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Malca, a French-Moroccan artist to release his song «Casablanca Jingle» dedicated to the metropolitan

Malca is definitely a rising star in the Moroccan musical scene. The artist born and raised in Casablanca has indeed a unique style. He released on the 27th of October, his new song «Casablanca Jungle». The 28-year-old singer and song-writer shows up in the official video of his new song with a group of young Moroccan people who are partying in a house. The lighting, decor and ambiance are typically local with a twist that refers to the west. According to Huffpost Morocco :

Spain : Ryanair to launch the first Santander-Marrakech flight

The first flight linking Santander, the capital city of the Cantabria region on Spain’s north coast, and Marrakech was launched on Monday 30th of October by Ryanair, an Irish low-cost airline founded headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland. This inaugural flight landed at Seve Ballesteros airport in Santander with the presence of Eva Bartolomé, head of the tourism sector in the government of Cantabria, who welcomed the opening of this line. The latter is the only

Hirak : The judge expels Nasser Zafzafi from the courtroom

The Criminal Division of the Casablanca appeal court postponed on Tuesday, the trial of Nasser Zafzafi to the 7th of November, reports MAP news agency. During the hearing, the judge expelled Nasser Zafzafi from the courtroom because he protested against the presence of cameras. The remaining 32 detainees followed him leaving the courtroom. The Hirak leader refused to sit down and demanded that the two national TV channels, namely 2M and SNRT, be prevented from filming the audience. Zafzafi

2018 World Cup qualifiers : Hervé Renard reveals the list of footballers to play against Côte d'Ivoire

Hervé Renard, current manager of Morocco national team, revealed on Tuesday a list of 26 players expected to take part of the decisive match with the Ivory Coast, scheduled for November the 11th in Abidjan. Achraf Bencherki, a Moroccan footballer who plays as a striker for Wydad Casablanca, was summoned up to participate to the game. He performed well during his team’s latest games against Al-Ahly, an Egyptian football club. The list also includes Oualid El Hajjam, defender

New Delhi : Morocco to share counter-terror expertise with India

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has announced on Wednesday, 1st of October that Morocco offered to share its experiences on counter-terror and de-radicalization initiatives with India, reports Outlook India. The decision was taken during a meeting the Minister Delegate to the Interior Minister, Noureddine Boutayeb and his Indian counterpart, Kiren Rijiju both attended on Tuesday. According to the same source, Boutayed stressed on the fact that «Morocco is emerging as a key

The Djiboutian Foreign Minister invites Morocco to open an embassy in Djibouti

The Djiboutian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, invited on Tuesday in Rabat, the Kingdom of Morocco to open an embassy in Djibouti. «We invite Morocco to open an embassy in Djibouti that will be represented at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (a regional grouping of eight East African countries whose headquarters are located in Djibouti, ed),» said Ali Youssouf in a statement after holding talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and

Casablanca to host the Startup of the Year Africa 2018 competition

After a successful first edition of the Startup of the Year Africa Award, which has received more than 500 applications from 44 countries, Startup.Info, the startups' collaborative magazine, continues its commitment to promoting African innovation, said in a statement sent to Yabiladi on Tuesday. With the support of major international actors, such as the French energy group Engie, the French research engine Qwant, the competitiveness cluster Finance Innovation and the consulting and audit

Kasbah Resources is expected to partner with Toyota to exploit Tin in Morocco

Kasbah Resources, an Australian listed mineral exploration and development company advancing the Achmmach Tin Project near Meknes, Morocco is expected to partner with Toyota to «start exploiting tin» in the region, states the company. In a video uploaded by Proactive Investors Stocktube, a platform specialized in reporting mining news around the world, Russel Clark, chief executive of Kasbah Resources, stated that the production of tin concentrate in the Kingdom to start by 2019.

Terrorism : A Moroccan national from Tetouan arrested in Spain

A Moroccan national, who has a legal status, has been arrested for terrorism in Spain. The arrest of Abdelouahed Bourras, a 34-year-old Tetouan native, took place on Monday in Madrid, indicates El Pais. The suspect is both homeless and jobless and he lives in occupied houses. The man has been radicalized, adds the same online newspaper that quotes sources close to the investigation. The Moroccan man is accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. The investigations that preceded his

Madrid II Women’s Half Marathon : Kaoutar Boulaid finishes first

The Moroccan athlete Kaoutar Boulai won on Sunday 29th of October the 2nd edition of the EDP Madrid Women’s Half Marathon. Boulai finished in 01h 12min 43sec, reports on Monday the Spanish sports platforms. Kaoutar Boulai who lives in Catalonia (northern Spain), crossed the finish line with 15 seconds ahead of the Ukrainian competitor  Viktoriya Kalyuzhna, while Kenyan Naomi Nduta came third in 1h 12min 59. Some 2,500 athletes from around 40 countries participated to the marathon,

Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean : Amir Peretz entered the kingdom using a Moroccan passport

The controversy surrounding Amir Peretz and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean is still ongoing. The event took place between the 9th and 10th of October in Rabat in partnership with the World Trade Organization (WTO), to discuss ways to facilitate «trade and investment in the Mediterranean and African region». The former Israeli Minister of Defense (in office between 2006-2007) entered the kingdom using a Moroccan passport bearing his first and last name, Armond

«Who is Kabour», Hassan El Fad’s new show on a world tour

The fictional character, Kabour from the Ramdan series «L’couple» (the couple) made Moroccans laugh hard every night after breaking the fast during the holy month. Hassan El Fad is now on a tour to Africa and the world bringing life to his character in «Who is Kabour», said a press release sent on Monday to Yabiladi. The Moroccan actor and standup comedian is expected to visit west Africa, Europe, Canada, the United States and tour all over the

Turkey : Five Belgian nationals of Maghrebi origins file a complaint after being imprisoned on suspicion of terrorism

Five Belgian nationals originally from the Maghreb region have filed a complaint against X. They have joined as a civil party to the investigation for being treated in an inhuman and degrading way. An action that follows their imprisonment in Turkey for almost a week, in September, while they were on a holiday in the seaside resort of Bodrum, according to the RTBF. The complaint was lodged in Brussels following their holidays that ended sadly «on suspicions of being a

Netherlands : Badr Hari to go back to Morocco after being released from prison

The Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer super heavyweight kickboxer is likely to be released on Friday 3rd of November after serving seven months in jail and is expected to visit Morocco; AD newspaper quoted his manager Jacques de Wit.   «After his release, he will go immediately to Morocco, where he will live now and where his family is settled down», said Jacques de Wit. The Hague Supreme court found Hari guilty, on February the 7th, and sentenced the kickboxer to six months in

Commemorating the disappearance of Mehdi Ben Barka in front of the Lipp brasserie in Paris

As every year, members of the Ben Barka family, his relatives and human rights activists gathered in front of the Lipp brasserie in Paris, where the kidnapping of third-world activist Mehdi Ben Barka took place on the 29 October 1965. On Sunday and in a Facebook post Ben Barka’s son Bachir urged the public opinion «to continue fighting for truth and justice for the victims of enforced disappearance», demanding that «all the light should be shed on the kidnapping and the

Abu Dhabi : A Moroccan Joduka refuses to shak hands with her Israeli opponent

Moroccan Judoka Aziza Chakir left by the end of the fight she lost at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2017, to avoid greeting her Israeli opponent, Shira Rishony. The latter simply shrugged her shoulders. This situation was not the only problem for the Israeli delegation. France TV Info reported that the 12 members of the Israeli team had to compete wearing kimonos that did not have the SRI sign (the three letters designating Israel in sports competitions),and wore instead ones that had the

International figures demand the release of Hirak detainees through a call of solidarity

Eighteen members of the European Parliament, eighteen others from national legislative assemblies, dozens of trade unionists, dozens of academics and many public figures including Noam Chomsky, Ken Loach and Arundhati Roy have signed a call for international solidarity to demand the release of Hirak detainees, said a communiqué sent on Saturday to Yabiladi. The petition was also supported by the Paris section of the AMDH (Moroccan human rights association), who included the full list of

Canary Island : Four Moroccan nationals arrested for sexually assaulting a tourist

Four Moroccan nationals were arrested in Gran Canaria, one of the islands of the Spanish archipelago Canary Islands, for raping and sexually abusing a female tourist in an island holiday resort, The Sun reports. The incident occurred on the 26th of December last year, almost one year before the Police managed to catch the perpetrators. The attack was recorded on CCTV (Closed Circuit TV), showing the assailants taking turns to force themselves on the victim. According to the same source a fifth