The «18 September Rif Independent Movement», headed by drug trafficker Said Chaou, sent a message to Antonio Guterres. The body calls for the UN Secretary-General to place the Rif region among the list looked at by the UN Fourth Committee in charge of Special political and Decolonization.
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
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, 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
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
Morocco did not leave the ECOWAS summit empty-handed as the union decided to invite King Mohammed VI to their next meeting to give its approval to Morocco’s integration. In the absence of the sovereign, the Israeli Prime Minister was the big attraction of the reunion in Monrovia.
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
The Polisario front is concerned about the Minurso’s withdrawal from the Guerguerate area. A message that was transmitted by M’hamed Khadad to Kim Bolduc, Head of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
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
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