The Central Bureau for Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) dismantled, Friday, a five-member terrorist cell, operating in Safi, reported a communiqué issued by the Interior Ministry and sent to Yabiladi. The members of this terrorist cell are aged between 21 and 36, the same source added, indicating that one of these men had been convicted before for terror-related cases. During the arrest, BCIJ members managed to seize electronic devices and white weapons, as well as manuscripts, hailing
To Morocco relations with Spain seem more important than the anti-Iran conference in Warsaw, co-chaired by the United States and Poland. Indeed, Nasser Bourita, who was supposed to lead a delegation in Warsaw, stayed in Rabat to discuss means of cooperation with his Spanish counterpart Josep Borrell. The two senior officials co-chaired a joint press briefing Thursday afternoon in Rabat. «The Kingdom sent minister delegate for African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli to the Polish
After telling Russian press agency Sputnik, Saturday, that Morocco did not recall its ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita denied, Thursday, in a conference held in Rabat reports suggesting the same thing. During the conference co-chaired by his Spanish counterpart, Josep Borrell, Bourita stressed that the information published by the American press agency AP, last week, is «unfounded». The Foreign Minister said that Morocco’s ambassadors to
After failing to hinder the vote of the European Parliament on the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement, the Polisario Front mobilized its supporters in both Strasbourg and the Sahara to denounce the adoption of the treaty. On Tuesday, and while the fisheries agreement was at the heart of a plenary session at the European Parliament, pro-Polisario activists from several European cities held a rally. Holding banners and flags, they chanted slogans «rejecting the maneuvers of the European
After the Moroccan Royal Football Federation announced that Morocco’s national team will play a friendly against Argentina in March, the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) Claudio Fabián Tapia said that Lionel Messi «would love to play against» the Atlas Lions. Quoted by EFE, Tapia said that the Argentinian player who captains the Spanish club Barcelona and Argentina's national team, «would definitely come to Morocco if summoned by
Un cycliste a trouvé la mort, jeudi à Casablanca, après avoir heurté une rame de tramway, a indiqué RATP Dev, société gestionnaire du tramway de Casablanca. L’accident est survenu au niveau du carrefour situé après la station Cité de Laymoune, sur la Ligne 1 du tramway de Casablanca, précise la même source. «La rame venait de quitter la station et traversait le carrefour à faible vitesse,
National Judicial Police Brigade arrested, Wednesday, six foreigners from Senegal, Nigeria, and Guinea, including two women, for their alleged links to a scam and fraud network on social media, say the national police (DGSN). The network members proceeded through accessing communication and chat websites using fake accounts and aliases, pretending to be European nationals willing to marry Moroccan women. They then send their victims packages supposed to contain valuable gifts, and significant
On Wednesday, February the 13th, a sit-in was held in Casablanca to show support for Hirak detainees from both Al Hoceima and Jerada. According to several local platforms, protesters chanted slogans calling for the release of Hirak political detainees and activists and promised to keep protesting until their demands are heard. Participants also denounced the «disgraceful» condition of Hirak detainees, including that of Nasser Zefzafi. They referred to the fact that most of these
French-Moroccan-Canadian comic Gad Elmaleh has finally responded to plagiarism allegations, after an anonymous channel on Youtube published a video, accusing him of getting too much inspired by American standup comedians. In a video published, Wednesday, on his Twitter account, the Moroccan comedian dressed up like one of his favorite characters to address the accusations that made headlines in the last couple of weeks. Chouchou à quelque chose à vous dire
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