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King Mohammed VI orders offering food supplies to Qatar

In a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, king Mohammed VI ordered to send food supplies to Qatar. «This decision comes in line with the teaching of the Islamic religion especially during the holy month of Ramadan which is dedicated to solidarity», the press release indicates. The same source also justifies the act by a verse from the Koran insisting that «The step has nothing to do with the political situation and the

A ministerial delegation presided by Laftit visits Al Hoceima

A ministerial delegation landed on Monday the 12th of June at Al Hoceima to «assess the socio-economic and development projects that are under construction in the region», reports Le 360 who spoke to a governmental source. The delegation is presided by Abdelouafi Laftit, the Interior Minister accompanied with Aziz Rebbah, Minister of Energy, Charafat Afilat, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment, Lhoucine

Guerguerate : The Minurso is slowly resuming its activities in the buffer zone

After being absent for several days, the Minurso is back on track resuming slowly but surely its activities in the Guerguerate buffer zone. «For the moment, peacekeepers are being cautious, they do not cross the security wall and they are still protected by the Royal Armed Forces», a source told Yabiladi. «Members of the UN mission are in the other side, they are currently installed in Rabouni camp ( the headquarters of the Polisario's leadership) that they haven't left

Hirak : After the UK, Germany warns its citizens about the situation in Al Hoceima

A few weeks after the UK safety and security department issued a statement warning British tourists about the situation in Al Hoceima, Germany is also doing the same thing. The European country called its citizens who wish to visit Morocco to remain cautious and avoid traveling to the northern region of the Kingdom. According to a statement published on the official website of Germany's Federal Foreign Office, manifestations can occur at anytime in big cities and also in the northern region of

Belgium : Police searching for missing 6-year-old girl

The Belgian federal police issued yesterday a «missing person» notice to find Jihane El Oizi, a six-year-old girl who was last seen at the slaughterhouse market in Anderlecht, informs Le Soir. The child disappeared at around 3 pm. «The girl is 1m20 height, has long brown hair and dark eyes. She speaks French and Dutch. She wore on Sunday a blue skirt with white stars, a pink belt and yellow sandals», writes the same source. On Monday, the police identified a suspect

Algeria : A sit-in in Béjaïa to support the «Hirak»

Algeria is not indifferent to the events happening in the northern region of Morocco lately. On Tuesday, a sit-in will be held in Béjaïa «Kabylie region» at 10 pm in Said Mekbel square to support the wave of demonstrations that is taking place in Al Hoceima, Algerie Part, online newspaper reports. The demonstration is organized by a group of activists and civil society movements. Teachers, syndicates, the singer Agraw Boudjma, and journalists, headed by Djamel Alilat a

Antri-Sharia marches held in several cities in the USA

Anti-Islamic manifestations broke out on Saturday 10th of June in several cities in the United States, the CNN reports. The same source indicates that «a right-wing group protesting Islamic law, or Sharia, on Saturday clashed with counter-demonstrators in Seattle, Minneapolis and other cities». A group called «Act for America» organized a number of marches in several American cities in the USA indicating on its website that : «Sharia is incompatible with

The Netherlands : A thousand of protesters manifest to support the Rif (video)

The demonstrations in solidarity with the Rif continue to take place all over Europe. This Saturday, a thousand of Moroccans living abroad met in The Hague to show their support for the «Hirak» of the Rif, informs the Dutch online newspaper Den Haag. The protesters chanted «Long live the Rif» or «We just want our rights» while firmly holding the flags of this movement. A peaceful demonstration that continued right up to the embassy of Morocco in the

«Hirak» : Al Mortada Imrachen arrested in Al Hoceima

The former Salafist El Mortada Imrachen is added to the list of detainees of the «Hirak». The young activist was arrested on Saturday by the police. A few hours before being arrested, he declared on Lakom2 website that he «does not want the king to interfere or anyone else ... I want the street to intervene with all its strength and I want the silent majority to take the streets and fight back injustice and to decide the outcome of The war of the free and the release of all

Figuig : Three Syrian Refugees sent back by force to the buffer zone separating Algeria and Morocco

Three Syrian refugees were intercepted by the police in Nador and sent back using force to the buffer zone in Figuig, Amnesty international reports. The incident was confirmed to Yabiladi by a source. #Urgent: 3 réfugiés syriens interceptés par la police Marocaine à Nador et renvoyés par force vers la zone de frontière de Figuig. #Maroc pic.twitter.com/H1iuqA7IiM — Amnesty North Africa (@AINorthAfrica) June 8, 2017 «A 15-year-old girl,

Homosexuality : Two men arrested after being caught red handed during Ramadan

Two men were arrested on the 5th of June after having had homosexual intercourse during Ramadan. The incident took place at Kariat Akermane in the Oriental region of the country, said the Spanish news agency EFE. The arrest of the two young men by the Royal Gendarmerie was reported by Akaliyat Association. According to the local media, the detainees were aged 16 and 19 and were caught in the middle of a sexual act by the mother of the youngest one in an abandoned house next to the beach. The

A Moroccan suspected of being a Jihadist deported from Italy

A Moroccan national who had been living in Italy since 2001 was deported from the European country on Friday because he represented a potential threat to society. He already has a crime record such as «resistance to public agent, threats, theft and concealment of stolen goods», writes the Italian news site Il Giornale. The Moroccan was placed under temporary release, he was identified as a user of Facebook publishing jihadist content. The Italian Interior Ministry declared that the

Sweden deports Moroccan migrants in an irregular situation

Sweden has accelerated the process of deporting Moroccan teenagers in an irregular situation, AFP news agency reports on Friday. These expulsions intervened following the application of an agreement «which requires Rabat to accept their return», writes the same source. Sweden reports that about 800 young people, even very young North Africans, mostly Moroccans live without having a regularized status in large cities such as Stockholm and Gothenburg. Regeringens arbete ger

A delegation of Chinese senior officials is visiting Morocco

A delegation of Chinese senior officials is in Morocco since the 6th of June to discover the country as a destination for tourists, reports on Thursday the Moroccan National office of Tourism (ONMT) in a communiqué. The group includes around fifty Chinese decision-makers who work for travel agencies, and media in the region of Pekin, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Their trip will last till the 16th of June 2017. The delegation will have the chance to discover during this visit tourism assets

Algeria suspends for the moment its plans of hosting the Syrian refugees

The Algerian authorities announced on Wednesday the 7th of June that they would «temporarily» cancel their plans of hosting the Syrian refugees stranded in the borders separating the two neighboring countries, le Monde reports. «The High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has not been able to reach a solution», spokesman of the Algerian Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif said. The same person who announced Thursday 1st of June that Algeria will host a group of

Rio de Janeiro : Hassan Saada is finally coming home

The Moroccan Boxer hassan Saada is coming home on Friday 9th of June after retrieving his passport. A Brazilian court has allowed Saada to return to Morocco without any terms or conditions on his stay and the date of his return, Hesport reports. «The court has accepted a Hassan Saada’s request to participate in the African boxing championship. He was handed back his passport to leave for Morocco and join the tournament without putting any terms or restrictions to the trip»,

Panama court dismisses the Polisario phosphate claim

A Panama court has rejected a claim issued by the Polisario Front to block a Danish vessel that was carrying OCP phosphate rocks stating that the there was no evidence the cargo belonged to the group, the Moroccan company said on Thursday 8th of June in a statement. On the 17th of May, the Danish vessel Ultra Innovation that was carrying a phosphate cargo to Canada «has been detained by a national court» in Panama. The Separatist Front has filed a claim to hold the ship which was

Al Hoceima : Clashes between police and protesters

Protests in Al Hoceima city are still ongoing. On Thursday 8th of June, protesters in the northern town around 5 pm clashed with police officers who fired tear gas at dozens of young people who took the streets to manifest against corruption, AFP reports as published by Le Monde. According to the same source, around 5 pm, before Iftar time, a group of young people gathered to denounce corruption in the alleys. They were ruthlessly pushed back by the police to a crossroads in the neighborhood