France : Alexandre Benalla to be heard by the court for a second time

Heard since Friday morning by the Paris court, Alexandre Benalla left the court room this afternoon, says AFP. He says he is «calm and relieved» to have answered the judges' questions, reports BFM TV. Alexandre Benalla will be heard for a second time by the court for beating a protester on the 1st of May in France. The former personal guard of Emmanuel Macron appeared earlier this summer in a video that ended his career as the president's most trusted man. For the record, French

France : Deux Marocains rallient la Chine à l'aide de vélos faits à la main

Deux ressortissants marocains, dont l'un aux besoins spécifiques, ont réussi à relever le défi d'atteindre le sud de la Chine sur un tricycle solaire. S, 50 ans, et Mohammed Said Al-Jabbari, 37 ans, ont ainsi relevé le défi du rallye organisé par l'association française The Sun Trip. Objectif, rejoindre la Chine sur des vélos propulsés par l'énergie solaire combinée à l'effort physique. Le

A 15-year-old boy receives a one-year-sentence for participating to Hirak protests

A teenager was handed over a one-year-sentence Tuesday, 2nd of October, by Al Hoceima’s court of first instance for participating to Hirak protests in the city, reports Le Desk on Friday quoting Spanish news agency EFE. The 15-year-old accused, Bilal M. will stay in a juvenile detention center in Nador until June the 30th, added the same source, relaying his lawyer Abdelmayid Azeriyah. According to the same source, Bilal was arrested after protesting against the heavy sentences that

France : Moroccan agricultural workers sue their employers for being exploited

Working in the agricultural fields located in southern France, five Moroccan workers were heard Thursday by a labor court in Arles. These workers, two men and three women, say they were modern-day slaves. According to AFP, these Moroccan nationals claim that they had to work overtime between 2012 and 2017. Quoted by AFP, one of these workers said she worked for 260 hours while her work contract was «expired». She says that she used to work «seven days a week for 12 hours a

France arrests a man suspected of scamming the Moroccan state

A 47-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, October the 3rd in a bar called L’Assassin in Paris, after an arrest warrant was issued against him for being allegedly involved in a fraud case, reports RTL radio. The same source indicates that the suspect managed to get employed by a Moroccan administration and was even heading the tax administration in Rabat. The suspect took advantage of his position and closeness to the royal entourage, he succeeded in accessing information on

«Cinemadrasa Maroc» : Un projet pour promouvoir l’utilisation des films comme outil pédagogique

La Chambre marocaine des salles de cinéma ambitionne, à travers le projet baptisé «Cinemadrasa Maroc», de s’ouvrir sur les établissements scolaires dans le but de promouvoir l'esprit de créativité et la culture de l'image auprès des élèves. Ce projet éducatif, ayant nécessité une enveloppe budgétaire de 2 200 000 dirhams, sera mis en œuvre au cours de l'année scolaire au

Maroc : La CNOPS remplacée par la Caisse marocaine de l’assurance maladie

Le Conseil du gouvernement, réuni jeudi, a adopté le projet de décret-loi n° 2.18.781 portant création de la Caisse marocaine de l'assurance maladie, a indiqué le ministre délégué chargé des Relations avec le parlement et la société civile, porte-parole du gouvernement, Mustapha El Khalfi. Présenté par le ministre du Travail et de l'insertion professionnelle, Mohamed Yatim, ce projet intervient en

An NGO to sit in Tuesday in Rabat to protest against death penalty in Morocco

The Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty is planning to commemorate the World Day Against Death Penalty by organizing a sit-in Tuesday in front of the Parliament in Rabat. The NGO will host a press Conference on October the 9th in the capital with the objective of «having Morocco to vote for the UN resolution on creating a universal moratorium on the prohibition of the capital punishment». Through these actions, the Coalition wants the kingdom to vote in favor of the UN

An Italian driver sets a new Guinness World Record at Morocco’s most dangerous road

Italian driver Fabio Barone has set a record in Morocco, driving his Ferrari 45 in the 8-kilometer long Dades Valley track in only 4 minutes and 42 seconds, reports Gazzete del Sud on Thursday. With this incredible timing, Barone won the Speed World Record, setting his third Guinness World Record. His two other victories were recorded in Transfagarasan,a road in Romania and in China’s Tianmen Mountain Road, one of the most dangerous tracks in the world. The same source indicates that

France : The exploited Moroccan workers get their residence permit

The four Moroccan loggers who were exploited for one year by their Turkish employer have just received their residence permit. According to La Nouvelle République, they have been granted the document on September the 14th at Aigurande, a commune in the Indre department in central France. For the record, For the record, the four Moroccan lumberjacks are originally from Ouaoumana, not far from Khénifra. Two of them arrived in France in June 2017, the others joined them in February