NGOs and public personalities show support for Helena Maleno

Human rights organizations and several personalities support the Spanish journalist, Helena Maleno, accused of being involved in facilitating illegal immigration, believing that she is helping migrants enter the Spanish territory. The 47-year-old activist is to be heard, Wednesday by the judge in Tangier, reports AFP. Helena Maleno has for several years been able to locate migrants in difficulty off the coast of Spain. She has been living in the northern city for about fifteen years

Le portail en ligne «Chikaya.ma», un outil pour recevoir les réclamations des citoyens marocains

Le portail de réclamations en ligne «Chikaya.ma», lancé officiellement mardi, constitue un outil pour promouvoir les canaux d'interaction entre l'administration et le citoyen, ainsi qu'un moyen d'évaluer la performance de l'administration et d'améliorer la qualité de ses services. Ce portail national a pour but de recevoir les réclamations des citoyens et d'assurer leur traitement et suivi, ainsi que d'accueillir leurs observations et

A Moroccan woman dies in Cairo airport suffering a heart attack

A Moroccan national died on Tuesday, 9th of January, at the Cairo International Airport suffering a heart attack as she was preparing to fly to Casablanca. The deceased, Naima I. (66 years old), succumbed to her condition in the boarding lounge, while she was planning to get in a Royal Air Maroc flight to Casablanca. The woman was on a vacation to Egypt, said the Kingdom’s embassy in Cairo. As soon as it was informed by the Egyptian authorities of her death, the Moroccan embassy began

Décès à l'aéroport du Caire d'une Marocaine victime d'une crise cardiaque

Une ressortissante marocaine est décédée d'une crise cardiaque, mardi matin à l'aéroport international du Caire, alors qu'elle s'apprêtait à prendre le vol en direction de Casablanca. La défunte, Naima I. (66 ans), a succombé à une crise cardiaque dans la salle d'embarquement, alors qu'elle comptait s'envoler pour Casablanca à bord d'un vol de la compagnie nationale Royal Air Maroc, au terme d'une visite touristique en

After the meeting in Abidjan, the South African foreign minister is in Rabat

The South African Minister of Foreign Affairs is in Morocco. Nkoana Mashabane is taking part in Rabat in the Ministerial Conference for an African Agenda on Migration, Bourita said the role of Morocco and South Africa remains pivotal regarding issues related to peace, development and migration. Speaking to MAP news agency, Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation, follow the important and historic meeting which took place late November in Abidjan, on the

Las Vegas : Nine Moroccan startups participate to the International Consumer Electronics Show

Morocco is participating for the first time in the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), to be held from the 9th to the 12th of January in Las Vegas, Nevada, says the Foundation MAScIR (Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation & Reserarch) in a statement sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. Two prototypes developed by the Foundation's researchers will be presented at the CES : the first one is a LAB ON CARD developed by the Center for Medical Biotechnology, which has succeeded in

SDX Energy expected to put one of its recent wells into production

SDX Energy, a British oil company operating in both Egypt and Morocco, announced on Tuesday, 9th of January, that its KSR-16 well, located at the Sebou project onshore Morocco, has been put into production, reports Proactive Investors. According to the same source, the well’s production rate is estimated at 8.43mln cubic feet of gas per day, considered as the company’s best results of the three recent new wells at the project. SDX is planning after this achievement to drill at the

Yasin Ben El-Mhanni allegedly bullied by Newcastle’s coach

Yasin Ben El-Mhanni, an English professional footballer of Moroccan descent who plays as a winger for Newcastle United, has claimed that he was bullied by Peter Beardsley, the current manager of the British club. According to Press Association, a multimedia news agency operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Ben El-Mhanni has lodged a complaint against Beardsley. As reported by the Dailymail, Beardsley has allegedly made racist comments to one of his players during a trip to Go Ape, an

Visa to launch contactless payment cards in Morocco

Moroccans can now use contactless visa cards to pay for their purchases, reports Verdict, an online newspaper based in London covering global business issues with speed, accuracy and intelligence. The technology is finally going to be introduced in Morocco allowing consumers in the North African Kingdom to process transactions in an easy and smart way. Speaking to the same source, Sami Romdhane, general manager of Visa international Morocco indicated that «contactless technology is

Fortes averses de pluies avec rafales de vent prévues du mardi à mercredi

De fortes averses de pluies, accompagnées de rafales de vent par endroits, seront enregistrées ce mardi et mercredi dans plusieurs régions du royaume, annonce la Direction de la météorologie nationale (DMN). Dans un bulletin spécial, la DMN précise que de fortes averses de pluies de 25 à 50 mm, accompagnées de rafales de vent de 60 à 80 km/h par endroits, seront enregistrées du mardi à 22h00 au mercredi