A Moroccan national was arrested in Valencia, a city that lies on Spain’s southeastern coast, for sexually attacking a British woman, reports UK online newspaper the Express on Wednesday. The 25-year-old man was accused of breaking into the British tourist’s apartment in a Tenerife holiday resort. The attack took place at around 11am on May the 13th. The Moroccan man was identified by his DNA, said investigators who added that he forced into the woman’s bedroom and
Finance and Economy Minister Mohamed Boussaid was dismissed, Wednesday 1st of August, by King Mohammed VI, says MAP press agency, quoting a communiqué issued by the Royal cabinet. The document indicates that the decision was taken in accordance with article «47 from the Moroccan Constitution» and after consulting Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani. According to the same statement, «the royal decision comes as a way of implementing the principles of public
Two armed robbers managed to break into French Montana’s Calabasas mansion on the Tuesday, July 31st morning, reports TMZ. The Moroccan rapper was home during the intrusion, says the same source. «We do not know if anyone in the house was injured, but what we do know is that nobody was hospitalized», adds the website. The rapper's home is in a gated community in Los Angeles, previously owned by pop singer Selena Gomez, who according to TMZ, allegedly called the police
En application des dispositions de l’article 47 de la Constitution, le roi Mohammed VI, après consultation du chef du gouvernement, a décidé de mettre fin aux fonctions de Mohammed Boussaid, en tant que ministre de l’Economie et des finances, indique un communiqué du Cabinet royal. Cette décision royale intervient en application du principe de la réédition des comptes que le roi est soucieux d’appliquer à tous les
The Spanish security forces arrested two Moroccan nationals in Mataró (Barcelona) on Wednesday. They are accused of participating in the recruitment and radicalization people in the provinces of Barcelona and Tarragona (north-east). Spanish news agency EFE reports that the two suspects, identified as 46-year-old MB, from Tétouan and 36-year-old O.K from Tangier, are part of a network aimed at radicalizing and indoctrinating young people in Barcelona and Tarragona
Rendered by the court of Mostaganem, the verdict against 26 Saharawi from the Polisario camps was highly criticized in Tindouf. On Tuesday, pro-Polisario online newspaper Futuro Sahara roasted the Front’s leadership and the Algerian justice. The 26 men were arrested and convicted for belonging to a criminal gang. This week, the court of Mostaganem fined and sentenced them to four years of prison. «The case makes us think of the misfortunes of the Saharawi people and of
La brigade de la police judiciaire du district d'Inezgane a procédé, mardi, sur la base d'informations précises fournies par les services de la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire (DGST), à l'arrestation d'un couple pour son implication présumée dans une affaire de kidnapping d'un nourrisson. Dans un communiqué, la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) indique que les services
23 athletes from Moroccan delegation participating to the African Championships in Athletics in the city of Asaba (Nigeria), went through a real ordeal, reported yesterday the Atlas Lions media, quoting Le Matin. The Moroccan athletes waited 55 hours after their arrival at the Murtala-Muhammed International Airport in Lagos last Saturday, before taking a flight to the city of Asaba (400 kilometers west of Lagos), according to the same source. As the African Senior Championships
Moroccan international player Amine Harit has been given a suspended four-month jail sentence, for being involved in a fatal car accident that killed a pedestrian in Marrakech, reports German online newspaper Spiegel Online on Wednesday, quoting Moroccan media. The Schalke 04 midfielder was also fined 8,600 dirhams. He has returned to Germany to join his club after the deadly accident in Marrakech. Sources close to the file said, earlier this month, that the World Cup player «offered
Morocco's net international reserves amounted to 225.9 billion dirhams until July 20, 2018, recording a 11% year-on-year increase, Morocco's central bank (Bank al-Maghrib) said. During the week of July 19-25, Bank Al-Maghrib injected 66.8 billion dirhams. As for the interbank rate, it remained at 2.28%, while the average trading volume rose from 3.7 billion dirhams the week before to 4.7 billion dirhams, the source added. During the same period, the Dirham appreciated by 0.47% against the