Banning Moroccan women from entering Kuwait is fake news, says its ambassador

The information published by a Kuwaiti newspaper and reported by Moroccan media and social networks on the banning of Moroccan women from entering the Kuwaiti territory «is completely unfounded», said Kuwait's ambassador in Rabat, Abdul Latif Ali El Yahya. This information is «completely wrong» and does not represent the official position of the State of Kuwait, Ali El Yahya told MAP, noting that «things are going normally and Moroccans, men and women, travel to

UN Secretary General to participate in Marrakech Intergovernmental Conference on Migration

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Morocco this weekend to take part in the Marrakech Intergovernmental Conference (10-11 December) for the official adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, his spokesman announced Friday in New York. In Marrakech, Guterres will also take part, on Monday, in a high-level meeting to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as will several former United Nations High

Sahara : EU comments on the Geneva round table

The European Union (EU) expressed, on Friday, its readiness to «contribute to measures that can create a positive climate» in the UN process on the Sahara issue, after the «momentum» given to this issue at the first round table meeting, held on Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva. «The participation of all delegations and the announcement of a second meeting in the first quarter of 2019 show that all participants are ready to continue their commitment under the

Accused of defamation, Taoufik Bouachrine fined MAD1 400 000

Fined for defaming Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch and former Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid, journalist Taoufik Bouachrine is expected to pay 1 400 000 dirhams. The decision was pronounced by the Casablanca Appeal court on Wednesday for an article published on his newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum and online newspaper Alyaoum 24. According to AFP, the journalist was prosecuted in 2015, after accusing the two senior officials of «amending an article of the 2016 Financial Act to

Migration : 1,400 Moroccan minors have arrived in Melilla this year

Melilla’s minister of Social Welfare Daniel Ventura announced that 120 unaccompanied foreign minors entered Melilla during the month of November, 2018, bringing the number of Moroccan underage migrants who arrived in the city this year to 1,400, reports EFE. In order to overcome the situation, the ministry urged authorities in the city to limit the number of Moroccan unaccompanied minor migrants entering the city to 200. The city of Melilla said in a statement that these numbers are

After attending the Geneva round table, Horst Köhler is expected to visit the US

The UN personal envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler is expected to visit New York in the coming days, said Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric in a daily press briefing on Thursday, December the 6th. At the UN headquarters, Köhler is expected to inform the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the details of the «round table» held in Geneva and attended by four delegations from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario, stressed

Béni Mellal : Démantèlement d’une cellule terroriste de six individus

Dans le cadre des opérations proactives visant à faire face aux menaces terroristes, le Bureau central des investigations judiciaires (BCIJ) a procédé, sur la base d’informations précises fournies par les services de la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire national (DGST), au démantèlement, vendredi à Béni Mellal, d’une cellule terroriste composée de six individus

Morocco dismantles six-member pro-ISIS terror cell

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled on Friday a pro-ISIS terror cell made up of six people, who were operating in the city of Beni Mellal, the Interior ministry announced. The suspects, aged between 24 and 37, were preparing terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, the ministry added in a statement. Initial investigations have revealed that the cell's members have recruited several young people with the aim of carrying out attacks against those who are against their

Hiding for 22 years in Morocco, an Italian national finally extradited to his country

Sought by the Italian authorities for 22 years, 74-year-old Italian national Angelo Filippini, was extradited, Thursday, to his country after he was arrested in Morocco, where he was leading a double life, reports local online newspaper La Provincia di Como. Wanted by the police for his links to the clandestine Spinella-Otina clan of the Calabrian mafia Ndrangheta, the man was arrested by the Moroccan authorities, at the request of Italy, in Temara, a city located 15 kilometers away from

Maroc : La corruption fait perdre 2% de croissance économique annuelle

Le ministre délégué chargé des Affaires générales et de la gouvernance, Lahcen Daoudi, a indiqué, jeudi à Rabat, que le gouvernement était déterminé à lutter contre la corruption, un fléau qui coûte au Maroc une perte annuelle de 2% de sa croissance économique. Dans une déclaration à la MAP à l'occasion de la clôture de la journée d'étude