UN Security Council is to start consultations tonight for the adoption of a new resolution on the Sahara. The draft resolution, already sent to the council’s members, is expected to «call for the final withdrawal of the Polisario elements in the buffer zones and urge the other parties to exercise restraint», a source told Yabiladi. «Unlike last year, Morocco can accept sending a technical committee to the region with the exception that it would not be limited to El
Speaking to the American TV channel NBC, a young student claimed that a Spanish tour guide have allegedly raped her during a trip to Marrakech. In 2013, the South Florida woman went on a trip to Marrakech with a group of friends. They have collaborated with the travel agency Discover Excursions, based in Seville (Spain). According to her, the tour guide Manuel B.V. urged the girls to stay in the hotel by night and asked them to «have a drink» in one of the rooms. Innocently, they
L’ancien président du Conseil constitutionnel, Mohamed Achergui, a été décoré, lundi soir à Rabat, de la Croix de grand Officier de l'ordre du mérite civil du royaume d'Espagne, en reconnaissance de son engagement en faveur du renforcement de la coopération et de la justice constitutionnelle entre les deux royaumes. Cette décoration a été remise à Mohamed Achergui par l'ambassadeur du royaume d'Espagne au
Morocco is looking forward to limit the services of Airbnb and Booking.com, online marketplace and hospitality platforms, in an attempt to «level the playing field» for traditional hotels, said Bloomberg on Tuesday. Moroccan officials will apply taxes and regulations on online portal Airbnb, starting form 2019, making up for the damages more than 3,800 hotels and hundreds of travel agencies have been suffering from lately, said Mehdi Taleb, head of regulation, development and
While the region is witnessing a huge buffer zone crisis in the Sahara, an Algerian party leader has urged Morocco and Algeria to reopen borders. «Closing of borders separating Algeria and Morocco is an irrational inconsistency», said Mohcine Belabbas, general secretary of the Rally for Culture and Democracy while attending a meeting in Tunis. Last November, Abdelmajid Menasra, vice-president of the Movement for the Society of Peace (Algerian Islamist party) also called for the
On Monday, the Dutch public prosecutor announced the arrest of four Moroccan-Dutch nationals suspected of plotting a terrorist attack. The arrests were carried out in Oudenbosh, Rosendael and Antwerp, Belgium following the request of the Essen National Prosecutor's Office. Dutch police’ report shows that digital data was seized in three houses in Oudenbosch and Roosendaal, a warehouse in Sprundel, and two houses in Essen and Antwerp. However, neither weapons nor explosives were found in
80 sub-Saharan illegal migrants were arrested Sunday, 15th of April, by the Moroccan authorities in Nador while they were trying to enter Spain, reports EFE. The migrants’ attempt to reach Spain was foiled, according to the same source, after the authorities conducted two separate operations in two beaches near the city of Nador. 25 illegal migrants were arrested off the Moroccan coast en route to Spain during the first operation while 55 others, including women and
A task force sent by FIFA has arrived Monday in Morocco to evaluate the country’s ability to host the 2026 World Cup, said Morocco’s bid committee in a statement sent to Yabiladi. «Today, the committee is set to receive 5 members from the Task Force as well as others from the FIFA administration for a three-day-visit», said the same communiqué. The FIFA delegation is expected to travel from the 17th to the 19th of April to several cities in the
Les échanges extérieurs du Maroc ont été marqués par une hausse du déficit de la balance commerciale de 10,6% à 48,70 milliards de dirhams (MMDH) à fin mars 2018, contre 44,02 MMDH lors de la même période en 2017, indique l’Office des changes dans sa note sur les indicateurs mensuels des échanges extérieurs du mois de mars 2018. Ainsi, les importations ont atteint 117,14 MMDH fin mars 2018, contre 108,21
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita announced, Sunday, that the 29th Arab Summit, held in the Saudi city of Dhahran, unanimously affirmed its support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Bourita told the press after the Summit that the latter «unanimously affirmed its support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2016 FIFA World Cup and called on all States to provide full and unwavering support to this bid.» The 29th Arab
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