Hind Laroussi is a Moroccan-Dutch singer who reached fame after participating to Dutch TV show Idols as a teenager. After building herself a successful career in Europe, she moved to the United States to reach a wider audience. In Los Angeles, her song made it to the top five in the billboard charts.
When the French realized that nationalists were close to Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef, they dethroned him and replaced him with his cousin Mohammed Ben Arafa. The latter remained sultan for two years before being banned from living in Morocco.
American aerospace company Boeing announced, Thursday, that it would compensate airline customers that grounded their 737 Max planes after the two deadly crashes of the jetliners, Washington Post reports. The multinational manufacturer, which said that the grounding of its 737 Max jets is to reduce its «revenue and earnings by $5.6 billion in the second quarter», will set aside $4.9 billion to reimburse the airlines that suffered from the grounding. Morocco’s national
Romanian, Tunisian and Moroccan nationals are on the top of the list of foreign communities settled down in Sicily, an Italian region and the largest Mediterranean island. According to a report on migration conducted by the Institute of Political Education «Pedro Arrupe» and presented in Palermo, in January 2018, 193,014 foreign nationals lived in Sicily. «They are mainly Romanians (30% of the foreign community in Sicily), followed by Tunisians (10.5%) and Moroccans
Officials from the Spanish State Tax Administration Agency and agents from the Civil Guard, in collaboration with authorities in Morocco and the Dominican Republic, dismantled an international hashish trafficking network in Seville and Almeria. According to Spanish news agency Europa Press, 20 people were arrested in Spain, one in the Dominican Republic and two others in Morocco during this operation. In a joint statement, the authorities explained that four other people in the Dominican
Despite supporting the Polisario and recognizing the self-proclaimed «SADR», Uganda is trying to start a new chapter in its relations with Morocco, thanks to the Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga Alitwala.
The Spanish government is expected to approve a €30 million outlay for the Kingdom of Morocco to help it manage its borders and reduce the number of irregular migrants entering Europe, El Pais reports. This new fund is to be added to the €140 million granted to the North African country by the European Union to curb migration flows. The sum will have to be approved first by the Spanish Cabinet on Friday, the Spanish daily indicated, adding that the €30 million outlay is part of
In 1974, Algeria promised to help Morocco retrieve the Sahara. The second President of Algeria Houari Boumediene had even offered to support Morocco in its conflict with Spain. However, the neighboring country’s position changed after the Green March.
The three main suspects accused of brutally murdering two Scandinavian tourists near Imlil were sentenced to death, Thursday, by the Salé’s appeal court. The remaining 21 suspects involved in the murder, that took place in December 2018, received sentences ranging from five years in prison to life imprisonment. According to Arabic-speaking newspaper Le360, the three main suspects who were sentenced to death are Abdessamad Joud, Younes Ouzyech and Rachid El Affati. The two men
A court in Manresa, a Spanish municipality, remanded in custody on Tuesday four Moroccan nationals accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the municipality of Barcelona. The four suspects aged between 18 and 25 are charged with assaulting a 17-year-old girl, Spanish newspaper El Nacional reports. The judge explained that his decision to detain the defendants temporarily in order to avoid their escape, given the heavy prison sentences they face. The suspects were not heard, but the judge
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