Décès d'un Marocain à bord d’un avion saoudien dans l’espace aérien égyptien

Un ressortissant marocain est décédé, jeudi à Alexandrie, suite à un malaise de santé survenu à bord d’un avion saoudien dans l’espace aérien égyptien, apprend-on auprès de l’ambassade du Maroc au Caire. Agé de 62 ans, le défunt (M. M.) a été victime d’un malaise à bord d’un avion saoudien (vol n°373) qui se dirigeait vers Casablanca en provenance de

Restrictions de visa : Droit de réponse du consulat général de Belgique à Casablanca

Dans une interview, la directrice générale de la Fondation Touria et Abdelaziz Tazi (TAT) et de la structure culturelle L’Uzine, Maria Daïf, évoque son expérience dans le cadre du Festival Moussem Cities. Invitée à l’événement, elle a décidé de le boycotter en protestation contre les conditions d’octroi de visa. Yabiladi publie le droit de réponse du consulat

Hirak : The Al Hoceima appeal court confirms the sentences of seven activists

The Al Hoceima appeal court confirmed on Thursday evening the verdicts pronounced against seven Hirak activists, and which are ranging from five to 20 years in prison, for participating in unauthorized protests in the Rif, reports EFE. Two of the activists were sentenced to 20 years in prison. They are accused of putting fire to a police residence, using violence against the public forces on duty, disobedience and destruction of public property, and having participated to an

Sahara : Morocco is not having direct negotiations with the Polisario, according to El Khalfi

Morocco is not having direct negotiations with the Polisario, announced this afternoon the Minister of Relations with Parliament, and the government spokesman during a press briefing. On the same line as Nasser Bourita, Mustapha El Khalfi said «no meeting is scheduled,» reports Alyaoum24. The Polisario Front declared that it supports the relaunching of direct negotiations with the kingdom under the United Nations’s auspices. For the record, the first direct negotiations

A British boxer of Moroccan descent blames the Kingdom’s meat for his two-year suspension

Muhammed Ali, a British boxer of Moroccan descent who qualified to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics that was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has blamed Moroccan meat after he failed to pass a drugs test. The 21-year-old boxer who has been banned for two years tested positive for «the anabolic steroid Trenbolone during the World Series of Boxing in Morocco in April last year», reports the BBC sports. Defending his position, the boxer said that he was

Melilla : A governmental delegation to return 36 migrants to Morocco

The government delegate in Melilla, Abdelmalik El Barkani, announced yesterday that 36 of the 39 migrants who arrived in the Chafarinas Islands, a group of three small islets located in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Morocco, and then transferred to Melilla, will be sent back to Morocco to prevent the «migration mafias» from making the Spanish archipelagos a «new gateway to Spain», reports Europa Press. The official said that only three of them were

La CGEM appelle au désenclavement de la région du Drâa-Tafilalet

La présidente de la Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc (CGEM), Miriem Bensaleh Chaqroun, a appelé lundi à Errachidia à mobiliser les moyens nécessaires pour le désenclavement terrestre et aérien de la région de Drâa-Tafilalet. Lors d’une rencontre de communication avec les opéatuers économique des la région, elle a indiqué que l’objectif consiste

ONHYM signs petroleum agreement with Shell and Repsol

Morocco's National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) signed a petroleum agreement with «Shell Exploration et production du Maroc» (GmbH) and Repsol exploration Tanfit covering the onshore area named «Tanfit» which spans over 9990 km². «Following the results of a reconnaissance survey carried out in this area by Shell, in partnership with ONHYM under a reconnaissance contract, Shell and Repsol have decided to continue their works under a permit for

King Mohammed VI gives instructions to alleviate impact of snowfall and heavy rains in affected regions

King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to the concerned governmental sectors and services to remain mobilized and redouble efforts to alleviate the negative impact of snowfall, heavy rains and sharp drop in temperatures in some prefectures and provinces of the Kingdom, and to take steps to open up the affected areas and provide assistance and support to their populations, the Ministry of Interior said Wednesday in a statement. The sovereign also ordered the continuation of efforts

Maroc : Fortes rafales de vent et averses orageuses mercredi et jeudi

De fortes rafales de vent et des averses orageuses localement importantes seront enregistrées, mercredi et jeudi, dans plusieurs provinces du Royaume, indique la Direction de la météorologie nationale (DMN) dans un bulletin spécial. Ainsi, de fortes rafales de vent concerneront mercredi de 11h00 à 22h00 les provinces de Safi, Essaouira, Agadir, Inzegane, Tiznit, Sidi-Ifni, Guelmim, Tan-Tan, Laayoune et Smara. Par ailleurs, des averses orageuses localement