Tanger : Démantèlement d’une cellule terroriste

Le Bureau central d'investigations judiciaires (BCIJ), relevant de la Direction générale de surveillance du territoire national (DGSN), a démantelé mercredi une cellule terroriste composée de six membres alliés à l’organisation terroriste dite «Daech» qui s'activent dans la ville de Tanger, a annoncé le ministère de l'Intérieur. Les investigations ont révélé que les

Ambassador Omar Hilale elected president of committee on UN charter

Morocco's permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Omar Hilale, was unanimously elected on Tuesday (by all 193 UN member states) as president of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization for the year 2018. The UN body, which brings together UN member states and observers, plays an important role in interpreting legal provisions related to sanctions use, peaceful dispute settlement and, more broadly, cooperation

71 Sub-Saharans rescued off the coast of Tangier

Fighting units of the Royal Marine rescued on Tuesday, February the 20th, 71 illegal immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, including 13 women, off the coast of Tangier in two separate operations, a military source said. The migrants were drifting in two inflatable boats in an area hit by bad weather, the source added.

ECOWAS : Morocco has the support of Benin

Morocco has Benin's support for joining the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A position expressed yesterday in Rabat by the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Benin, Adrien Houngbedji, after holding talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita. Speaking to media, the official praised the kingdom’s efforts, stressing that its membership would be beneficial for the entire regional bloc. The president of the

La Banque Centrale Populaire s’implante à Madagascar et l’Ile Maurice

Le groupe Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP)  a annoncé, mardi, la signature d'un accord portant sur l’acquisition auprès du groupe français Banque Populaire-Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE), de la Banque des Mascareignes, établissement de crédit basé à l’Ile Maurice, et de sa filiale à Madagascar. Cette opération s’inscrit dans le cadre de la stratégie d’expansion panafricaine du groupe Banque

Spain : A Moroccan national arrested for being an ISIS sympathizer

Spanish police arrested a 31-year-old Moroccan national in the town of Torre-Pacheco (south) on Tuesday for allegedly being an ISIS sympathizer, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Tuesday. The individual was very active on the internet. Since 2014, he has regularly broadcast, through three different profiles, online content in which he openly supported ISIS, says the daily newspaper El Mundo. He shared videos through which he praises the terrorist group, chants urging people to practice

Morocco-EU fisheries agreement : Negotiations relaunched waiting for the CJEU’s verdict

On Monday, the EU Council of Ministers for Agriculture and Fisheries has authorized the European Commission to relaunch negotiations with Morocco with the objective of renewing the 2014 fisheries agreement, which will expire on the 14th of July. Yesterday’s decision comes at a time when the European Court of Justice is expected to pronounce its decision on the 27th of February. Its ruling can either stop the famous agreement or renew it. For the record, Advocate General Melchior

Hirak : Amnesty denounces the conviction of Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui

In a statement published Monday on its official website, Amnesty International, a British-based ONG focused on human rights, denounced the ruling pronounced against Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui, a lawyer and member of the Hirak detainees defense committee in Casablanca. The latter was sentenced on Thursday, 8th of February, to 20 months in prison by the Al Hoceima court of first instance and fined MAD 500 by the same courthouse. El Bouchtaoui is accused of «insulting officials and

Uber suspends its operations in Morocco

Uber Morocco, affiliated to Uber Technologies Inc. a peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in 633 cities worldwide, announced on Monday, 19th of February, that it is suspending its activities in Morocco, said a communiqué sent to Yabiladi. The company said that it first started working in Morocco three years ago and it has tried to find suitable solutions to work with the authorities. But,

Accident ferroviaire de Tanger : Le procureur du roi ordonne l’ouverture d’une enquête judiciaire

Le procureur du roi près le tribunal de première instance (TPI) de Tanger a annoncé que, suite à l’accident tragique qui a fait six morts et 14 blessés de différents degrés, dans la collision entre le véhicule qui les transportait et un train de marchandises à un passage à niveau près de Tanger, le parquet a donné des instructions fermes à la brigade nationale de la police judiciaire pour mener une