A Moroccan left-wing activist denounced yesterday in Rabat the fact that she was expelled from the United States and separated from her children, accusing the Moroccan and American authorities of deporting her because of showing support for social protests in her country of origin, said EFE. Siham Byah, a 40-year-old mother of two children, stated in a conference held in Rabat that the US authorities initially withdrew her residence permit in 2012, after living for 13 years in the United
MEPs, Lidia Senra and Estefania Torres, from the Confederation Group of the European United Left and the Podemos respectively, urged on Thursday the European Union to exclude the Western Sahara waters from its fisheries agreement concluded with Morocco and which is expected to expire on the 14th of July 2018, reports EFE. «The EU must exclude Western Sahara from its next agreement with Morocco», demanded Estefania Torres. The MEP also called the European Union to sign an agreement
The UK Space Agency, an executive agency of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the United Kingdom's civil space programme, announced on Wednesday that it is postponing the launch of a space capsule that contains scientific experiments from Morocco, India and Mexico. The agency explained that rescheduling of this launch is due to logistical conditions invoked by the Mexican air force, reported Anadolu. Mohamed Kayyali, director of the British Space Agency, told the same
Mohammed V University in Rabat topped on Thursday the list including Moroccan universities ranked by the «QS World University Ranking 2018», an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). In Africa, the University of Rabat was ranked 45th, while internationally, it was positioned 801st out of the 1,000 universities studied worldwide, said a statement issued by the university. Mohammed V. Continentally, the Cadi Ayyad University was 55th,
Around 3,000 Moroccan nationals from the Rif region took the streets in Brussels on Wednesday to demand the release of political prisoners in their country, reports Dutch-language Belgian platform VRT NWS. The protesters came from different European countries. Ahmed Zefzafi, the father of the figurehead of the Hirak protest movement, Nasser Zefzafi, also took part in the rally. The aim of the event was to draw the attention of the European Parliament to Moroccan political prisoners, says VRT
L'université Mohammed V de Rabat vient en tête de liste des universités marocaines dans le classement international américain «QS World University Ranking 2018» des meilleures universités au monde. En Afrique, l’université de Rabat a été classée à la 45e position, alors qu’à l’échelle internationale, elle occupe la 801ème place, sur un total de 1 000 universités
The Quebec City mosque shooting which occurred on the 29th of January 2017, is one of the six crimes cited in the 4918 Bill in «preventing interior terrorism». The bill has been submitted this month to the United States House of Representatives, reports the Canadian newspaper La presse. The bill states that it is the first shooting committed in a North American mosque, recalling that the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has referred to it as «a terrorist
Quelque 33 587 personnes ont bénéficié du droit d’acquisition de la nationalité marocaine par la mère, a annoncé mercredi à Tunis la ministre de la Famille, de la solidarité, de l’égalité et du développement social, Bassima Hakkaoui. S’exprimant lors du 1er congrès ministériel sur «l’appartenance et l’identité juridique» initié en partenariat entre
The Spanish police have expelled a Moroccan national to his country of origin, because of his alleged activities linked to ISIS, EFE reported Wednesday. The 43-year-old man was arrested on January the 30th in Terrasa (Barcelona) and released later. Police sources told the Spanish news agency that the suspect was arrested again on Monday, and was transferred to Madrid and sent back to Melilla by plane. The Moroccan national had all his papers in Spain, but his deportation was decided for
The situation of minor migrants in Melilla is worrying according to the United Nations. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which monitors and reports on implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by governments that ratify the Convention, urged Spain to reform the protocol on unaccompanied foreign minors, said the Spanish radio Cadena Ser. The UN committee also called the Iberian country to adopt the necessary measure which
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