmajik, the brother of one of the Hirak
Aside from the list of capitals that everyone knows about, such as Rabat, Fes, Marrakech and Meknes, Morocco had several forgotten cities that served as capitals for short and brief periods. Here is a list of three of them.
Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni, sentenced in September to one year in prison on charges of «premarital sex and obtaining an abortion», was granted royal pardon by King Mohammed VI, the Justice Ministry announced in a communiqué issued Wednesday. Raissouni’s fiancé and her gynecologist and his assistants were also granted royal pardon, the journalist’s lawyer Saad Sahli told Yabiladi Wednesday. On September 30, Raissouni was sentenced to one
The Morocco Observatory Against Normalization condemned, earlier this week, the participation of a former Israeli minister in the World Policy Conference, an international meeting held the weekend in Marrakech. In a statement published, Tuesday, on its Facebook page, the anti-normalization group said that having the former Israeli Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit attend the international conference is a «crime of penetration», reports London-based newspapers Al-Quds Al-Arabi. The
The family of Imane Fadil, a Morocco-born model who died earlier this year in Italy, is convinced that their «daughter was poisoned». Seven months after the model, who played a crucial role in the «bunga bunga» trial, died in a hospital in Milan, her family demands a new post-mortem to prove that she «was poisoned». Speaking to the Daily Mail, Fadil’s brother-in-law Cosimo Pasqualone recalled the last days in her life. «She was covered in purple
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