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London 2017 athletics : Moroccan athlete Fouad El Kaam qualified for men's 1500 m final

Moroccan athlete Fouad El Kaam was qualified on Friday in London for the 1500m final at the London 2017 World Championships. El Kaam earned the 5th place in his series with a time of 3 min 38s 64 / 100th, while his compatriot Abdelaati Iguider was eliminated after crossing the distance in the first series in 3: 40.76. Moroccan athlete Soufiane El Bakkali won the silver medal of the 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships held in the British capital until 13 August. El

Amnesty International : 66 Hirak detainees have reported suffering torture and other ill-treatment in custody

Amnesty International, a human-rights non-governmental organization, has published an article on its official website on the 11th of August, reporting accounts of several Hirak detainees who have claimed that they were allegedly tortured by the police while held in custody. According to Amnesty, around 66 people who were arrested amid the Hirak demonstrations held in the city of Al Hoceima reported that they were «heavily beaten, suffocated, stripped naked, threatened with rape and

USA : A Muslim woman receives $ 85,000 dollars for being forced by the police to remove her scarf

A Muslim woman who had been forced to remove her veil by the police while in police custody will receive $ 85,000 from the City of Long Beach, a suburb in Los Angeles, as part of an amicable settlement, According to AFP. Arrested at a roadside checkpoint in May 2015 on a set of charges that are still under investigation, «Kirsty Powell, a Muslim African-American, had filed a complaint after police officers forcibly removed her veil in front of Other male police officers and dozens

Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth calls Nigeria to not allow Morocco in the ECOWAS

The former Secretary General of the Commonwealth Emeka Anyaoku has urged the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari to refuse Morocco’s bid to join the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS), reports today ThisDay, the Nigerian national newspaper. According to the same source, Anyaoku announced that yesterday, 10th of August, in Lagos Nigeria’s largest city during the second annual Akintola Williams Foundation’s lecture. For the senior official, allowing Morocco

More funerals are organized in Brussels according to the Muslim rituals

The number of funerals organized according to the Muslim rituals is increasing sharply in Brussels, indicates online newspaper, Sud Info Quoting  VRT Nieuws. The Evere cemetery (Brussels-Capital Region) has, for example, seen the number of Muslim graves almost triple since 2003. «It seems to me that the link with the country of origin is shrinking,» says Ludo Beckers, Director of the Evere Cemetery. «When people of Muslim faith return to their country, they are

Football : Morocco to officially set a bid for hosting the 2026 World cup 

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced on Friday that it has set a bid to host the 2026 World cup. «The Royal Moroccan Football Federation officially set a bid on Friday August 11, 2017 to host the 2026 World Cup. The Federation has filed the application file with the committees responsible for this file in the International Federation of Football Association», said the FRMF in a press release. The current president of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick

One of the Hirak’s lawyers has been summoned by the police

Abdessadak Elbouchattaoui, a member of the Hirak detainees' defense committee, said on Wednesday night on his Facebook page that he was summoned by the police in Tetouan. «Each voice is targeted and every activist and human rights activist is targeted,» he said, indicating that the reason why he was summoned by the police is linked to «his declarations to the national media and his opinion regarding the Hirak movement in the Rif region». Contacted by Al Aoual,

Luxembourg : Morocco among the countries to apply for asylum the most

Moroccan nationals are the fourth nationality to seek asylum in Luxembourg, according to the daily Luxemburger Wort. Out of a total of 1,369 people who sought international protection, 120 are Moroccan. The Syrians (224) were the first to seek asylum there, followed by Serbs (150) and Algerians (195). The country registered more applications this year than in 2016, which amounted to 1,025. This year, Luxembourg has granted refugee status to 619 people and subsidiary protection to 11 people.

700 Sub-Saharan migrants attempted to enter Ceuta

700 migrants have tried to force their way into Ceuta in a failing attempt, Associated Press, an American nonprofit news agency, said today. According to the Interior Ministry’s office in Ceuta «migrants also tried to scale the six-meter-tall barbed –wire fences around Ceuta after the early Thursday crossing attempt at the Tarajal post failed, but were again repelled by Moroccan and Spanish police». On Wednesday, the Moroccan and Spanish authorities have closed the

Dubai : Three Saudi nationals get a 10- year-sentence for raping a Moroccan woman

Three Saudi nationals were sentenced yesterday in Dubai to ten years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting a Moroccan woman, reports the Emirati newspaper The National. In January 2017, three men aged between 24 and 27 had accompanied a 32-year-old woman to their hotel room to «party». One of them raped her and forced her to «pleasure to his brother and his friend.» «We spoke for a while and I told them I was heading to another club but they invited me to

A Moroccan woman robbed and injured in India by two unidentified men

A Moroccan woman living in Bengaluru, the capital of India’s southern Karnataka state was mugged by two men who broke into her apartment last week, The Times of India said yesterday. Identified as Mouna Boujmal, the 27-year-old national works for IDEX, a corporation based in the USA and is engaged in the development, design, and manufacture of fluidics systems. She was given an apartment as part of her training period where she lives. According to the same source, Boujmal heard a

Moroccans set a record on daily electricity consumption between the 7th and 8th of August due to excessive heat

Morocco has set a historical record on the daily consumption of electricity, respectively on the 7th and 8th of August due to the intense heat wave that the kingdom witnesses these days, The National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE) said on Wednesday. «Morocco has set a historical record of the electric power demanded, both in the morning and the evening of Monday 7th of August 2017 as well as the daily consumption of electricity on Tuesday 8th of August 2017», ONEE

Morocco : Vegetable exports to EU increase in the first semester of 2017  

  Vegetable exports to the European Union have grown by 17 percent in the first semester of 2017 compared to the first six months of the previous year, the Chinese news agency, Xinhua reports today. The revenues generated from these exports have amounted to 551.8 million Euros (648 million USD) in the first half of the current year as compared to 2016 when it only stood at 470.6 million Euros (553 million USD), stated the same source quoting the Moroccan financial daily

Ceuta : The border temporarily closed due to migratory pressure

The delegation of the Spanish government in Ceuta, in coordination with the Moroccan authorities, decided to suspend for a week the passage of goods and porters at the Tarajal border post, according to the EFE agency. The reason why is linked to the migratory pressure that took place at the border between the two countries. An agreement between the Spanish government delegation and the Moroccan authorities, which includes both the closure of the Tarajal II passage reserved for porters, as well

Morocco could host the 2025 IAAF World Championships

Morocco is likely to be entrusted with the organization of the world athletics championships in 2025. It is expected that an African country will host the World Championships of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) , according to Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, president of the Confederation of African Athletics, reports Inside the Games. According to him, six African countries are likely to host this high-mass sports : Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South

Ceuta : 30 Algerian an Moroccan migrants found hidden in fairground rides

The Spanish police found on Tuesday 30 Moroccan and Algerian migrants, including ten miners, hidden in fairground vehicles, AFP reported. Officers used heartbeat detectors and dogs to locate the migrants, hidden in bumper cars and a «ghost train». The vehicles intended to transport these rides were waiting to board ferries bound for mainland Spain, according to the Civil Guard. «They try to use attractions that are only half covered up to jump in and hide inside,» a

World Championship London 2017 : Soufiane El Bakkali wins silver medal in 3,000 steeplechase

Moroccan athlete Soufiane El Bakkali won a silver medal in 3,000m steeplechase at the world athletics championships held in London from the 4th  to the 13th August. El Bakkali finished second with a 8min 14s 49/ 100th, behind the Kenyan Consesus Kipruto who won the world title and a gold medal after having crossed the finish line in 8 min 14s 12 / 100th, the American Evan Jager finished third (8: 15.12) wining a bronze medal. Fifteen Moroccan athletes take part in these world

BMCE Bank of Africa : An investment seminar dedicated to Moroccans living abroad in Saidia

The city of Saidia will host on Friday 11th of August, a regional investment seminar by BMCE Bank of Africa dedicated to Moroccans residing abroad (MLA). Following the success of the 2015 and 2016 editions, BMCE BOA Group is renewing its program of regional investment seminars at the national level. The bank's objectives are to encourage MLAs to invest in Morocco and to sustain economic and financial ties with their country of origin, explain the promoters of this initiative. The organization