A friend of Radouane Lakdim, the hostage-taker who killed 4 and injured several people in a terror attack, was put in custody on Friday for around 19 hours for belonging to a terrorist organization, said Le Monde. On Friday night, a second individual was also arrested for the same count, informed the Paris prosecutor. According to a source close to the file, he is a minor born in 2000 and a friend of Radouane Lakdim. Investigations are underway to determine how the assailant got the gun he
La sélection marocaine s'est imposée face à la Serbie en match amical, vendredi soir, au stade olympique de Turin, en Italie, par deux buts à un (2-1), dans le cadre des préparatifs en vue de la Coupe du monde 2018 en Russie. Après un début de match plutôt équilibré, les hommes d'Hervé Renard ont peu à peu imposé leur style de jeu avec une meilleure occupation de terrain et une prestation globalement
Morocco's national football team defeated, Friday, Serbia 2-1 during a friendly match hosted by Turin, Italy. Hakim Ziryech, a Moroccan mid-fielder, scored a goal. He also helped Khalid Boutaib score a second goal. Meanwhile, Serbia managed to score one goal losing in front of the Atlas Lions qualified for the 2018 World Cup scheduled this summer in Russia. This friendly was a way for the two nations to build up for the international competition. The Atlas Lions are expected to play against
195 Nigerians are imprisoned in Morocco for drug-related crimes, said on Friday Baba Garba, the Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom, reports the Nigerian News Agency (NAN). «We have the menace of Nigerians that come from Latin America, transiting Morocco that are carriers of drugs», said the Nigerian ambassador insisting : «we have a number of them in prisons purely for drugs; I send the figures officially to government, there are 195 of them in prisons». According to
The FY 2018 appropriations bill passed on Thursday by US Congress requires that funds appropriated under title III of this Act for Morocco shall be made available for assistance in the Moroccan Sahara. Last October, Senators Lindsey Graham (Republican) and Patrick Leahy (Democrat) had introduced a proposal requesting to «consult» the MINURSO first before sending aids to Western Sahara. An initiative that was blessed by Senator James Inhofe. In 2017, the Kingdom managed to ensure
The Spanish Refugees Aid Commission (CEAR) has published its 2017 data, indicating that Spain has accepted 595 asylum applications, almost twice the number of what was accepted in 2016 (355). According to CEAR, Palestinians, Eritreans and Moroccans are the most to seek asylum in the country. From 595 requests, 55 were granted to Moroccans. «The vast majority was related to the sexual orientation of the applicants,» reports the news agency EFE. Betty Lachgar from the Alternative
Minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi reacted to the note published by Amnesty International, on the 16th of March, concerning the Jerada Events. During a press briefing held on Thursday the minister stated that the report «lacks fairness and does not include real data». Mustapha El Khalfi said that «last week's events in Jerada did not hinder the ongoing implementation of the government's
A man is holding several people hostage in a supermarket in Trèbes, a city in southern France, BBC reports on Friday. The man inside had earlier opened fire on policemen who were jogging and injured one of them in the shoulder. The police rushed to the supermarket where the gunman was hiding. LCI announced that 2 people were killed and 12 are wounded. Officially, the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office in Paris confirmed that two people were, indeed, killed in this
Le ministre délégué chargé des Relations avec le parlement et la société civile, porte-parole du gouvernement, Mustapha El Khalfi, a réagi à ce qui a été publié par l'organisation Amnesty International au sujet des événements de Jerada. Lors d’un point de presse, jeudi à l’issue du Conseil de gouvernement, il a déclaré que l’article de l’ONG
OCP group announced a strong revenue growth of 14% in the year 2017, standing at MAD 48,503 million, up from MAD 42,471 million in 2016, posting a solid performance across all product segments. Volumes in Rock and Fertilizers increased by 40% and 24%, respectively, compared to 2016, said OCP which has published its earnings. The group maintained its leadership position in Acid, retaining its ranking as the second largest concentrated phosphate supplier in Asia, with stable year-over-year