Bulgaria : The arrested Moroccan terrorist might be extradited to his country

The Haskovo Regional Court (Bulgaria) gave its instruction on Tuesday to keep the Moroccan national identified as Naufal Zahri, an alleged terrorist wanted by the Interpol, in custody for 90 days, reports the Sofia Globe on Tuesday. Wanted by Morocco via an Interpol warrant for terrorism, the defendant is prosecuted in the kingdom for setting up a group to commit acts of terrorism, the illegal use and possession of firearms directed against the national security and public order in Morocco,

A British national arrested in Marrakech for drug trafficking  

Marrakech police arrested on Tuesday evening, a 39-year-old British national for belonging to an international network that is active in international drug trafficking. According to MAP news agency, an international arrest warrant was issued in 2014 by the French authorities against the suspect. The General Directorate of National Security said in a statement that the man was arrested immediately after arriving in Morocco via a flight coming from Doha airport in Qatar. According to the same

Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal : Do the massive cuts include the Minurso ?

The White House presented on Monday, February 12th, the US fiscal 2019 budget proposal. Excluding the army, the budget proposes massive cuts, affecting defense and non-defense funding for government agencies, tax changes, and funding for social insurance and assistance programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps, reports Vox. Washington's financial contribution to peacekeeping operations is to be also affected by these cuts and the United Nations Mission for the

Province de Taroudant : Secousse tellurique de 3,5 degrés enregistrée

Une secousse tellurique d'une magnitude de 3,5 degrés sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistrée mardi dans la province de Taroudant, a annoncé l'Institut national de géophysique (ING). La secousse, dont l'épicentre est situé dans la commune d'Agadir-Melloul (province de Taroudant), s'est produite à 14h17min21sec (GMT), a précisé le Réseau national de surveillance et d'alerte sismique de l'ING dans un

Casablanca : Lancement d'un projet entrepreneurial dédié aux étudiants

Le projet Yabda, intitulé «Renforcement des relations entre l’enseignement supérieur et le monde socio-économique», a été lancé ce mardi à Casablanca pour promouvoir l’esprit d’entrepreneuriat auprès des étudiants des universités marocaines. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre du programme Erasmus, financé par l’Union européenne (UE), et dont la coordination est assurée

Emirats Arabes Unis : Les mesures de rapatriement des corps de trois Marocains s'accélèrent

Des contacts ont été établis avec l’ambassade du Maroc à Abou Dhabi et le consulat général à Dubaï pour accélérer les mesures administratives nécessaires en vue du rapatriement des dépouilles d’une citoyenne marocaine et de ses deux enfants ayant péri dans un incendie à Sharjah, aux Émirats Arabes Unis, et de leur inhumation à Casablanca, a indiqué ce mardi le

South Africa : ANC decided to sack Jacob Zuma

The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's governing political party, decided on Tuesday to «urgently» oust the country’s president, Jacob Zuma, after a 13-hour meeting held by the party’s executive committee, reports the BBC. According to local media sources, the 107 members of the party’s National Executive Council agreed that the removal should be «treated with urgency». The party has given Zuma a 48-hour time limit to step down. Cyril

El Bouchtaoui / Bouachrine : Freedom Now denounces unfair trials

In a statement released on Tuesday, Freedom Now, a Moroccan NGO that seeks to facilitate representation for arbitrarily detained individuals, denounced the lawsuit lodged against Taoufik Bouachrine, a journalist and publishing director of the Arabic-language daily newspaper Akhbar Al Youm, and the sentence pronounced against Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui, a lawyer and member of the Hirak detainees defense committee in Casablanca. The Committee for the Protection of Freedom of Press

Said Chaou's Movement invited to a Hirak meeting at the European Parliament [updated]

On February 28, the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels is expected to host a meeting on Hirak Rif. The event is organized by the «European Confederation of Support Committees of the Riffian Popular Movement». «A well-known European lawyer is invited to address the participants,» a source told Yabiladi. Meanwhile, the «18 September Movement for the Independence of RIF», financied by the Moroccan drug dealer living in the Netherlands Said

Baisse de près de 2% des décès sur les routes nationales

Le nombre de décès sur les routes nationales a diminué de 2,62% en 2017, a indiqué lundi à Rabat le ministre délégué chargé du Transport, Mohamed Najib Boulif. Selon des statistiques provisoires, 3 499 décès ont été enregistrés en 2017, contre 3 593 en 2016, a précisé le ministre délégué chargé du Transport lors d’une réunion du Comité