Cargo handling solutions and services company Kalmar is expected to upgrade four ZPMC ship to shore cranes, signing an agreement with Moroccan container terminal Eurogate Tanger (EGT), located on the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco. According to Vertical, Kalmar will work on raising the height of the four cranes by 11 meters and extend the booms by six meters. The project will start by 2020, «enabling the terminal to serve the largest container vessels». «With this
Salma Benncharki, the wife of «ISIS boxer» Abderrahim Moutaharrik who is in prison for terrorism charges, was deported to Morocco, Italian newspaper Repubblica reports. She was sent to Morocco because of security reasons and on the grounds of an order signed by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Abderrahim Moutaharrik, a former kickboxer, was arrested in April 2016 and sentenced to six years in prison for terror-related
In a study published in August, a team from the Natural History Museum in London announced that they have discovered the oldest Stegosaur in Morocco. Known as Adratiklit Boulahfa, which means the «mountain lizard», the dinosaur is the first Stegosaur to be found in North Africa.
On August 24, an American woman will be selling bottled water at the Day of Hope event on Third Avenue, Lake County in the state of Illinois in the United States. She also organizes a musical event from 8pm to 11pm at the Perfect Shot on October 11. The profits will go for a project of reusable water bottles with filters for Morocco, reports local American media Valley Journal. Shelley Cleverdon found a limited water supply in Morocco while she was on vacation in 2016. She therefore made the
To insult the Dutch writer and columnist Özcan Akyol, a 31-year-old Moroccan man living in Amersfoort was sentenced to four days in prison on Tuesday. According to the Dutch newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad, the man has already served this sentence. From January to March of this year, Khalid H. sent nine offensive messages through Facebook to the Deventer columnist. «I wanted to give my opinion. Unfortunately, I used the wrong words», the man in question admitted in court
Moroccan footballer M'Bark Boussoufa was signed, Monday, by Qatari club Al-Sailiya for a two-year contract. Yesterday, the Atlas Lions midfielder participated in the first training session with his new teammates managed by Tunisian coach Sami Trabelsi, the club announced in its Facebook page. After leading a successful career in Europe, Boussoufa decided to start his third experience in the Gulf region. He has already played from 2016 to 2018 with Al Jazira (United Arab Emirates)
As in his August 2018 speech, King Mohammed VI stressed the importance of vocational training. «What matters the most is to overcome the obstacles impeding the achievement of high economic growth rates that contribute to prosperity in society», the sovereign said.
In this series, Yabiladi revisits the great Jewish pilgrimage sites in Morocco, visited annually by thousands of faithful and travelers alike. In this episode, discover the story of the Abe’hssira family and Rabbi Its’Hak whose sanctuary is located in Toulal, near Errachidia.
The money paid by the German state to Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq while he was sentenced in a terrorism case remains controversial, especially in Hamburg. According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, the German news agency, a special meeting of the Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take place Tuesday to question, among others, Hamburg senator Till Steffen (Greens) and Interior senator Andy Grote (SPD). «The opposition is waiting for the results of the extraordinary session», the
International NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced, Tuesday, Algeria’s expulsion of former Moroccan journalist Ahmed Reda Benchemsi, who acts as its Middle East communications and advocacy director. In a statement, the NGO recalled that Benchemsi arrived in Algeria on August 1 on behalf of the organization. Police arrested him on August 9 around 2 pm, while he «was observing the 25th consecutive Friday pro-democracy demonstration in downtown Algiers». Authorities
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