In a press release made public, Sunday, the US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino commended Morocco for «repatriating eight Moroccan foreign terrorist fighters from Syria». The official hailed the decision revealed by the Kingdom on the same day, adding that «Morocco is a highly capable partner in the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and we appreciate its commitment to countering terrorism». The latter stressed that Morocco’s actions must push
Two Moroccan nationals died after an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed, Sunday morning, reports Ethiopian news agency ENA. The tragic crash killed 149 passengers and eight crew members who were on flight ET302 that was heading from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in Kenya. The flight crashed 6 minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa near Bishoftu, located 60 km away from the capital, the same source said quoting the Prime Minister’s office. According to the same source, two emergency
Ceuta police intercepted four Moroccans, who were hidden in a truck headed for Spain, reports on Friday local website Ceuta Actualidad. The four people had been hiding in the vehicle for more than three days, the same source adds. One of them was arrested for the fourth time in similar circumstances. Arrested on Friday afternoon, the four migrants were immediately returned to Morocco, for breaking Spanish immigration laws, the news website says.
In the Belgian capital, about 150 Muslims demonstrated Saturday afternoon to defend the halal ritual slaughter, Sud Info reports. The demonstrations took place at around 3 p.m in front of the Courthouse of Brussels, to ask to be able to continue practicing the ritual slaughter, chanting the slogan «we are Muslims, we want to eat halal», the same source said. For the record, the law prohibiting ritual slaughters, in particular the ones carried out according to Jewish and Muslim
Earlier this week, reports suggested that members of the Polisario Front and a Moroccan delegation at the African Union clashed at the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand (South Africa). Noureddine Karbal, PJD MP and a member of the Moroccan delegation that took part to the meeting spoke to Yabiladi about the underlying reasons behind this clash.
In little time, Moroccan student Hamza NaGham managed to set a busy schedule in China, going from studying to teaching all the way to singing. The Guelmim-native is active all over Wuhan, where he plans to kick-start an engineering career.
Hafida Hdoubane is Morocco’s first female guide in the Atlas Mountains. Speaking to the BBC in a video made public on March the 8th, Hdoubane said that in 1994, she «succeeded in becoming the first female mountain guide in Morocco». Leading women-only groups of mountaineers, the young woman is part of a group of guides in the Atlas Mountains that organizes tours in the region. With female tourists, she visits «nomadic women» and helps them earn a living. Her
When she graduated university in Cairo, Casablanca-native Halima Embarek Warzazi realized that she wanted to pursue a career as a diplomat. The woman with the big ambitions has been serving as a UN diplomat since the 1950s, defending women’s rights.
After a month that was marked by diplomatic failures, the Polisario Front is trying to hit back, receiving and sending delegations abroad. This week, a delegation from the Tindouf camps visited the republic of Ireland and was received by the its president. According to the Front’s press agency SPS, the delegation was composed of Mohamed Sidati, the Polisario’s «Minister Delegate to Europe», as well as Mohamed Yaslem Bissat a member of the separatist movement. «The
On Thursday, March the 7th, French-born Jihadist Mehdi Nemmouche was found guilty for opening fire on people at the Brussels Jewish Museum in May, 2014, reports French daily Le Monde. Nacer Bendrer, who was accused of providing assistance for Nemmouche, was also found guilty of murder. Nemmouche’s lawyers tried to get him out of the case by suggesting that «he'd been framed in an elaborate conspiracy which blamed the murders on foreign intelligence agencies, but produced no
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