Tindouf : When a pro-Polisario newspaper slams the Algerian justice

Rendered by the court of Mostaganem, the verdict against 26 Saharawi from the Polisario camps was highly criticized in Tindouf. On Tuesday, pro-Polisario online newspaper Futuro Sahara roasted the Front’s leadership and the Algerian justice. The 26 men were arrested and convicted for belonging to a criminal gang. This week, the court of Mostaganem fined and sentenced them to four years of prison. «The case makes us think of the misfortunes of the Saharawi people and of

Inezgane : Arrestation d'un couple impliqué dans une affaire de kidnapping d'un nourrisson

La brigade de la police judiciaire du district d'Inezgane a procédé, mardi, sur la base d'informations précises fournies par les services de la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire (DGST), à l'arrestation d'un couple pour son implication présumée dans une affaire de kidnapping d'un nourrisson. Dans un communiqué, la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) indique que les services

African Championships in Athletics : A Moroccan delegation stuck for 55 hours in the Lagos airport

23 athletes from Moroccan delegation participating to the African Championships in Athletics in the city of Asaba (Nigeria), went through a real ordeal, reported yesterday the Atlas Lions media, quoting Le Matin. The Moroccan athletes waited 55 hours after their arrival at the Murtala-Muhammed International Airport in Lagos last Saturday, before taking a flight to the city of Asaba (400 kilometers west of Lagos), according to the same source.  As the African Senior Championships

Moroccan international Amine Harit receives a suspended four-month jail sentence

Moroccan international player Amine Harit has been given a suspended four-month jail sentence, for being involved in a fatal car accident that killed a pedestrian in Marrakech, reports German online newspaper Spiegel Online on Wednesday, quoting Moroccan media. The Schalke 04 midfielder was also fined 8,600 dirhams. He has returned to Germany to join his club after the deadly accident in Marrakech. Sources close to the file said, earlier this month, that the World Cup player «offered

Morocco’s net international reserves grew by 11%, says Bank al-Maghrib

Morocco's net international reserves amounted to 225.9 billion dirhams until July 20, 2018, recording a 11% year-on-year increase, Morocco's central bank (Bank al-Maghrib) said. During the week of July 19-25, Bank Al-Maghrib injected 66.8 billion dirhams. As for the interbank rate, it remained at 2.28%, while the average trading volume rose from 3.7 billion dirhams the week before to 4.7 billion dirhams, the source added. During the same period, the Dirham appreciated by 0.47% against the

Moroccan-Dutch footballer Abderrahim Loukili leaves FC Lienden for Chabab Rif

Moroccan-Dutch player Abderrahim Loukili will join Al Hoceima’s football club Chabab Rif after leaving FC Lienden, he wrote, Tuesday 31st of July, on his Twitter account. On its website, the Dutch club announced that «a contract concluded with the Moroccan footballer» has been terminated by the footballer himself. Loukili’s decision comes as Moroccan-Dutch international Munir El Hamdaoui was hired as Chabab Rif’s technical director. ? Selectienieuws |

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez might visit Morocco in August, says El Mundo

Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero «has spoken with King Mohamed VI to finalize the official visit of Pedro Sánchez to Morocco», reports Tuesday the Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo. According to sources close to the matter contacted by the newspaper, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who was received Monday at the Marshane Palace in Tangier on the throne day, spoke to King Mohammed VI about the official trip of the current Prime

Racist and hate-related crimes on the rise in Italy

In Italy, the assault that took place on Sunday 29th of July in Turin, targeting an Italian-Nigerian athlete Daisy Osakue and the death of a Moroccan national near Aprilia (Center) brought back a debate on the disturbing rise of racist attacks.  According to Le Monde, ten cases in which Italians opened fire on foreigners, including the murder of labor activist Soumaïla Sacko, in San Calogero (Calabria) have occurred only in early June. The French media also refers to the car

The Journalist behind the Huelva Gate investigation invited to the EU parliament

Photojournalist and investigative reporter Stefania Prandi is invited to the European Parliament (Brussels) to present, in September, her new book «Oro Rosso» on female farm workers in Morocco’s southern province Souss-Massa, Italy and Spain, reveals Spanish online newspaper La Mar de Onuba. The journalist is invited by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats(S&D), the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of

Temps très chaud de mardi à vendredi dans plusieurs provinces du royaume

Un temps très chaud (chergui) est attendu à partir de mardi jusqu'à vendredi dans plusieurs provinces du royaume avec des températures variant entre 39 et 47°C, annonce la Direction de la météorologie nationale (DMN). Dans un bulletin météorologique spécial, la DMN indique que les températures varieront entre 43 à 46 °C, mardi, à Tata, Errachidia et Zagora. Des températures maximales entre 43 et