Businessmen in Melilla have «little hope» in the meeting that will be attended by the Spanish Customs director, Maria Pilar Jurado and her Moroccan counterpart to discuss the closure of commercial borders separating northern Morocco and the Spanish enclave, says El Faro de Melilla. On the other hand, businessmen rely the most on former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s expected trip to Nador. The Spanish politician will have to
After winning a game against Malawi on Saturday, Coach Hervé Renard commented on the absence of Moroccan-French midfielder Amine Harit. During a press conference, the Atlas Lions' coach explained that the player couldn’t be part of Saturday’s squad because of disciplinary-related reasons. @Herve_Renard_HR sur l'absence d' #Amine_Harit du groupe. pic.twitter.com/9HGAq2iPvY — Arryadia TV officiel (@arryadiatv) 9 septembre 2018 «He was supposed to be here, but
Two Royal Navy fighting units operating in the Atlantic rescued nineteen Moroccan would-be illegal immigrants, including a woman and a child, on Saturday, according to a statement by the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces. The individuals, who set sail in a wooden boat without any means of propulsion and without any awareness of the danger they face, were abandoned by their smuggler in the middle of the ocean, the same source points out. Alerted by the families, the Royal Navy set in
Moroccan phosphate giant Office Cherifien des Phosphate (OCP) said on Friday, 7th of September, that it its first-half net profit drooped by 18.5 percent because of a rise in the cost of servicing its debt, reported Reuters. The firm's net profit reached 1.885 dirhams in the first six months of the current year (2018), almost half of what was registered in the same period last year, 2.315 billion dirhams, said the company in a statement. OCP's dept grew to 805 million dirhams in the first
The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation summoned on Friday, 7th of September, the Dutch ambassador. The decision was taken after the Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok presented on Thursday, 6th of September, a report on the Hirak movement. «He has been informed about Morocco's rejection of Blok's statement», a diplomatic source told Yabiladi. Rabat takes this as «direct interference in the country's internal affairs», added the same
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the automotive industry in Morocco by lending €16 million to Varroc Lighting Systems Morocco, the Moroccan subsidiary of the Indian motor industry’s lighting systems giant, Varroc Engineering Pvt Ltd. The EBRD’s financing will allow Varroc Engineering to supply the Tangier Renault factory and the Peugeot PSA plant in Kenitra, as well as to set up a research and development center, the bank said in a
British Drama series «Baghdad Central» is currently filming on location in Morocco, which stands as Iraq, reported KfTV on Thursday. The six-part series is produced by UK-based Euston Films and is based on a novel by American writer Elliott Colla. Baghdad Central tells the story of an Iraqi «ex-policeman who has lost his home, his wife and his career and is battling to keep himself and his ailing daughter safe», wrote Deadline. Morocco doubles Baghdad in the series,
A few years ago, the Polisario, headed at the time by Mohamed Abdelaziz, dreamed of creating a Gendarmerie unit. Currently, members of this body protest against their working conditions.
Morocco cannot let its territories to serve as a shelter for human trafficking networks and refuses to play the policeman in the region, minister delegate for Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, government spokesman, Mustapha El Khalfi, said Thursday in Rabat. In a statement read at a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting, El Khalfi said that after following a presentation on the fight against illegal immigration made by the Interior Minister, the Council stressed that
For Amnesty International the Moroccan authorities’ «large-scale crackdown on thousands of sub-Saharan migrants, asylum seekers and refugees without due process is cruel and unlawful». In a note made public on Friday, 7th of September, the London-based NGO slammed the Kingdom for raiding refugees and migrant’s camps and bussing them forcibly to abandoned areas in the south and near borders with Algeria. «This represents a worrying backslide for a government that