L’Administration de la prison locale El Arjat 2 a annoncé qu'un détenu (CH. M.) s’est donné la mort par pendaison, vendredi matin, au moyen de sa chemise. Il a profité de l’absence des autres détenus dans la cellule, sortis en promenade dans la cour de la prison, pour commettre son acte, indique la Délégation générale à l'administration pénitentiaire et à la réinsertion (DGAPR) dans un
Près de 89 000 postes d'emplois ont été créés, entre le 3ème trimestre de 2016 et la même période de 2017, par l'économie marocaine, contre une perte de 73 000 une année auparavant, selon le Haut-Commissariat au plan (HCP). En hausse de 1,3%, le volume d'emploi dans le secteur de l’«agriculture forêt et pêche» s’est accru de 47 000 postes au niveau national dont 40 000 en milieu rural et 7
Les obsèques du jeune victime d'un crime par préméditation à l'aide d'une arme à feu survenu jeudi soir, dans un café du quartier Hivernage à Guéliz, ont eu lieu, vendredi, à Marrakech. Après les prières du vendredi et du mort, le cortège funèbre s’est dirigé vers le cimetière Jnane Aourad, où la dépouille du défunt a été inhumée dans un
Hakima El Haite, a climate scientist, politician and former Minister Delegate in charge of the Environment, who has contributed to the United Nations (UN) climate negotiations, will not be able to attend a climate change conference in Bonn on Monday, after the royal censure, reports the Climate Change News an online newspaper based in London. Hakima El Haite, still represents Morocco as a UN «climate champion», said the same source. This role allowed her to guide a
La chambre criminelle de première instance chargée des affaires de terrorisme près l'annexe de la cour d’appel de Salé a prononcé, jeudi, des peines allant de 2 à 6 ans de prison ferme à l’encontre de 19 prévenus condamnés dans des affaires liées au terrorisme. La chambre a ainsi condamné à 6 ans de prison ferme quatre accusés, à 4 ans de prison ferme deux autres et à 2 ans de
A Moroccan national has been expelled from Germany to France for allegedly helping to plan the 2015 Thalys train attack, said a legal source on Friday as reported by AFP news agency. The suspect identified as Redouane Sebbar is believed to have links with Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian-Moroccan terrorist who have masterminded the November 2015 Paris attacks killing 130 people. According to the same source, the 25-year-old Moroccan national has allegedly received orders from Abaaoud to
The fourth edition of the International Short Film contest «Ana Maghribi(a)» was held Thursday, November 2nd, in Casablanca. During the award ceremony, six prizes were awarded to the participants who submitted videos exceeding 90 seconds on «living together in the city», reports the French institute in a statement. The jury, chaired this year by actress Latefa Ahrrare, has awarded 3 prizes. The first was granted to Naji Tbel's film «The Wall
Kim Bolduc, known to Moroccans as the head of the United Nations mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, was appointed Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) by the UN Secretary General on Thursday 2nd of November. Her departure from the UN mission was predictable, especially after the appointment of a new personal envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara. Mrs. Bolduc was considered close to the former mediator,
The mayor of Molenbeek-ST-Jean, Francoise Schepmans, banned the holding of an Islamophobic rally scheduled for Friday 3rd of November in one of the 19 municipalities in the Brussels-Capital region, reports L’Express. «Any gathering of people that has to do with this rally will be prohibited by the municipality of Molenbeek-St-Jean», stated the mayor. The rally has been announced weeks before by several far-right elected representatives, namely Filip Dewinter, a member
Six people were arrested in Casablanca on Friday morning, 3rd of November, over links to the murder that took place Thursday in Marrakech, said the Directorate-General of National Security quoted by MAP news agency. Two men on a motorcycle opened fire on a young man who was sitting in a cafe near Marrakech Appeal Court yesterday around 7.45 pm causing his death. According to the same source, the main suspect has ordered the other assailants to commit the crime. He was identified as a