An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped in Etxebarría Park in Bilbao by six homeless individuals of Maghreb origin. According to El Espanol, the regional police arrested six men aged 18 to 36, «all Moroccans and Algerians». «They are accused of raping the girl, Thursday, August 1 at 11 pm», the newspaper said. The girl was walking alone when the six individuals, who were in a makeshift camp, allegedly approached her and forcibly took her to the camp before
The carabinieri of Rivergaro (Emilia-Romagna region) in Italy, announced yesterday the dismantling of three criminal networks involved in drug trafficking in the city and in the province. According to Italian media outlet Il Piacenza, pre-trial detention orders were issued by the investigating judge against several members of these networks, including Egyptians, Moroccans, Italians and Gambian refugees. The operation, called «Giardini», was launched following an eight-month long
Salvamento Marítimo, the public institution in charge of maritime security in Spanish waters, announced, Saturday, that it had saved 59 people of Maghrebi origin that morning, including 51 minors, seven women and one man, who were sailing in an inflatable boat along the coast of the Strait of Gibraltar. A spokesman for Salvamento Marítimo told Spanish news agency Europa Press that the ship was found around 9 am by a patrol from the Civil Guard, who informed them of the discovery
Jamila Aanzi is the first Moroccan-Dutch woman to address the United Nations General Assembly on the empowerment of women in the Netherlands. In 2017, the consultant was chosen to be the Dutch women’s representative at the UN.
American social media network Facebook has deleted several pages, groups and accounts engaged in «coordinated inauthentic behavior», targeting Morocco and other countries in the MENA region. In a communiqué made public Thursday, Facebook said that it «found two separate operations: one of which originated in United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and another in Saudi Arabia. The two campaigns we removed were unconnected, but both created networks of accounts to mislead others
Muhammad is officially the most popular name given to boys in Israel in 2018, according to figures released by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics earlier this week. According to the list shared by Times of Israel, data show that 2,646 boys were named after Prophet Muhammad in 2018, while 1,447 have the name of David when it comes to Jews. The second most popular name for Jewish boys is Ariel (1,323), followed by Noam. As for girls, Miriam tops the list of the most popular
Put in place on August 1st, the new burqa ban is seen as a «discriminatory» law by Dutch-Moroccans living in the Netherlands. Passed in 2018, the law was dubbed «Islamophobic» and provocative to the Muslim community in the country.
A Moroccan prisoner is still on the run after he managed to escape a Frankfurt prison on Thursday, German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. The 39-year-old man climbed a 5.50-meter fence and made his way out of the prison, the same source said. Police have warned motorists against hitchhikers in the area, in case the Moroccan asks to be driven away from the area. During the search, a helicopter was mobilized to fly over the area. According to information from the
Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri is angry at his club CD Leganes for rejecting the offer of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, which wanted to sign a €20 million contract with him. En-Nesyri took to social media to criticize his club’s decision in a series of posts that he deleted later, the Daily Mail reports. «It’s like they say you’re going with something indirectly. It’s a family thing. It’s sad to feel poorly treated by people who
A group of Liberian students, sent by their government to study in Morocco, were reportedly dispersed by the Moroccan police, Thursday, after they staged a protest at the Liberian embassy in Rabat, Liberian daily newspaper FrontPageAfrica reported. They gathered at the premises of the Liberian diplomatic mission after their government failed to send them «their allowances for the past 10 months». «Some went with their belongings including mattresses and suitcase –