Ceuta wants to house unaccompanied minor migrants in «igloos»

The Ceuta government is planning to house 50 unaccompanied minor migrants in small igloo-shaped houses, says El Faro de Ceuta. These are small prefabricated parts approved by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), located near the «La Esperanza» center for minors, according to the autonomous city. These facilities will be used after the number of unaccompanied minor migrants entering the city rose dramatically. The initiative is a plan of emergency to house the

Renewable Energy: MASEN and AfDB join forces to implement Desert to Power initiative in Africa

Chairman of the executive Board of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), Mustapha Bakkoury, and president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Akinwumi Adesina, inked, Wednesday in Johannesburg, a Letter of Intent endorsing a new cooperation under the «Desert to Power» program. The objective of this partnership, signed within the framework of the African Investment Forum, which is being held at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, is to support African

Italy : A Moroccan national murdered in a satanic ritual

Fifteen years after her disappearance, I.L, a Moroccan-Italian national, was identified through a DNA test done on bones. The woman went missing when she was 32 years old while she was planning to travel to Prato in the Tuscany region. According to Il Corriere della Sera, the remains of her body were found three years later, hidden in plastic bags near a highway in the municipality of Barberino del Mugello. It took 12 years to figure out that the bones found in Barberino del Mugello

Works of the extraordinary summit scheduled to reform the AU kicks off Thursday

Works related to the African Union extraordinary summit, scheduled for the 17th and 18th of November, have started on Thursday. On the 5th and 6th of November, the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa hosted a meeting of the Permanent Representatives' Committee of the African Union. The meeting reviewed the «financial and administrative» reforms of the organization’s Commission, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, the African Parliament and the strengthening of the

A Ubisoft shooter video game relies on a Morocco-themed map

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, a tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft, is relying on Morocco’s Groupe d’Intervention de La Gendarmerie Royale (GIGR) for its new map, reports Euro Gamer. «Rainbow Six has secured permission to use the renowned fortress located in the Atlas Mountains», says Ubisoft, referring to the video game’s Operation Wind Bastion. أهلاً بكم في المغرب

Lancement de l'expérience pilote du Registre national de la population à Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

L'expérience pilote du Registre national de la population (RNP) sera lancée en 2019 au niveau de la région Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, avant d'être généralisée lors de la période allant de février 2020 à mai 2024, a annoncé, mercredi à Rabat, le ministre de l'Intérieur, Abdelouafi Laftit. Le RNP vise à rassembler et à préserver les données personnelles, ainsi qu'à

Emission spéciale MRE : Les services du numéro vert des consulats marocains

L’émission spéciale MRE, présentée par Mohamed Ezzouak, est le fruit d’un partenariat entre Radio 2M et Yabiladi.com.

Italian manufacturer Enel concludes financial agreements for the Midelt wind farm project

Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas Enel said on Monday, November the 5th, that it concluded financial agreements to build a 180-MW wind farm in Morocco, reports Renewables Now. Enel will finish the construction of the park in 24 months, says the same source, adding that this investment amounts to MAD 2.5 billion. The project will be financed by Moroccan electricity and water unitality firm ONEE. The latter was granted funds by the German Development

Green March speech : Antonio Guterres reacts to King Mohammed VI's proposal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres «has always been in favor of an enhanced dialogue between Morocco and Algeria», said, Wednesday in New York, his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, in reaction to the announcement by King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom's readiness for direct and frank dialogue with Algeria, contained in the Sovereign's Speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Green March. «The Secretary General has always been in favor

Moroccan Imam Fouad Belkacem denounces having been stripped of his Belgian citizenship

Known as a leader of the terrorist group Sharia4Belgium, Moroccan Imam Fouad Belkacem wants to appeal against the decision that stripped him of his Belgian citizenship. The information was confirmed by the Salafist's lawyer, Liliane Verjauw, says Belga news agency. «The Appeal Court of Antwerp had pronounced its ruling, two weeks ago, stripping him of his Belgian nationality», says the same source. The Belgian news agency indicates that the «lawyer did not want to give