Austria withdraws from the UN global migration pact

The Austrian government announced Wednesday, 31st of October, that it is withdrawing from the UN pact on migration which will be formally endorsed in December, says French news agency AFP. Austria says it is opposed to this pact, like Hungary and the United States to «defend [its] sovereignty». «Austria will not join the UN migration pact… We view some points of the migration pact very critically, such as the mixing up of seeking protection with labor

Nasser Bourita praises the exceptional French-Moroccan partnership

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita praised, Wednesday in La Celle-Saint-Cloud (western Paris), the exceptional partnership, supported at the highest level by King Mohammed VI and president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, linking Morocco and France. In a statement to the press on the occasion of a meeting with French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Bourita welcomed the holding of this meeting in the room of the

Spain expels a Moroccan radicalized Imam

The Spanish police, together with the country’s intelligence services, expelled on Wednesday, 31st  of October, a Morocco Imam who had been working since the beginning of the year in the municipality of El Ejido (Almeria), says Spanish newspaper El Pais. The 40-year-old man «was making radical remarks in the mosque, where people were gathering as a group», say investigators. The Imam criticized, in particular, the integration of Muslims into the Spanish society and has

64% of Moroccans refuse the adoption of summer time during Ramadan

A survey conducted by French-language daily newspaper L’Economiste reveals that the majority of Moroccans are against the idea of maintaining summer time during the month of Ramadan. Quoted by 2M.ma, the newspaper indicates that 1000 people out of 5342 from different social classes participated to the study. Conducted by Sunergia Etude, the study emphasizes that it is mainly women who prefer the adoption of GMT during the winter. One woman out of four are against the idea of returning

La Marocaine Aïcha El Basri remporte le Prix du «meilleur roman arabe»

La Marocaine Aïcha El Basri a remporté, mercredi, le prix du «meilleur roman arabe», décerné dans le cadre de la 37è édition du Salon international du livre de Charjah, aux Emirats Arabes Unis. La romancière et poète marocaine a été primée pour son oeuvre «Al Hayat min douni» (La vie sans moi). Ce prix est doté d'une enveloppe de 150 000 dirhams émiratis (environ 390 000 DH). Le

Emission spéciale MRE : Rachid Guerraoui, du collège Errazi de Settat au Collège de France

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

As required by Washington, the Security Council extends MINURSO’s mandate to six months

The United Nations Security Council voted on Wednesday, October the 31st, for extending the MINURSO’s mandate to six months. France, Moroccan’s main ally, failed to convince the United States into elongating the mission’s mandate to one year. Once again, the new 2440 resolution on the Sahara did not have the support of all the members of the Council. 12 members voted in favor of Morocco, while Russia Ethiopia and Bolivia abstained. Last July, the Trump administration had

Italy : Four Moroccan nationals in the dismantling of a hashish trafficking network

Four Moroccan nationals, aged between 23 and 42 years old, were arrested by the Italian police in Turin, reports the Italian news agency ANSA on Wednesday. The suspects are linked to a drug trafficking network operating in the Borgo Dora district in Turin. «Hashish wholesalers take a commission that accounts for 1,200 euros per kilo», and they sell their goods in the market using the label «Dragoes», indicates ANSA. A police investigation was opened in May and in a

Azilal Province: Three people killed in collision between bus and taxi

Three people were killed and three others injured Wednesday morning following a collision between a bus and a taxi at Douar Aït Oumras (Azilal province), according to local authorities. The accident also resulted in the death of a child and injury to a girl who were by the side of the road after being hit by one of the vehicles involved, the same source said. It added that an investigation was opened to determine the circumstances of this accident.

Maroc : Pluies et rafales de vent avec chutes de neige jusqu'au jeudi

De fortes pluies parfois orageuses, fortes rafales de vent avec chutes de neige et temps froid sont prévus du mercredi 31 octobre au jeudi premier novembre dans plusieurs villes du royaume, a indiqué mercredi la Direction de la météorologie nationale (DMN). Ainsi, de fortes pluies parfois orageuses (70 à 100 mm) sont attendues le mercredi de 11h à 24h dans les villes d'Al Hoceima (reliefs), Fahs-Anjra, Chefchaouen, Larache, Ouazzane, Tanger-Assilah et