The Spanish and Portuguese rescue services have managed to save the life of 34 migrants who fled their inflatable boat that «caught fire» when sailing from Morocco to Europe on Sunday 28th of May, Abc news reports. According to the same source, a video shot by the Portuguese Air Force plane shows that migrants were jumping off the inflamed dinghy.«The fire quickly spread and left burning debris on the water. Some migrants clung to what was left of the rubber craft», the
The sit-in scheduled to be held in front of the Police headquarters building in Casablanca tonight to support the manifestations that have been lately shaking the Rif region has been dispersed by the local authorities. Around 10 pm, the building was surrounded by police officers who were not wearing their uniforms, preventing people from gathering in front of the Casablanca police headquarters. Journalists, photographers and citizens were called to leave the area. The ones who refused to go
La chambre pénale de première instance chargée des crimes financiers près la Cour d’appel à Rabat a prononcé, lundi, des peines allant d’un à 4 ans de prison ferme à l’encontre de six anciens militaires pour "corruption et complicité de trafic de drogue". Ainsi, l’accusé principal (S.S) a été condamné à 4 ans de prison ferme, quatre autres (M.I, M.N, A.Z et M.H) ont
Interviewed by Al3omk, an online newspaper close to the PJD, the Minister of State in Charge of Human Rights, Mustapha Ramid preferred to remain prudent when asked about the situation in the Rif region explaining that : «he can not approach the subject until he gets sufficient pieces of information on the matter». The Minister promised to give his opinion once he fully gets the nature of the events that are currently taking place in Al Hociema city. Very careful, Ramid
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges Morocco and Algeria to insure a «safe» passage for the Syrian refugees trapped in the Moroccan-Algerian borders in a report published on the agency's official website. The humanitarian organization expressed its worries regarding the group of refugees stranded since the 17th of April, asking «the two countries to urgently address humanitarian needs, facilitate access to these refugees and allow them admission to
Sam Toledano and Vicy Benchertit, two Moroccan Jewish were murdered last year in Casablanca, can now rest in peace. The murderer was sentenced on Monday to death by the Criminal Chamber of Casablanca court of Appeal, Alyaoum 24 reports. A decision that confirms the first ruling pronounced by the court against Mustapha R. (51), who used to work as a gardener at the Toledos house. The wife of the murderer was also sentenced to two years of imprisonment, the same source indicates. The Criminal
The controversial article 8-bis of the 2017 draft finance law was finally deleted at a meeting held on the 29th of May by the Finance Committee of the House of Councilors, Media 24 reports. Members of the committee voted unanimously against the implementation of the article. People have reacted negatively to this article which states that the funds and property of the State and local authorities could in no case be subject of seizure. In other words, people to whom the State is indebted
A 13-year-old Moroccan has lost his two legs on the 28th of May in the Sierra de Guadalupe subway station located in Madrid. It was 8 in the morning when the teenager climbed the subway train standing between the rails separating the train’s vehicles, El Pais reports. The teenager fell at some point a few meters away from the tunnel. The subway train driver did not know that the boy had fallen, so he did not stop which led to the loss of his legs. Despite his wounds, the young
FIFA refused the joint bid suggested by Morocco and Spain to organize the 2026 World Cup, the idea that both countries were working on, and in which they also wanted to integrate Portugal, Mexico.as reports. The organization did not accept Morocco’s bid because the two countries do not belong to the same continent giving the fact that the two next World Cups will be held in Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022) and in America or Africa eventually in 2026. The same source insists that the
Les surfeurs marocains ont signé d'excellentes performances aux "World Surfing Games", championnats du Monde de surf disputés du 20 au 28 mai à Biarritz en France, rapporte la Fédération royale marocaine de surf (FRMS). Le surfeur marocain Yassine Ramdani, auteur d'un parcours irréprochable, est passé à deux doigts de la finale en se classant troisième d'une demi finale très relevée. Au coude à coude avec le
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