After its 2017 first edition, USAID Career Center hosted the second edition of its summer camp from the 2nd to the 31st of July. In a communiqué sent Friday to Yabiladi, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) stated that 3,500 young university students and vocational trainees attended the summer camp. Attendees benefited from «orientation workshops, soft skills trainings, conferences, competitions and meetings with professionals», says the same
Blockchain company Soluna’s wind farm in Dakhla will «not make cryptocurrency transactions in Morocco where financial authorities have warned against the use of cryptocurrencies», the firm’s chief executive John Belizaire told Reuters Friday in an interview. The project was announced in July by Brookstone Partners, a New York-headquartered firm that backs through its Morocco subsidiary, Platinum Power, Soluna to build a 900-megawatt wind farm
One month after Morocco announced that it is unilaterally suspending commercial customs at the Beni-Ensar border crossing in Melilla, the secretary general of the Spanish People’s Party in the enclave, Miguel Marin, referred to a possible sea link between Morocco and city. The idea is to link Melilla to Morocco by ferry instead of using land borders. This proposal includes also tourists, says Melilla Hoy. Miguel Marin, who is also head of Melilla’s port authority, stressed
Ecolo candidate Lahoussine Fadel, who is running for the Belgian local elections in Molenbeek, was criticized for taking a picture with Secretary of State for Asylum, Migration and Administrative Simplification Theo Francken. The photo was surprising, especially as the politician has slammed on several occasions the Ecolo party which is based on green politics. Belgian media platforms reported that after receiving harsh comments, the photo has been deleted. The same source adds that
Une enquête judiciaire a été diligentée jeudi à l'encontre de deux fonctionnaires de police, un officier de paix et un brigadier-chef, pour leur implication présumée dans une affaire de corruption, indique la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN). Dans un communiqué, la DGSN précise que les services de sûreté de Casablanca ont pris au sérieux une vidéo relayée
On Wednesday at the UN Security Council, Horst Köhler took the opportunity to recommend the relaunching of «direct negotiations» between Morocco and the Polisario, a well-informed source told Yabiladi on Thursday. Indeed, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara is committed to relaunch negotiations similar to the ones held in Manhasset in 2007 and 2008. Resolution 2414, adopted in April, emphasized «the importance of a renewed commitment by the
A Moroccan national, convicted of helping three of the suicide pilots in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, is expected to be released in October and deported to Morocco, report German online newspaper Morngen Post. The inmate identified as Mounir al-Motassadeq was convicted in 2007 of «membership in a terrorist organization and accessory to murder for aiding the three hijackers who lived in Hamburg», says the same source. According to German newspaper Bild,
Two young Moroccan nationals were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a British tourist in the seaside resort of Playa de las Américas, located on the island of Tenerife in the archipelago of Canaries, police sources told Spanish news agency Europa Press. One of the two young men is in an irregular situation. The victim first met one of the two suspects on Saturday 4th, and went out with him the next day to a nightclub; he then came with a friend. During the evening, the
An Emirati man with AIDS has been accused of raping a 24-year-old Moroccan woman in Dubai, UAE, reports online newspaper Khaleej Times on Thursday. The man is standing trial at the Dubai Court of First Instance. The 40-year-old suspect said he was innocent, stressing that he was sick. Indeed, medical examinations report revealed that he has AIDS and other «transmittable diseases», says the same source. During a hearing held in the Emirati court, the victim said she was stalked by
British politician Boris Johnson’s remarks on the full-face veil have angered members of his party. British Prime Minister Theresa May said that the former London mayor and former foreign Minister «has caused offence by saying that Muslim women who wear burkas look like 'letterboxes' or 'bank robbers'», reports the Guardian. «Nobody is allowed to tell a woman how to dress», stressed May, referring to Johnson’s language. Meanwhile, Sayeeda Warsi, member of
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