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Marrakech : Taxicabs are getting their own digital platform

Taxi drivers in Marrakech will have a new mobile application for their customers named Chedli taxi (Take me a taxi), The Economist reports today. The new mobile application operates by geo-localizing the customers who can send voice messages to the driver informing them about their destination. The taxi driver then is supposed to accept or decline. «We have developed our own very complex algorithm to offer this unique voice control service adapted to Moroccans,» explains Ali

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma : No Moroccan victims according to the Kingdom's Embassy

Following the hurricanes Harvey and Irma which have hit the southeastern coasts of the United States, notably Texas and Florida, the Moroccan Embassy in Washington, and the Consulate in New York, follow with concern, the situation of Moroccans in the disaster areas. The latter is heavily resided by the Moroccan community, notably in Houston (Texas) and Tampa, Sarasota and Miami (Florida). «According to information gathered on this date, no victim among our nationals has been

A man to ride his bike from the Wales to Morocco following Swallows

Ed Beverlry-Jones, a 43-year-old man who lives in Chepstow, a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England will ride his bike all the way down to Morocco following Swallows, a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica, reports South Wales Argus, a local online newspaper.  Ed is planning to travel perusing the birds’ autumn journey to Africa passing through England, France, and Spain. «I watch and

Bangladesh : Morocco sends humanitarian aid to Rohingyas

Emergency humanitarian aid was sent to Bangladesh on Monday to support the country's efforts to cope with the massive influx of refugees from the Muslim minority of the Rohingyas from Myanmar, states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. «On the very high instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, May God assist him, emergency humanitarian aid was forwarded today to the People's Republic of Bangladesh», the ministry said in a statement. «This

Two Moroccans arrested after being accused by a Kuwaiti national of extorting money

Moroccan authorities have arrested two people after a Kuwaiti national filed a complaint indicating that they are extorting money, the Arab Times reports quoting Al-Anba, an Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily newspaper. According to the plaintiff’s lawyer Ali Al-Kandari, the two Moroccan nationals are held in custody. «The Moroccan judiciary is interrogating the suspects and both men are expected to be referred for a trial», the same source stated. Al Kandari told the same source

Moulay Hicham accuses the Tunisian president of ordering his expulsion

Back to France, Moulay Hicham is there to talk about his expulsion from the Tunisian territory. Speaking to France 24, a French TV, a 24-hour international news and current affairs television network, based in Paris, the King’s cousin openly accused the Tunisian president of having ordered his expulsion. The prince did not give more details about the accusation. On the other hand, he took is time to praise the revolution that took part on January 14, 2011, considered as a «haven of

The second Climate Chance World Summit held in Agadir

The second edition of the Climate Chance World summit organized in partnership with the region of Souss-Massa has been inaugurated today, Monday 11 of September, in Agadir, Xenhua reports today. According to the same source, the summit is to «provide a unique opportunity to review the global climate action agenda set at the UN climate conferences and to assess the progress made by non-state actors across the world». The event is also a way of supporting innovation and new

DHL Express Maroc to introduce a new air connection in the north

DHL express Morocco, subsidiary of the German firm of DHL, has a new air fleet in the northern region known for its automotive and aeronautical industry, reports Challenge, an online newspaper. DHL express trades its boing 737, the world's best-selling aircraft for its European competitor Airbus, an A306 with a capacity of 60 Tons. The new airplane  will support the growing demands of companies. Indeed, new contracts with the agriculture and fishing sector will be added to the ones

The Muslim Executive of Belgium wants to launch a seminiary to train Imams

The Muslim Executive of Belgium (EMB) wants to establish a training seminar for Imams, said Salah Echallaoui, president of the representative body of the Islamic cult and the Muslim community in Belgium, on the 9th of September to Le Soir, a daily newspaper. «At the moment, we are forced to take imams from abroad because we do not have them here. Our seminar will be used to train these foreign imams who arrive in Belgium, to provide continuous training to recognized imams and to offer

Brussels : A thousand people took the streets to support the Hirak

A thousand people gathered yesterday afternoon in Brussels to support the Hirak popular movement  in the Rif region. They marched from the Brussels-south railway to the parliament, reports Belga, the Belgian news agency. According to the police, 1,200 people participated to the demonstration. «We want to support the demands of the Rif population and bring them to the Belgian authorities», the protesters said. «We can not accept that in a country that has so many links

Al Baraka bank to launch an Islamic finance venture partnering with BMCE

Al Baraka, a Bahraini bank group formed in 2002 in Manama will launch an Islamic Finance venture in Morocco expanding its operations in Africa, according to the bank’s chief executive, Reuters reports today.   Morocco is finally being introduced to Islamic banking after the central bank in January «approved five applications» and «allowed three others to sell Islamic financial products», the same source indicates. «We feel that since the country is not

Qatar : New measures to access the Qatari territory for Moroccan and Algerian nationals

The Ministry of Interior and the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) announced, on Sunday (September 10th) in a statement, the new visa measures adopted to ensure access for Moroccan and Algerian nationals. «Citizens who so wish may apply for a visa upon their arrival in Qatar provided if they are in possession of a valid residence or visa issued by one of the member countries of the Council of Gulf Cooperation (...), the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia or New

Peru expels «SADR ambassador» to Lima

The Peruvian authorities prevented yesterday afternoon the return to Khadijetou El Mokhtar the president of the commission of international relations in the «Union of Saharawi women», a emissary of the Polisario, indicates Venezuela pro -Maduro. Since last June the lady was appointed by Brahim Ghali as «ambassador» in Lima as part of an operation to redeploy the Front' senior officials abroad. Khadijetou was supposed to attend a conference entitled the «Peruvian

France : Jawad Bendaoud, landlord of the Saint-Denis jihadists to appear before the criminal court

Jawad Bendaoud, also known as the «landlord» of the Saint-Denis jihadists will finally be convicted for «concealment of terrorist criminals». The 30-year-old has been sent to the criminal court, AFP reported on Friday (September 8th). The judges believe that Jawad Bendaoud knew that he was hosting the perpetrators of the attacks, but without determining their criminal plans. In their order signed Wednesday, the investigating magistrates followed the requests of the

Has Prince Moulay Hicham been expelled from Tunisia?

Tunisian authorities have allegedly expelled Prince Moulay Hicham, claims Algerian online newspaper TSA. The cousin of King Mohammed VI was in Tunis to give a lecture. «After a visit to the police station, Moulay Hicham, escorted by police officers, was being deported to Paris at the end of the day (Friday) on an Air France flight,» the source added. At the end of August, Moulay Hicham was in Qatar where he had taken part to a conference on the «Arab Spring».

Algiers refuses to grant approval to the Spanish consul

Algeria refuses to grant approval to diplomat José Maria Ridao proposed last April by the Rajoy government to be the Spanish consul in Algiers, El Pais reports. The online version of El Pais believes that the Algerian authorities have not appreciated Riado's essay «El vacío elocuente» on the writer Albert Camus. His friendship with the Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo, who died and was buried last June in Marrakech, would have allegedly negatively affected his candidacy,

Spain : A diplomatic source denies the dismissal of the Moroccan consul in Girona

No, the Moroccan consul in Girona has not been dismissed. A source from the Moroccan  Foreign Ministry, told Le Desk, a local online newspaper, in response to the information published by the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial. The latter announced  that «the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed the Consul of Morocco in Girona, Mohamed El Harrak, while he was only appointed on the 28 of December». «The aforementioned sources indicate that he is accused of

The Qatari Embassy in Rabat has no information about dropping Moroccan visa requirement

A source from the Qatari Embassy in Rabat confirmed to Yabiladi today that «it does not have any information regarding dropping visa requirements for Moroccan citizens». For his part, Abdul Samad Nasser, a Moroccan journalist working for the Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera, tweeted saying that offering visa-free entrance to Moroccans was announced mainly by the Moroccan News Agency. He also added that : «However, a source from the Interior Ministry told me that the decision has