After discovering the bodies of two Scandinavian tourists in the region of Chamharouch (near Imlil, a small town in Al Haouz province), the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) announced Tuesday, December the 18th, that a suspect was arrested. The man is suspected of killing the two women who were found dead with cuts to their necks, reported a BCIJ communiqué sent this morning to Yabiladi. The investigation launched yesterday helped to arrest the suspect in Marrakech. He is
British daily «Financial Times» has enumerated five reasons to live in the city of Casablanca which has become «Africa's financial powerhouse». In an article authored by Simon Brandon, the daily gave the first reason as been «the establishment in 2010 of Casablanca Finance City (CFC), a business hub formed from a public-private partnership, located on the site of a defunct airport». Secondly, the daily went on to say, «there are tax breaks on offer
L’équipe tunisienne «Limitless Gg» a remporté, dimanche soir à Casablanca, le Prix «ESWC Africa by inwi», un concours initié dans le cadre de l’Africa Gaming Fest by Inwi visant le développement du gaming au Maroc et en Afrique. Après des semaines de qualification ouverte dans sept pays (Algérie, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypte, Sénégal, Nigeria, Tunisie et Maroc), quatre équipes ont pu
The bodies of two foreign tourists, a Norwegian and a Danish, with signs of knife wounds on their necks, were found Monday morning in an unsupervised mountainous area, 10 km from the Imlil centre in El Haouz province, towards the summit of Mount Toubkal, said local authorities. As soon as they were informed of the incident, the local and security authorities went to the scene and an investigation was opened under the supervision of the competent prosecutor's office in order to clarify the
Morocco is to house the fifth edition of the Race2Race competition. The latter is organized by the Scientific Morocco Association and the US Embassy in Rabat, reports Satellite Prome. Applicants will be accepted, starting from December the 16th to January the 19th, 2019. It is open to Moroccan students aged between «15 to 18 with an interest in science and mathematics», said the same source. Pre-selection will take place between January the 20th and February the 24th. Voting will
AFC Ajax defeated De Graafschap 8-0 on Sunday in an Eredivisie match, the highest echelon of professional football in the Netherlands, says the club. Moroccan international Noussair Mazraoui scored the team’s first goal. Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan-Dutch attacking midfielder scored three goals, elevating his team’s score. Three other goals were scored later by Daley Blind, a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, left-back and center-back for Ajax.
Belgian politician in charge of migration Maggie De Block announced that the country wants to increase the number of people who can apply for asylum in Belgium. Through this initiative, the country would respond to more asylum applications submitted to the Federal Agency for the reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil), reports Le Soir. «We must be creative, as we did in previous crises», said the minister, quoted by De Standaard. «I asked Fedasil to check if it was possible.
Moroccan runner Rachid El Morabity won «Meraas Al Marmoom Ultramarathon 2018» in Dubai, the world’s longest desert ultra-run 270km, while his compatriot Aziza Raji finished second in the women's race. Rachid El Morabity covered the distance of the five-day competition, which ended on Saturday evening, in more than 30 hours, ahead of French Muriel Robert and Iranian Akbar Najdi Niryan. In the women's event, Moroccan Aziza Raji achieved a great feat for the Arab runners by
Police arrested on Saturday, December the 15th, four sub-Saharan nationals for their alleged involvement in online fraud and extortion in El Jadida. The first findings of the investigation revealed that the four men shared obscene content on the internet with a German national, before blackmailing him, said the police in a communiqué. The four suspects made the victim give them 18,000 euros, before they were identified by the police. The search conducted by the security services in a
Speaking of Hirak detainees convicted by the Casablanca first instance court, Amnesty International argued that these protesters have been «denied their right to a fair trial». In a note made public on Monday, December the 17th, the London-based non-governmental organization stressed that the «first trial proceedings resulted in a gross miscarriage of justice». After interviewing six Hirak lawyers, and families of the detainees and analyzing charge sheets, the
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