Fiscalité locale : Le gouvernement adopte un projet de loi d’amnistie

Le conseil de gouvernement, réuni jeudi, a adopté le projet de loi n°82.17 relatif à l'annulation des majorations, amendes, pénalités et frais de recouvrement afférents aux taxes, droits, contributions et redevances dus aux communes, préfectures, provinces et régions, a indiqué le ministre délégué chargé des Relations avec le Parlement et la société civile, porte-parole du gouvernement,

Moroccans detained in Libya: The government is to launch a third repatriation operation

What is the estimated number of the Moroccan migrants detained in Libya? This question has left the Minister of Relations with Parliament, spokesman for the government silent during a press briefing organized on Thursday afternoon. Mustapha El Khalfi, on the other hand, announced that the commission in charge of the file is working on the 3rd repatriation operation but without giving more details. Last week, 235 Moroccan migrants returned home on two planes. Previously, 190 had also

Terrorism : 4 people sentenced from one to three years over terror-related charges

The Sale anti-terror court has sentenced on Thursday, 14th of December, four individuals to between one and three years in prison over terror-related charges. The court also sentenced to one year in prison and fined two other defendants for praising terrorist attacks. Moreover, it has decided to postpone until January the 4th the examination of the case of eight people, including three women, prosecuted over terror links. These eight defendants are accused of «forming a gang as part of

Catalonia attacks : The Abouyaacoub brothers buried in Mrirt

The two young men who took part of the cell that carried the Catalonia attacks in August were secretly buried on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in their hometown, located in central Morocco. Younes Abouyaaqoub, along with his brother Houssaine Abouyaaqoub, were both shot dead in August, reports EFE news agency.  The parents of the brothers asked that the bodies of their two children should be buried in Morocco and not in Spain. A request to which the Spanish judicial authorities

El Othmani annonce la mise en place de commissions provinciales contre la vague de froid

De nombreuses mesures ont été prises en vue de lutter contre les effets de la vague de froid qui sévit actuellement dans plusieurs régions du Royaume, dont la mise en place de commissions provinciales visant à désenclaver les zones affectées, a affirmé, jeudi à Rabat, le chef du gouvernement, Saâdeddine El Othmani. En application du Plan national de lutte contre les effets de la vague de froid, les autorités locales

Reporters Without Borders call for the release of Ali Anouzla

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international NGO that promotes and defends freedom of information and press, released on Thursday, 14th of December, a communiqué calling for the release of Ali Anouzla, a journalist whose trial was postponed today. The organizarion also urged the Moroccan judicial authorities to «drop the serious terrorism charges» that are still pending since 2013. «The Moroccan judicial system's conspiracy against Ali Anouzla must

King Mohammed VI is not attending the upcoming ECOWAS summit

King Mohammed VI’s visit to the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has been canceled. Scheduled to the 16th of December, the sovereign is not participating to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), reports Ilaf, a London-based online newspaper. Quoting a diplomatic source, the same source stressed that the king is going instead on a working trip to Guinea Conakry next Monday. The summit was scheduled to be held in the Togolese capital of Lomé in the same period, but the

USA : Scott Pruitt’s work trip to Morocco sparks questions about his expenses

Scott Pruitt, an American Republican politician who is currently serving as the fourteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has just returned from a four-day trip to Morocco, reportes the Associated Press. During his trip to the kingdom, the official held talks with his Moroccan couterparts trying to promote the importing of natural gas.  Arrived in the United States of America on Wednesday, 13th of December, Pruitt stated that the trip «allowed us to

Kénitra : Un détenu décède des suites de complications cardiaques et d'un cancer du poumon

Un détenu est décédé mercredi des suites de complications cardiaques et d'un cancer du poumon, a annoncé l'administration de la prison centrale de Kénitra. Le défunt, qui souffrait d'une maladie cardiaque et d'un cancer du poumon, avait bénéficié d'un suivi médical permanent au sein et en dehors de l'établissement, a affirmé la Délégation générale à l'administration

Essaouira : Un policier ayant provoqué un accident de circulation mortel en garde à vue

A Essaouira, une enquête a été ouverte au sujet d’un fonctionnaire de police, accusé de délit de fuite après avoir provoqué un accident de circulation mortel, indique mercredi dans un communiqué la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) Le service des accidents de la circulation à Essaouira avait fait le constat, mardi matin, d’un accident impliquant une voiture et un triporteur.