Since 1937, Morocco has been a home to meteorites. Coming from outer space, the rocks made of the North African kingdom a number one destination for scientists and meteorite sellers and collectors.
After the police announced on, Wednesday, that they have arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of attempting to rape a 17-year-old girl in a video that went viral on the internet, the other individual believed to film the assault was also captured Thursday in Rhamna, reports Telquel. The authorities are looking for a third individual, accused of not reporting the assault. He is currently on the run, said the same source. The two arrestees will have to appear in court today in
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled on Thursday a pro-ISIS terror cell made up of eight people who were operating in the cities of Oued Zem and Tangier, the Interior ministry announced. Investigations revealed that the members of this cell were looking for raw materials used for manufacturing explosive devices and belts with the aim of carrying out terrorist operations against sensitive sites in several Moroccan cities as part of ISIS terror agenda, the source
Discussions between the police and Hirak members in Jerada will start Thursday, 29th of March. «Since the creation of the Hirak dialogue committee, high ranked police officers in the region wanted to immediately start the meeting yesterday», said a source from Jerada to Yabiladi. The meeting did not take place at the end of the day. The Hirak movement representatives refused to go to Oujda in order to attend the meeting. For the record, members of the Hirak movement in Jerada
The National Investment Company (SNI) announced on Wednesday, 28th of March that it is changing its name to Al Mada. SNI's Board of Directors met on the same day and voted for renaming the firm. The SNI’s international activities contribution to its net income has reached 26% in 2017 against 11% in 2013. The large private Moroccan holding company mainly owned by the Moroccan Royal family is intending to increase its international presence, said a press release issued by the company
It is not a secret anymore that Morocco has dreamed of hosting the World Cup for years. The kingdom’s bidding document was submitted on the 15th of March, receiving the support of several countries.
Customs services seized 476.7 kg of hard drugs in the past year, according to the 2017 activity report of the Customs Administration. In 2017, Customs services also seized 33.74 tons of cannabis resin (chira) and 140,000 psychotropic pills. They also seized 22.92 million units of cigarettes against 12.5 million in 2016, an increase of more than 83.5%. During the 2017 fiscal year, Customs services seized various goods, excluding cigarettes and narcotics, worth 557.1 million dirhams (MDH)
The local authorities in the Rehamna Province, near Marrakech, have managed to identify and arrest, Wednesday 28th of March, an individual who appeared in a video trying to rape a young girl, said a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Interior and sent today to Yabiladi. The video which has gone viral on the internet emerged yesterday,27th of March, showing a man who was holding a girl to the ground. Trying to rape her, the young girl who was also identified by the authorities, was
BCIJ’s director Abdelhak Khiam doesn’t understand why the French authorities did not alert Morocco about the extremist behavior of the French-Moroccan gunman.
Morocco's national football team defeated, Tuesday in Casablanca, Uzbekistan 2-0 in a friendly match held to prepare for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, MAP news agency reported. Ayoub Kaabi scored the first goal (4th minute) with the help of his teammate Hakim Ziyech while defender Marouane Da Costa did the same three minutes before the end of the game's first half. The match was an opportunity for the Atlas Lions to better their performance before the international competition, scheduled for