A gunman shot dead a policeman and wounded two more on Thursday before security forces on the Champs-Elysees shot him dead. Meanwhile, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the shooting as France is just days ahead of a presidential election.
The UN headquarters in New York witnessed another clash between Morocco and Venezuela this week. During the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) meeting, the representative of Caracas did not miss the opportunity to recall the Western Sahara conflict, reports Map news agency. Venzuela’s ambassador, Rafael Ramirez said that the ODD achievements target «occupied territories» referring to Palestine and the Moroccan Sahara. Responding to this, Omar Hilale
Huawei Global Connectivity Index ranks Morocco 44th among a list of 50 nations. The annual report is a barometer of information that investigates the status of Information and Communication Technology investments in several countries.
Safia Sadki, a 23-year-old woman was racially attacked and beaten by two women on Friday night after ordering a Basic English food at a pizza shop. The young woman told Hull daily mail, that she was at Bella Pizza, a takeaway at the Prestongate area in the city of Hessle England, when two women called her «Dirty skin» and pulled her hair, punched her face after she ordered a Margarita pizza. 'Racist woman pulled my hair and said I had dirty skin as I waited for
A 38-year-old man of Moroccan descent set himself on fire Tuesday in front of a courthouse in Kortrijk, Belgium, RT reports. A video emerged online of the young man pouring gasoline on his body and setting himself ablaze after being rescued by fire fighters. Local media has said that the man, who is believed to be called Chafik, posted on social media a statement saying that he was «tired of racism». Jamal Qnioun who is head of the People Help the People organization and member of
For a healthy and swift body people have been driven toward a new food trend. Organic food is a growing market in Morocco especially in big cities like Casablanca where people have been introduced to shops and stores that are full of organic goodies, gluten-free pastry and 100% natural products.
A woman claims that she saw Madeleine McCann, a British little girl that disappeared in 2007, in Marrakech with a man. A statement published in The Express newspaper 10 years after the girl’s disappearance.
Shane Orchard, a 33 year-old man from Cam, a village in England, has admitted at Cheltenham Magistrates court yesterday that he racially assaulted a Moroccan taxi driver. The accused was found guilty by the judges for offending Abdellatif Settar who is originally from Morocco on the 1st of April, reports Gazette news. The court based its sentence on a recording that Settar had of the incident. According to the recording, Orchard called Settar «Paki», a racist appellation that
Mohamed-Amine Ben Faras, 33, was arrested Saturday 15th of April in Quebec City for uttering death threats against the alleged gunman. The man, who is originally from Morocco, is accused of menacing Alexandre Bissonnette and members of his family, Le Journal de Quebec reports. The detained man is the nephew of one of the victims of January’s deadly mosque shooting that took place in Quebec. The victim’s family however did not recognize Ben Faras and mentioned being highly troubled
King Mohammed VI called, yesterday on a speech delivered at the Arab Finance Ministers meeting by Mohammed Boussaid Minister of Finance, the financial Arab groups to increase their funding for development projects in Arab countries. The sovereign’s statement was read upon Ministers of Economy and Finance of the Arab countries who attended the opening of the two-day annual meeting held in Rabat on the 18th of April. Arab Times, a Kuwaiti newspaper, reported that King Mohammed VI urged