Migration illégale : La Marine royale porte assistance à 298 personnes

Des garde-côtes de la Marine royale, opérant en Méditerranée, ont porté assistance, les 10 et 11 décembre, à 298 ressortissants subsahariens candidats à la migration irrégulière. Parmi eux des femmes et des enfants, selon des sources militaires. Ces migrants étaient à bord de cinq embarcations pneumatiques en difficulté, ajoute la même source, notant que l'une des embarcations

Russia has good relations with parties related to the Sahara conflict, says its ambassador

Russia's ambassador to Morocco Valerian Shuvaev told Russian news agency Sputnik on Wednesday, December the 12th, that his country has good diplomatic relations with the parties related to the Western Sahara crisis and that the issue must be resolved under the auspices of the United Nations. «We maintain good relations with the Polisario, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania», stressed Shuvaev, adding that Russia contributes to the settlement of this conflict through a group in the

Royal navy assists 298 sub-Saharan would-be immigrants

Coast guards of the Royal Navy assisted, on Monday and Tuesday, 298 Sub-Saharan would-be immigrants in the Mediterranean, including women and children, a military source said. The would-be immigrants were on board five inflatable boats, including one that was in trouble off the coast of the city of Nador since December 8 following an engine failure. Two dead bodies were found on this boat, while the other immigrants (55) were in poor health condition. The Royal Navy's coast guards provided

Marrakech pact on migration : King Mohammed VI receives Antonio Guterres

King Mohammed VI received Tuesday evening the United Nations Secretary-General, says MAP news agency quoting a royal office communiqué. «On this occasion, Guterres expressed to the sovereign his gratitude for the successful organization, in Morocco, of the Intergovernmental Conference on the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, marked by the adoption of the 'Marrakesh Pact'», said the same statement. «Guterres noted Morocco's human

Génération identitaire : La DGSN dément les allégations sur l’arrestation de citoyens étrangers à Marrakech

La Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) a démenti de manière catégorique les allégations et les mensonges véhiculés sur les réseaux sociaux, faisant état de l'arrestation de citoyens étrangers sur fond de leur participation à un acte de protestation en marge de la Conférence intergouvernementale sur la migration qui se tient à Marrakech. Dans un communiqué, la DGSN

Des étudiants vont concevoir la première voiture marocaine propulsée à l’énergie solaire

Une équipe d'étudiants de l’École nationale supérieure des mines de Rabat (ENSMR) planche sur un projet de construction d'une voiture propulsée à l'énergie solaire baptisée «Eleadora 2», le premier du genre au Maroc. Ce véhicule constituera la voiture solaire la plus performante à l'échelle de l'Afrique du Nord et permettra au Maroc de concourir en 2019 au Bridge Stone World Solar Challenge en

Maroc : Fès se dotera d’une «école de la deuxième chance»

L’Académie régionale de l’éducation et la formation (AREF) de Fès-Meknès et le centre régional pour le développement et la lutte contre l’analphabétisme ont signé, dernièrement, une convention relative à la création d’une école de la deuxième chance, nouvelle génération dans la médina de Fès. Ce projet sera réalisé selon une

Belgian right-wing politicians to rally against the Marrakech pact on migration

Right-wing politicians are expected to rally, Sunday, in Brussels against the Marrakech pact on migration, reports La Libre. On Facebook, several Flemish nationalist associations called for the organization of a march to protest against the UN Global Compact on Migration, formally ratified Monday, December the 10th, in Marrakech. Vlaams Belang, a right-wing populist and Flemish nationalist political party, is behind this rally, alongside the Catholic Flemish Student Association

Kenitra : Police dismantle a terrorist cell linked to ISIS

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled on Tuesday, December the 11th, a terrorist cell composed of three individuals who have alleged links with ISIS, and who operate in the city of Kenitra, said a communiqué issued by the Interior Ministry and sent to Yabiladi. According to the first elements of the investigation, the suspects, aged between 21 and 31 years old, were arrested on charges of apologizing for terrorism and praising ISIS’ propaganda. They

EP's Committee on Budgets votes in favor of adopting Morocco-EU fisheries agreement

The European Parliament's Committee on Budgets voted, Monday evening, in favor of the adoption of the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the European Union (EU). The notice relating to this agreement and its implementation protocol, as well as the exchange of letters accompanying it, were adopted by a large majority of the members of this parliamentary committee which decides on EU budgetary matters. This vote comes a few days after the adoption of this agreement by the Council of the