Province d'Azilal : Secousse tellurique de 2,9 degrés

Une secousse tellurique d'une magnitude de 2,9 degrés sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistrée mercredi dans la province d'Azilal, indique l'Institut national de géophysique (ING). La secousse, dont l'épicentre est situé dans la commune Ait M'hamed (province d'Azilal), s'est produite à 21H51min (GMT+1), précise le Réseau national de surveillance et d'alerte sismique de l'ING dans un bulletin d'alerte sismique. La

Ceuta : A Moroccan national arrested for murder and international drug trafficking

A Moroccan national who has been wanted in the Kingdom for drug trafficking and homicide was arrested on Wednesday, 8th of August, in Ceuta, says Spanish press agency Europa Press. On the run since March, the man carried a fake Spanish ID. He was identified after the Moroccan and Spanish authorities collaborated, exchanging information on his file. A court in Spain decided to extradite the suspect to Morocco, concludes the same source.

Alexandre Benalla is believed to be hired by French reality TV star Ayem Nour

Filmed while beating protesters on May the 1st, Alexandre Benalla continues to make headlines in France. Indeed, Emmanuel Macron's former top bodyguard have reportedly found a new job and is currently in Marrakech.  The information was revealed on an Instagram account dedicated to French reality TV stars. According to TvRealityFr, Alexandre Benalla was hired as Ayem Nour’s bodyguard, a former reality TV star and a TV host, as well as her son. The same source indicates that Ayem

Summer season : Several Ryanair flights canceled and Morocco is affected

Royal Air Maroc is no longer the only airline company affected by a social crisis during the current summer season. 250 Ryanair flights departing and coming from Germany will be canceled on August 10th, the Irish low-cost airline announced on Wednesday. The Irish company had, previously, revealed that 146 of its flights will canceled due to a cabin crew strike on August 10th in Sweden, Belgium and Ireland, reports Le Point. The Belgian media RTBF states that these 104

Mauritanian Foreign Affairs Minister attends a reception on the Throne Day

Mauritania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed attended a reception hosted last week in Nouakchott by the Moroccan ambassador, to commemorate the day of the King Mohammed VI’s accession to the throne. The Mauritanian senior official was accompanied by several other officials from the ministry. The presence of Ould Cheikh Ahmed at the throne celebration is a turning point in the Moroccan Mauritanian diplomatic relations. Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izidbih, the former

A Canadian politician of Moroccan descent runs for election to help Muslim women

Aziza Dini is a 34-year-old politician who is running for the Quebec’s provincial election, scheduled for October. The Canadian citizen of Moroccan descent, who is a member of the Quebec Green Party (PVQ), is the first veiled woman to stand for election in the French-speaking province. In a recent interview with the Belgian online newspaper La Libre, Dini says she is «proud» to be a veiled female politician in Quebec, stressing that one must «be careful with

A Swiss journalist launches «Swiss Stop Islam Award» to honor Islamophobic personalities

An anti-Islam Swiss free-lance journalist, named Giorgio Ghiringhelli and known as «Il ghiro», has launched the «Swiss Stop Islam Award», to honor personalities fighting against «Islamic colonization» in Switzerland, reports French-language Swiss online newspaper Le Matin. The Islamophobic award is part of a campaign initiated by a Swiss platform known as Tell-Geschoss.ch. «Swiss Stop Islam Award» and as its title suggests, will award every

Laâyoune : Séminaire régional sur l’investissement au profit des MRE

BMCE Bank poursuit sa tournée de Séminaires régionaux de l’investissement, à l’échelle nationale en faveur des «Marocains citoyens du monde», en faisant escale mardi à Laâyoune. «Au cours des quatre éditions de ce rendez-vous, quelque 2 500 participants ont pris part aux 30 séminaires tenus dans les diverses régions du Royaume, mais aussi à l’étranger», a

Importing U.S. poultry is part of a 2006 agreement, says Morocco’s Agriculture Ministry

For Morocco’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, importing American poultry products to the Kingdom is part of the free-trade agreement signed in 2004 and implemented in January 2006, said the department in a statement sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. The Ministry’s explanation comes as the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced, Tuesday, that Rabat will start importing American poultry products for the first time in 2018. In its

Alleged ISIS member arrested in Spain in collaboration with Morocco

The Spanish Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday the arrest in Vitoria (north of Spain), in collaboration with the Moroccan authorities, of an alleged member of ISIS terrorist organization for which he was carrying out tasks related to indoctrination and recruitment. The suspect is a 21-year-old man of Moroccan nationality, said the same source in a statement, adding that he was known for his membership in radical groups with jihadist ideology in Algeciras (South), the city where he