Local authorities in the city of Taroudant, have intervened to stop a sit-in organized on Sunday by a number of workers who got laid off from a farm owned by Prince Moulay Hicham. Contacted by Yabiladi, the Moroccan League for Citizenship and Human Rights (LMCDH), explained the situation and demands of the fired employees. Details.
The Taourirt section of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) sounded the alarm on Monday regarding the health of Redouane Afassi who is detained in the Taourirt local prison. In a press release reported by Alyaoum 24, the NGO recalls that Afassi was transferred from the local prison of Al Hoceima to that of Taourirt on Friday the 15th of September while he was on a hunger strike. An «arbitrary transfer that is part of a strategy initiated by the General Directorate of Prison
The Greek private airline Air Méditerranée will launch, in early November, weekly direct flights linking the Greek capital Athens to Casablanca. Three flights will be insured throughout the year on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, a source from the company told MAP news agency. This new air service will stimulate tourist flows and economic and commercial exchanges between the two countries while facilitating the travel of members of the Moroccan community established in Greece,
Once again it is the Palace that calls the shots when it comes to political action. King Mohammed VI presided over a meeting on Monday afternoon devoted to the presentation of a report on Al Hoceima. The latter was ordered by the sovereign to investigate the delayed projects in the region.
The long awaited brand of Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, president of the Askal group will be launched on October 28th in Morocco Mall, Casablanca. Yan & One was created in Morocco, developed in the best workshops of the Kingdom and abroad, indicates a press release. The BeautyStore Yan & One has been created to meet the needs of increasingly connected consumers. A space of 3500 m2 at the forefront of design «with 14 universes distributed along a central avenue». The same source
After several months, farm workers at Moulay Hicham’s farm in Taroudant have broken the silence. They are believed to have undergone abusive dismissals by the management. Once again, it is the Moroccan League for Citizenship and Human Rights (LMCDH) which announces that the expelled workers are planning to go on a hunger strike starting from Tuesday the 3rd of October before the farm. The same NGO had supported, in January, workers fired by the director of the farm .
The Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara signed a Ministerial Order last week to authorize the launch of operations between Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) and Tarfaya, one of the objectives of the Insular Cabildo’s president (administrative entity in the Canary Islands), Marcial Morales, and the Fuerteventura Chamber of Commerce, reports the daily online newspaper ABC. The signing of the Ministerial Order took place at the Atlantic Fair of Logistics and
Air Arabia Maroc launched on Sunday its inaugural flight to Agadir, an opening perceived as a boon for tourism in Morocco and most precisly the region. Agadir Al Massira airport will be linked to Manchester, Berlin, Toulouse, Dublin, Cologne, Stockholm and Copenhagen, with two flights a week. Agadir is the sixth base of the low-cost airline in Morocco. Air Arabia already operates flights to 50 European destinations including five cities in the Kingdom : Casablanca, Fez, Tangier, Marrakech and
The Martyr’s way (Khat Ach’chahid), an opposition movement within the Polisario Front, led by Mahjoub Salek, has sent a letter to the new personal envoy to the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara. A letter in which the movement recalls that the Front «doesn’t have the right to negotiate in the name of the Sahrawi people». Details.
The Hassan II Foundation for Moroccans living abroad will organize, from the 5th to 31st of October 2017,«Douce mémoire» an exhibition launched by the Moroccan-Canadian artist Charaf El Ghernati. The event will take place on Thursday 5 October 2017 at 6.30 pm at the Espace Rivages, at the headquarters of the Foundation in Rabat, said a statement sent to Yabiladi by the Foundation. Residing in Canada, Charaf El Ghernati pursued his studies in plastic arts in Morocco