Prize-winning petrochemical engineer Youssef Belmabkhout has been active in the areas of research since 2002. The Moroccan-Canadian professional defends research and the role played by the human capital.
A judicial investigation was opened by the Moroccan army after Germany-based company Fresenius Medical Care admitted that it had paid bribes to public health and government officials in Morocco to obtain business, MAP news agency said on Friday. Investigators will be hearing the people involved in this case, including a former officer who had worked for military hospitals, said the army in a communiqué published on the same day. On March the 29th, the US Justice Department said in a
The Casablanca Appeals court upheld, Friday, prison sentences against Hirak activists, reports MAP news agency. For the record, sentences ranging from 20 years to one year in prison were handed down on June the 26th, 2018, by the same court to Hirak detainees, including Nasser Zefzafi. For example, one accused was given a one-year suspended prison sentence, while 12 defendants were sentenced to 2 years in prison and seven others to 3 years in prison. Seven people involved in the Al Hoceima
When Abdelaziz Bouteflika won presidential elections in Algeria, he promised to restore diplomatic ties with Morocco. However, once in power, the politician adopted a conciliatory stance towards the Kingdom.
Moroccan footballer Hamza Mendyl was downgraded by his club, joining Schakle’s under-23 team for disciplinary problems, BBC reported. The exact reasons why Mendyl was sent to Schakle’s under-23 team were not revealed by the German club’s interim coach Huub Stevens, the same source added. «Everybody gets a second chance. For Hamza Mendyl it's a disciplinary measure that he is currently training with the U23. But he too can open the door again», Stevens told
In Iceland, the Polisario Front is leading a delegation, headed by its Secretary-General, to expose its separatist stands. After being received by the Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir on Wednesday, Brahim Ghali, accompanied by Mohamed Yaslem Bissat and Abdati Bayra, two members from the Front’s secretariat, visited Iceland’s parliament in Reykjavik. According to the Front’s press agency, Brahim Ghali was received by MPs from the Icelandic parliament. This visit
A new draft report on the Western Sahara conflict has been submitted to the Security Council by the UN Secretary-General this week. The report was quoted differently by Moroccan and pro-Polisario news platforms.
The 5th edition US-Morocco Business Forum opened, Thursday, in Miami, Florida, MAP press agency reports. The event is attended by government officials, business leaders, experts and diplomats. During this annual meeting, attendees will be discussing the recent developments of trade between the United States, the Kingdom of Morocco and other African countries, in addition to studying ways to further strengthen business opportunities. The event is part of a series of similar forums organized in
«Contemporary Muslim Fashions», an exhibition dedicated to Muslim women and their fashion, is opening soon in Frankfurt, Germany, where it had already stirred controversy, French weekly Le Point reports. After it was shown at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition has been making headlines in Germany days before its opening. In an article entitled «Tolerance makes us blind», German platform Frankfurter Allgemeine slammed the exhibition
Scientists have found that cannabis resin brought to the streets of Madrid from Morocco is contaminated. A study titled «Cannabis resin in the region of Madrid : Adulteration and contamination» and published in the journal Forensic Science International revealed that hashish sold in Madrid contains «high levels of fecal matter». According to the same study, quoted by the Epoch Times, almost «75 percent» of Madrid’s cannabis is «unsuitable for
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