Le CCME condamne fermement l'attaque terroriste de Barcelone

Le Conseil de la communauté marocaine à l'étranger (CCME) a condamné fermement «l'acte terroriste sauvage» survenu jeudi à Barcelone, et qui a coûté la vie à 13 personnes. «Suite à l'attentat à la voiture bélier survenu jeudi à Las Ramblas à Barcelone et qui a fait 13 morts et plusieurs blessés, le Conseil de la communauté marocaine à l'étranger condamne

A British vessel evacuated between Boujdour and Gran Canara after fertiliser cargo catches fire

A crew of a British ship named MV Cheshire and owned by Bibby Line Limited, was rescued by helicopters 45 miles south of Gran Canaria, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwestern Africa, the Dailymail reports. According to a communiqué issued by the company earlier this week, «the vessel is loaded with a full cargo of  ammonium nitrate based fertiliser and is on passage from Norway to Thailand to discharge». According to the same source MV Cheshire

Attentats de Barcelone : Le roi du Maroc exprime ses condoléances au roi d'Espagne

Le roi Mohammed VI a adressé un message de condoléances au roi Felipe VI d'Espagne et à la reine Letizia, suite à l'attaque terroriste ayant visé la zone touristique dans le centre-ville de Barcelone. Dans ce message, le souverain affirme avoir appris avec une profonde affliction et une forte condamnation la nouvelle de l'attaque terroriste abjecte ayant visé la zone touristique dans le centre-ville de Barcelone, faisant plusieurs victimes. Le

Three Moroccans in custody over Catalonia attacks

Catalan regional police official Josep Lluis Trapero said in a press conference held this early afternoon that the investigation into the attacks in Catalonia is based on «the assumption that the authors were preparing these two attacks for some time in this house in Alcanar,» reports Le Monde. «We work with the hypothesis that the suspects were preparing both attacks for some time in this building of Alcanar. It was a group, we do not know the specific number, but

Belgium : Salah Abdeslam to stand trial for shooting policemen

Salah Abdeslam, one of the Paris attack suspects, will have to stand in trial for shooting policemen while trying to escape a «Europe-wide manhunt» in March 2016, threedays before his arrest, the Independent reports. Jailed since the 27th of April in Fleury-Mérogis prison in Paris, Salah Abdeselam will appear in court by the end of this year for taking part of the Paris attack in November 2015. «Abdeslam stands accused of playing a key role providing logistics for

Barcelona attack : At least 3 Moroccan nationals injured

At least 3 Moroccan nationals are among the victims of the two attacks that took place in Las Ramblas and Cambris respectively. According to the Kingdom’s consulate in Barcelona, the authorities are still identifying the nationalities of the victims. The latest updates suggest that 13 people were killed in the terrorist attack that took place in La Ramblas, Bercelona yesterday afternoon and dozens were injured when a van hit crowds of pedestrians. Hours later, most precisely during the

Barcelona attack : The Spanish police looks for 18-year-old Moussa Oukabir

Mossos d’Esquadra, the police force of Catalonia, Spain says that an 18-year-old boy named Moussa Oukabir is the first suspect in the terrorist attack that took place in Barcelona, as reported by El Pais. He is the youngest brother of one of the suspects detained on Thursday following the Ramblas’ incident. After hitting dozens of people with a van, the young man got out of the vehicle and fled. The police are looking for him as he is still on the run. According to the same source,

Agadir : Trois touristes étrangers légèrement blessés dans un accident de la circulation

Trois touristes étrangers ont été légèrement blessés, jeudi, dans un accident de la circulation à Agadir, apprend-on auprès des autorités locales de la Wilaya d'Agadir. ''Une voiture a légèrement blessé, jeudi au niveau de l'avenue Al-Moukawama, trois touristes étrangers qui ont été évacués à l'hôpital provincial d'Agadir qu'ils ont quitté après

A van ran into a crowd in Barcelona

A white van ran into a crowd this afternoon in Rambla, Barcelona's main thoroughfare, right in the city center, AFP quotes El Pais. The Spanish daily, based on several police sources, announced that at least 10 people were killed, while radio Cadena SER, quoted by the Reuters agency, said that the number reached 13 deaths, specifies Le Point. According to police sources, it was a white van. The driver was reported to have left the vehicle and fled. The police launched a major operation to try

Ceuta : border reopened for passage of vendors and wares

The border separating Morocco from Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in the Kingdom, has been reopened on Thursday for the passage of vendors and goods, says EFE. Sources from the local prefecture told the same source that the trade activities were resumed normally today. «On Wednesday afternoon the Ceuta prefecture began allowing Moroccan street vendors, whose livelihood is largely dependent upon trade with the Spanish enclave, to cross at the Tarajal border checkpoint», states