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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

Thales to inaugurate a 3D metal printing centre in Casablanca

Thales, a French multinational company that builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, said it would inaugurate its industrial Competence Centre in Casablanca, a 3D metal printing plant, Arabian Aerospace reported today. According to the same source, the «plant will become a platform allowing the international requirements of the group and its customers to be met». The Center is part of the Industrial Acceleration Plan 2014-2020 initiated by the government.

A Moroccan couple racially assaulted in Madrid

Several passengers on the Metro in Madrid, Spain defended on Wednesday a Moroccan couple who have been racially assaulted by a man. The incident took place at around 11. 45 at the República Argentina station on Line 6, RadioMadrid reports today. Annoyed and frightened by the man’s insults, several passengers have asked him to leave the metro. In a short video published by the same source, the man urged the Moroccan couple to leave Madrid saying : «We don’t want

Nasser Bourita has met the American Secretary of State today in Washington

Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has held talks with Rex Tillerson, the USA current Secretary of State today, Thursday the 7th of September, at the Department of State in Washington DC, MAP news agency reports today. The two senior officials have shaken hands in a short video published by the American Department of State on Twitter. Secretary Rex Tillerson greets Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita @statedept in Washington, DC.

The secret album of the Wu Tang Clan produced in Morocco is for sale on eBay

Wu-Tang Clan's «Once Upon a Time in Shaolin» album is for sale on eBay, France TV Info reported on Wednesday. Bought in 2015 by the controversial businessman Martin Shkreli, the album that had been recorded in Marrakech where members of the legendary American hip-hop band spent several months was produced in a single copy in its is stored in a silver box designed by a Moroccan craftsman. Its current owner, Martin Shkreli had bought it for two million dollars at the end of 2015. He

ENI to secure the Rabat Deep Offshore well

ENI, an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Roma and the operator of the Rabat Deep Offshore license has reportedly «secured the Saipem 12000, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drillship, for a drilling programme to include a one-well drilling slot in Rabat Deep Offshore in Morocco», as indicated by Your Oil and Gas News, a news website focusing on industry. The same source indicates that ENI is «currently anticipated that the rig will arrive on

Sahara : The CJEU has examined a new complaint against Morocco

As we announced in July, the Court of Justice of the European Union examined a complaint against Morocco filed by an English association, the Western Sahara Campaign. The hearing at the CJEU's headquarters in Luxembourg, which lasted four hours, was attended by the lawyers of the complainant, the European Commission, France and Spain. The coordinator of the Front with MINURSO was also present, indicates a media of the separatist movement. At the end of this first hearing, the Court deferred

Three men arrested in France for having explosives and the authorities suspect links with Catalan terrorists

Two men, aged 36 and 47, were arrested yesterday in Kremlin Bicêtre, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, for having 100 grams of Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) explosives in their apartment. A third suspect was arrested afterwards as reported by EFE which quotes official sources. The French Interior Minister, Gérard Collomb said today in an interview with France Info that it is «possible» that this cell had been in contact with the terrorists that carried out