A few hours before the trial of journalist Taoufik Bouachrine, his alleged victims managed to get the support of a number of human rights associations. The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) praised in a statement the «courage» and «boldness» of these women, «knowing that beforehand these kinds of acts were not revealed to the public». The NGO, close to the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) party, denounced strongly the hate campaign
The Paris-Dakhla line inaugurated by the Moroccan National Tourism Office and low cost airline company Transavia is to be stopped by end of March. Is the Polisario Front linked to this decision after ?
The Malian Prime Minister, Soumyelou Boubeye Maïga, has arrived in Morocco Thursday for a work visit, an official source from Bamako told MAP news agency. During the two-day visit, Maïga and the Moroccan Prime Minister, Saadeddine El Othmani, will discuss ways and means to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries, find solutions for security and peace issues, and fight against terrorism, climate change and migration, said a statement issued by the Malian
Polish prosecutors have accused a Moroccan national for being a member of ISIS, reports Associated Press. The man identified as Mourad T. was operating in Poland and other European Union countries as well as Serbia and Turkey before his arrest in September 2016, said the prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. The Polish authorities believe that the Moroccan man had collaborated with Abdelhamid Abbaoud, an ISIS fighter known as the leader of the November 2015 Paris attacks. According to the
The first meeting to bring Horst Köhler and a Moroccan delegation together went well. Morocco reiterated its conditions for the settlement of the conflict. A position that contradicts what the German mediator is advocating for.
Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture, Sea Fishery, Rural Development, Water Bodies & Forests is the richest man in Morocco, according to the 2018 Forbes ranking «The World’s Billionaires». With $ 2.2 billion real time net worth, the businessman is ranked 1103th in the world and 12th in Africa. Akhannouch was able to top the national list after his fortune prospered throughout the year. According to Forbes the Minister went from $ 1.4 billion in March 2014 to over
After serving as a Prime Minister under the reign of King Hassan II, Abderrahmane Youssoufi in a rare move narrates the last moments he shared with the late sovereign. In a new autobiographical book, the human rights lawyer recalled the King’s funeral, the allegiance ceremony and what followed Hassan II’s death.
The Arab League denounced on Monday Guatemala’s decision to transfer its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May, the month that commemorate the Palestinian Nakba in 1948, reports MAP news agency. Speaking to media, Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories, Saeed Abu Ali urged Guatemala to abandon this position, pointing out that Al-Quds is an occupied territory and that it is «illegal». For him, moving
Linnéa Engström, the vice-chairwoman of the EU Committee on Fisheries, wants Brussels to negotiate directly with the Polisario. A year ago, the Swedish MEP adopted the same position, relaunched after the CJEU’s ruling.
Mbark Boussoufa, the Moroccan mid-fielder who’s to accompany the Atlas lions to Russia this summer is determined to perform well at the international competition. In an interview conducted by FIFA and published Monday, the 33-year-old footballer insisted that the national team will be «ready to put in a good performance». «We’re going to come up against some great teams and we know what to expect. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens», said