Authorities in Sala Al Jadida dismantled, Tuesday morning, a migrant-smuggling network, the General Directorate for National Security said in a communiqué quoted by MAP news agency. Two individuals, aged 35 and 39 years old, were arrested. The suspects are allegedly the ones who orchestrated migrant smuggling campaigns. The two suspects were placed in police custody and an investigation has been launched by the authorities, the same source concluded.
Currently staying in Morocco, Gabonese President Ali Bongo delivered a speech, Monday, to his people on New Year's Eve. In a two-minute video, Bongo reassured Gabonese citizens about his health. His speech was also a way of replying to opposition parties in the country which sent on December the 21st a letter to the Gabonese Prime Minister, asking him to set up a «medical committee» to check on the President's health. «Today, as you can see, I am better, and I am looking
The Swiss-Spanish suspect arrested Saturday by the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) in Marrakech «has a criminal record in Geneva for robberies committed between 2007 and 2013», says a Swiss newspaper. The individual suspected of having links with the Imlil killings that took the lives of two Scandinavian tourists, «is known to the Geneva police», the same source added quoting the spokesman for the Swiss federal police. The man was convicted before for
Three people, including a police officer, were injured, Monday, near the Manchester Victoria railway station (England) after they were stabbed by a man with a knife, BBC reported. The man stabbed the police officer in the shoulder after attacking a man and a woman in the 50s at around 20:50 GMT. The assailant was held in custody after he was stopped by the police, which used pepper spray and a Taser to arrest him, the same source added. British counter terrorism police said that they have
The Moroccan authorities flatly rejected the statements made by Amnesty International (AI) about the trial of the Al-Hoceima events' detainees for «lack of objectivity and impartiality». The Moroccan authorities expressed their categorical rejection of statements by the organization of Amnesty International in its report that lacks objectivity and impartiality as dictated by international standards, said on Monday the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Human Rights in a
Moroccan celebrities, including radio host Mohamed Boussfiha known as Momo, singer Mohamed Reda and members of rap group Achkayen visited Imlil last week. The initiative was launched to «deny rumors suggesting that the tourism sector has been negatively affected» after the terror killings that took place in Imlil two weeks ago, the Hit Radio host Momo told Alyaoum 24. The bodies of the two Scandinavian tourists were found Monday, December the 17th, near Imlil. «The region
Morocco's net international reserves amounted to 228.2 billion dirhams until December 21, 2018, recording a 4.6% year-on-year decrease, Morocco's central bank (Bank Al-Maghrib) said. During the week of December 20-26, Bank Al-Maghrib injected 65.3 billion dirhams. As for the interbank rate, it has remained at 2.27%, the source added in a press release. During the same period, the Dirham appreciated by 0.12% against the Euro and by 0.06% against the Dollar.
Moroccan researchers Aicha Ammour and Mohamed Zbiri won two prizes at the ninth edition of the Sharjah Award for Plastic Art's Critical Research. Aicha Ammour was awarded for her research «The relationship between visual arts and other artistic expressions : Interactive study of several Arab models», reported Sunday Le Matin. Mohamed Zbidi was also awarded for his work «Art and Society : Visual Arts and the Arab landscape». Speaking to media, Aicha
La croissance économique nationale a ralenti au troisième trimestre 2018, se situant à 3% au lieu de 3,9% durant la même période un an auparavant, selon le Haut-commissariat au plan (HCP). Cette croissance a été tirée par la demande intérieure dans le contexte d'une hausse encore maitrisée de l’inflation et d’un net accroissement du besoin de financement de l’économie nationale, précise le HCP
From his cell in the Oukacha local prison in Casablanca, Hirak figure Nasser Zefzafi called for the organization of a march to support Riffian women in Brussels on February the 16th, reports Dalil Rif quoting Zefzafi’s father. The march is expected to show support for women in the region. Speaking to his father, Nasser Zefzafi said that «women in the Rif suffered from the Hirak movement, shame and ignorance». He also acknowledged that women were subjected to
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