A Moroccan national assaults a border guard after he was denied entry to Ukraine

A Moroccan national assaulted a border guard at the Kyiv Boryspil International Airport after he was refused entry to Ukraine, reports Ukrainian press agency UNIAN on Friday. The man was enraged after he was told that he cannot enter the Ukrainian territory, the same source said, quoting a border control report. According to UNIAN, the Moroccan told border guards that he is staying in Ukraine as part of an exchange program and that he would be teaching English and another language. However, a

The Polisario sees its participation in the AU-EU meeting as a «victory»

Angered by the fact that the European Parliament voted in favor of the EU-Morocco association agreement, the Polisario Front believes that attending the meeting of the foreign ministers of the African Union and the European Union in Brussels was a «victory». The Front’s «Foreign Minister» Mohamed Salem Ould Salek stated, Thursday, that the international presence in «this ministerial meeting has shown that attempts to exterminate the Saharwi people were

Hicham El Habti replaces OCP’s secretary general Mohamed El Kadiri on an interim basis

While rumors about his departure had been circulating for weeks, it seems that Mohamed El Kadiri, «the kingpin of OCP’s industrial transformation» has indeed left the world’s leading exporter of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizers. French-language online newspaper Le Desk, quoting Maghreb Confidentiel, reported that OCP’s deputy secretary general Hicham El Habti «has been appointed to replace secretary general Mohamed El Kadiri on an

Tétouan : La DGSN donne plus de précisions sur le décès d’un Marocain en garde à vue

Une personne, qui était placée sous surveillance médicale sur fond de son implication dans des affaires de drogue, est décédée jeudi après-midi, apprend-t-on auprès de la préfecture de police de Tétouan. Le défunt (51 ans), qui s'est présenté jeudi après-midi au centre des cartes d'identité à Tétouan pour renouveler sa carte biométrique, faisait l'objet de deux avis de

A Tunisian NGO angered by a Moroccan helicopter spotted in Tozeur

The Tunisian Human Rights League has protested against a foreign helicopter that, reportedly, flew over Djerid, a region in South Western Tunisia. According to several Tunisian newspapers, the country’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday, in a statement made public by radio Mosaique FM, that the «foreign helicopter spotted in Tozeur is Moroccan» and that it «landed at the airport after receiving a go-ahead from the authorities and the Ministry of

Casablanca : Un institut d'enseignement privé fermé faute d'autorisation

Les autorités locales de Casablanca ont procédé à la fermeture d'un institut privé et ses annexes car il ne dispose pas des autorisations requises délivrées par le département de tutelle, a annoncé le ministère de l'Education nationale, de la formation professionnelle, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique. Dans un communiqué, le ministère a souligné que la fermeture de

Moroccan authorities reject the conclusions of Human Rights Watch's 2019 report

The Moroccan authorities have expressed their total rejection of the political positions and erroneous allegations and conclusions in the section on Morocco of the 2019 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the status of human rights around the world. These political positions and erroneous allegations and conclusions will receive a detailed response in the weeks to come, said the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) in a statement on Thursday. The Moroccan authorities have

Maroc : Les autorités rejettent à nouveau le rapport annuel de HRW

Les autorités marocaines ont exprimé ce jeudi leur rejet total des «positions politiques» et des «allégations et conclusions erronées» contenues dans la partie consacrée au Maroc du rapport de Human Rights Watch (HRW), sur la situation des droits de l'Homme dans le monde pour l'année 2019. «Ces positions politiques et ces allégations et conclusions erronées feront l'objet d'une réponse

Former prisoners from the Sahara war sit-in in front of FAR’s headquarters

The civilian and military members of the «National Coordination of Prisoners of the War of Territorial Integrity» organized Thursday, January 24th, a sit-in outside the headquarters of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces in Rabat. Their demands have not changed since their first open demonstrations and sit-ins before the Parliament in Rabat. These ex-detainees still ask the state to recognize them as «prisoners of war» and seek redress. These former detainees

Aéroport de Marrakech : Un inspecteur de police principal suspendu après la disparition de billets de banque

La Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) a décidé, jeudi, la suspension provisoire de travail d'un inspecteur de police principal exerçant à l'aéroport Marrakech-Menara, dans l'attente de sa présentation devant le conseil disciplinaire pour établir les responsabilités administratives et prendre les sanctions disciplinaires nécessaires. Dans ce sillage, le service préfectoral de la police