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Manchester Attack : The assailant was connected to ISIS and met Abdelhamid Abaaoud

The Manchester bomber who killed 22 people and injured 50 others during an Ariana Grande concert in the UK on the 22nd of May 2017, was able to enter Libya with the help of the same ISIS branch that trained the Brussels and Paris attacker. The information was reported on Tuesday by Belgian media based on an article published on the New York Times. On Saturday, the American media platform indicated that Salman Abedi, the terrorist who killed himself in the Manchester Arena, met in

Royal Air Maroc suspends transit flights via Doha to other Arab countries following the diplomatic crisis

Royal Air Maroc airline company has annulled transit flights via Qatar's capital Doha to and from UAE, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt due to the cancellation of flights from Qatar to these countries, after they cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf Arab state, Reuters reports on Tuesday quoting the airline costumer service. According to Map news agency, the Moroccan airline firm costumer service declared that flights to the above-mentioned destinations wont be «guaranteed nor

Hirak : accused of several serious offenses, Zefzafi and his fellows are placed in pre-trial detention in Oukacha

The investigating judge has ordered a pre-trial detention in the local prison of Casablanca of seven individuals, after their hearing. They were among the defendants implicated in the inquiry according to a communiqué issued by the Attorney General of the King at the Court of Appeal of Al Hoceima on the 27th May 2017, announces the Attorney General of the King to the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. Investigations are still under the supervision of the Casablanca prosecutor's office with

London attack : One of the assailants is of Moroccan descent

British authorities have revealed the identity of the terrorists that  carried ana attack on Saturday night 3rd of June in london's busiest area. One of the attackers is a Moroccan-Libyan national who lives in Ireland, the BBC reports. «Another of the attackers has been named by police as Rachid Radouane, 30, from Barking. He was a chef who also used the name Rachid Elkhdar and police said he claimed to be Moroccan-Libyan», the same source points out. The 30-year-old

Morocco : 12 people killed and 39 others injured in a coach crash

12 people were killed and 39 others injured in a coach crush on Monday 5th of June on their way to Marrakech, local authorities report. The accident took place in the national road number 8 linking Marrakech to Fes. The coach was reversed causing the death of 12 passengers including a baby while 39 individuals were wounded, of which 20 are in a critical condition.   Injured passengers were carried to the regional hospital located in Kenitra while corps of the victims were transferred to

Munir Haddadi might soon join the Moroccan national team

Munir Haddadi, a Spanish professional football player of Moroccan descent who plays as forward for Valencia CF on loan from FC Barcelona, is accepted to be part of the Moroccan national team. According to a senior official at the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the footballer will join the Atlas lions starting from next August, Kooora.com reports. The same source indicates that the lawyer of Munir, have received a positive response from the FIFA regarding the player’s request to

Adventures in Wonderland : An exhibition that portrays Morocco’s scenery

Rafiee Ghani, a Malaysian visual artist has drawn inspiration from Morocco’s landscape for his recent exhibition entitled «Adventures in Wonderland». According to Star2.com, Ghani’s new exposition «is a visual diary of the wonderful places he visited while on a month-long solo trip to Morocco in 2012». The artist’s love for the North African region has pushed him to define through his art the beauty and uniqueness of the Kingdom. «You drive in

The Netherlands : Dutch-Moroccans protest to support the Rif region

On Sunday 4th of July, Dutch-Moroccans gathered in Schouwburgplein, a plaza situated in the heart of the city of Rotterdam, to support the protests taking place in Al Hoceima city and to denounce the «rights violations and injustices in the Moroccan Rif region and for the release of political prisoners», the Netherlands Times reports. Bouchra Banhammou from the organizing committee of Mohcine Fikri Nederland, told NU.nl that around 2 thousand people from the Netherlands and abroad

A Women’s protest restrained in Al Hoceima

Authorities have restrained a women’s demonstration in the city of Al Hoceima on Saturday night, Reuters news agency reports. Protesting against corruption, the ladies were forced to leave a park while others were banned from joining them. «Police encircled hundreds of female protesters (…) as the women chanted «freedom, dignity and social justice». Female police officers and riot police pushed the leader of the protest, Nawal Ben Aissa, a prominent member of

London : 7 people killed in two terrorist attacks

7 people were killed and at least 48 injured in two terrorist attacks in London, the BBC reports. Around 10 pm on Saturday the 3rd of June, a man in van ran over pedestrians on London's Bridge, meanwhile, three men stabbed civilians next to Borough Market, London's most renowned food and drink market located next to London's Bridge. The same source indicates that the attackers were shot dead by the police. The later said that they were wearing «fake bomb vests. One of those hurt is a

Bahrain shuts down a local newspaper over Al Hociema's Hirak

The Bahraini Ministry of Information Affairs shut down «AlWassat», an Arabic-language daily newspaper in Manama, after it published an article about Hirak in Al Hociema, the Bahraini news agency reports. AlWassat was suspended on the 4th of June until «further notice». le gouvernement du Bahrein suspend le journal Alwasat suite a la publication d'une chronique sur le #Hirak. #Marochttps://t.co/cVZxA387Ze — imad stitou (@StitouImad) June 4, 2017 The same source

Hirak Rif : 20 individuals presented before the investigating judge in Casablanca

In a communiqué issued by the king's prosecutor in Casablanca and reported by Yabiladi this morning, 20 individuals were presented before the investigating judge. The statement sets out the charges against these persons and announces the temporary release under judicial supervision and control of one of them the 19 persons left, were placed under temporary detention because of «the events that produced in Al Hociema city on the 26th of May». The group of people was heard by

Turkey grants citizenship to a Moroccan killed during the defeated coup attempt

The Turkish government is granting citizenship to a Moroccan national who was shot by putschists in Turkey during the defeated coup attempt that took place in July 2016, Anadolu news agency reports. This citizenship will allow the family of Jaouad Merroune, a 32-year-old tourist guide who took to streets last July in Istanbul, protesting against the coup attempt, to benefit from «tuition-free education and interest-free housing loan». «government officials in Ankara, who

Syrian refugees : For Morocco, Algeria «has assumed its responsibilities»

While Algeria announced on Thursday that it will host a group of Syrian refugees stuck since April 17th in the Moroccan-Algerian borders, an official source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation told Yabiladi on Friday that the neighboring country had only assumed its responsibilities. «By making the decision of allowing the entry of the Syrian refugees stranded on the Algerian-Moroccan border, since the 17th of April 2017, Algeria has finally accepted to

Antonio Guterres is concerned about the Sahrawi refugees in Algeria

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres is highly concerned about the Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf camp as food rations will be reduced in mid June. According to a statement released on Friday 2nd of June by the humanitarian organization, «Sahrawi refugees in Algeria (...) will have their food rations cut due to lack of funding». #Tindouf camps : "Food rations will be further reduced to half in June" (UN) https://t.co/pvlWsX3hK0 #WesternSahara — Christophe

Al Hoceima : Reporters without Borders denounce the arrest of journalist-citizens

Reporters without Borders (RWB) have denounced the conditions that surround media coverage in Al Hoceima. In a communiqué, the NGO that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of speech «denounces the abuses directed at journalists who have reported the demonstrations that have shaken the Rif since the death of the fish seller Mohcine Fikri in a dumpster in October 2016». «Since the 26th of May, journalists and journalist-citizens, who have

Netherlands : A sit-in in Rotterdam to support the Rif

Since October, a wave of manifestations has shaken the Rif region. Inhabitants of Al Hoceima went on protesting following the death of Mohcine Fikri, the Fish trader who was crushed by a truck. After, Nasser Zefzafi leader of the «Hirak» movement, got arrested on Monday 29th of May by the authorities, residents of Al Hoceima carried on their demonstrations. Consequently the Mohcine Fikri Committee of the Netherlands is calling for a demonstration next Sunday at 5.30 pm at the

Algeria allows Syrian Refugees to enter its territory

Algerian Interior Ministry has announced yesterday that it is allowing the 41 Syrian refugees stranded in the borders between Morocco to enter its territory, Reuters reports. Abdel Aziz Benali Cherif, the spokesperson of the Algerian Forreign Affairs ministry told APS on Thursday 1st of June that his country will host refugees after being bloced in Figuig since 17th o April. «The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Hamid  Boukhari was