A court in Tangier has sentenced the members of a network that facilitate irregular migration and that promoted their services on Facebook to prison sentences, Arabic-language newspaper Al Akhbar reported on Friday. The members of the network, known as the «Facebook Band», were sentenced for forming a criminal gang and for promoting irregular immigration. Media sources explain that the first suspect admitted to having created a Facebook page, in which he attracted potential
French rapper Maître Gims and Colombian singer Juan Luis Londono Arias, known by his stage name Maluma, have just shot their new music video in Marrakech. «The filming of this music video took two days», Gims told MAP news agency. The star said that the song features Maluma, a very popular singer who is very famous in the United States, Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries, and will be part of his new album that will be released on April 26th. «I wanted to
Abd Salam Shabeeny is a Moroccan merchant who spent most of his life roaming Africa and the Middle East. His narrative was at the heart of a book that attracted British readers in 1820.
One week after international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged that imprisoned journalist Taoufik Bouachrine has been held in a «form of abusive solitary confinement for more than a year», prison authorities in Ain Borja rejected these accusations in a communiqué, released Friday. Relayed by MAP press agency, the administration of the Casablanca local prison stressed that Bouachrine is «treated on equal footing with other inmates».
Qubec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness Simon Jolin-Barrette addressed, earlier this month, increasing «the number of immigrants» wishing to settle down in the Canadian province. Speaking at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (MCFR), Jolin-Barrette said he was determined to welcome around 40,000 immigrants to Quebec in 2019, as promised by Canadian center-right party Coalition Avenir Québec during its electoral campaign, report Le Devoir. «We
British far-right groups have been banned on Facebook. The social network company announced, Thursday, that it imposed a ban on several far-right groups and individuals, believing that they «spread hate», AFP reports. «Individuals and organizations who spread hate, or attack or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are, have no place on Facebook», the social media platform said in a statement. The ban covers the British National Party (BNP), the
At the UN Security Council, discussions are underway on the Western Sahara draft resolution. To overcome this blockage, the United States is likely to submit a second version.
Orange group has launched, Friday April 12, a new hub in Morocco for its subsidiary Orange Cyberdefense, specializing in securing digital assets. This new hub, which is expected to hire about fifty experts by the end of 2020, will implement cybersecurity activities to monitor defense systems that protect its customers' essential assets. «This new operation center will give us a strong position in the Moroccan market and will make Orange Cyberdefense Morocco the central hub to meet the
The order to retest OCP Kenya fertilizer, suspected of «containing an excessive amount of mercury» has not been implemented yet, Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reported on Tuesday. The collection of fresh samples was expected to take place on February 20th. According to OCP Kenya lawyer Paul Muite the procedure, ordered by the court in January, was reportedly retarded by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), an agency that is responsible for the assessment, collection and
Following the Notre-Dame devastating fire, campaigns based on baseless news were launched on social media to link the accident to Muslims. Fake accounts on Twitter spread misinformation and messages that targeted the Muslim community.
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