Customs services seized 476.7 kg of hard drugs in the past year, according to the 2017 activity report of the Customs Administration. In 2017, Customs services also seized 33.74 tons of cannabis resin (chira) and 140,000 psychotropic pills. They also seized 22.92 million units of cigarettes against 12.5 million in 2016, an increase of more than 83.5%. During the 2017 fiscal year, Customs services seized various goods, excluding cigarettes and narcotics, worth 557.1 million dirhams (MDH)
Morocco has agreed to relaunch negotiations with the European Union, with the objective of concluding a new fisheries agreement. This was announced yesterday, 27th of March, in Cadiz, a city in southern Spain, by the EU Director General of Maritime and Fisheries Affairs, Joao Aguilar, reports Spanish radio Cadena Ser. On the 16th of April, the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers will meet in Brussels to give the European Commission the go ahead to start negotiations with the Kingdom, said the
The local authorities in the Rehamna Province, near Marrakech, have managed to identify and arrest, Wednesday 28th of March, an individual who appeared in a video trying to rape a young girl, said a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Interior and sent today to Yabiladi. The video which has gone viral on the internet emerged yesterday,27th of March, showing a man who was holding a girl to the ground. Trying to rape her, the young girl who was also identified by the authorities, was
French-Moroccan photojournalist Seif Kousmate arrived, Saturday 25th of March, in Casablanca after being detained for three days in Nouakchott. He was deported by the Mauritanian authorities for conducting an investigation on slavery in the country. The journalist was arrested on March the 20th near «the borders with Senegal where he had to fly back to Morocco», a report issued by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) said on Tuesday. Transferred to Nouakchott, he was detained and his
La soprano marocaine Samira Kadiri s'est produite, mardi, avec brio sur la scène du théâtre municipal de Tunis dans le cadre d'une soirée haute en couleur alliant musiques marocaine et tunisienne, dans le cadre du 3ème concert de l'orchestre national tunisien. Il s'agit d'un spectacle intitulé «Ors Ettbouu», une rencontre entre deux écoles musicales maghrébines traditionnelles. La voix unique de Samira Kadiri,
A Moroccan-Italian national was arrested on Wednesday morning, March 28th, in Turin, said La Repubblica. He is suspected of being an ISIS member. Identified as Elmahdi Halili, 23, accused of being the one behind translating into Italian a propaganda text issued by the terrorist organization. Several Italian converts to Islam and other foreign citizens are also involved in the same case. They are suspected of leading a radicalization campaign on social media. Shortly after the death of Syrian
A Moroccan imam, settled down in Torcy, was arrested on the 28th of March in front of his house, reports Europe 1. He will be «expelled to Morocco on the same day». The arrestee identified as Mohammed Tlaghi, an imam at the Rahma mosque in Torcy, was arrested after a request for expulsion was issued by the Ministry of Interior «because of his radical sermons», said Le Parisien. The Rahma mosque was closed on April the 10th 2017, after being considered as «a
La Chambre des Représentants a adopté, mardi à l’unanimité, le projet de loi n° 65.15 relatif aux établissements de protection sociale. Ce texte vise à garantir l’accès équitable aux services de prise en charge et la protection des catégories vulnérables. En outre, la loi veut à améliorer la prise en charge et élargir le panier des prestations, afin de couvrir d’autres types de
Ce soir, les Lions de l’Atlas ont battu à domicile la sélection nationale de l’Ouzbékistan par deux buts à zéro, en match amical tenu à Casablanca, dans la cadre des préparatifs pour la Coupe du Monde de 2018. Ainsi, les coéquipiers de Hakim Ziyech ont ouvert le score à la 4e minute de jeu, par l’intermédiaire d’Ayoub El-Kaabi. Pour sa part, le défenseur Marouane Da Costa a doublé
Morocco's national football team defeated, Tuesday in Casablanca, Uzbekistan 2-0 in a friendly match held to prepare for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, MAP news agency reported. Ayoub Kaabi scored the first goal (4th minute) with the help of his teammate Hakim Ziyech while defender Marouane Da Costa did the same three minutes before the end of the game's first half. The match was an opportunity for the Atlas Lions to better their performance before the international competition, scheduled for
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