Members of the Polisario Front and the Algerian Gendarmeries Nationales clashed at the «Dakhla camp» with an alleged terrorist group.
Joseph «Sepp» Blatter, a Swiss football administrator who was president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015, has openly backed Morocco’s 2026 World Cup bid. He tweeted on Thursday that «Morocco would be the logical host! And it is time for Africa again!» He added saying referring to the joint bid presented by the three American nations, namely USA, Canada and Mexico : «co-Hosting rejected by FIFA after 2002». This is not the first time that Blatter
Last night at Hassan Belmehdi hospital in Laayoune, Mohamed El Ayoubi, one of the defendants of the Gdim Izik's group, died. Sentenced to twenty years in prison by the Salé Court of Appeal, the deceased enjoyed freedom of movement and lived at his place. He had a serious illness and had never been incarcerated, unlike other members of the group, apart from Hassan Alia, who lives in Spain. Because of his health condition, Mohamed El Ayoubi could not appear at the court which pronounced a
Once again, the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria has expressed its strong opposition to Morocco’s ECOWAS membership. The next Nigerian presidential elections are to take place in February 2019 and Rabat will have to settle the matter before this deadline.
Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel accuses Morocco of refusing to revive the Arab Maghreb Union, stressing his country’s will to reinforce Maghreb integration.
Al Hoceima Appeal Court sentenced on Tuesday, 20th of February, six Hirak activists to three and six years in prison for participating in demonstrations in the Rif, judicial sources told EFE. Two of these activists were sentenced to six and five years in prison, while the other four were sentenced to three years in prison. They have been accused of «insulting officials and representatives of the authority while on duty», «insulting and threatening» public bodies. They
In one of its stories, the Algerian news agency reported a statement by Sergei Lavrov on the Sahara. Later, the Russian diplomat denied the comments attributed to him.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) dismantled on Wednesday, 21st of February, a six-member terrorist cell affiliated to «ISIS» and which is located in the city of Tangier, the Interior Ministry said in a statement sent to Yabiladi earlier this morning. The first elements of the investigation revealed that members of the cell, led by an individual who has been convicted in the past for terrorism, are involved in assaulting several people in Detroit city, using
Fighting units of the Royal Marine rescued on Tuesday, February the 20th, 71 illegal immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, including 13 women, off the coast of Tangier in two separate operations, a military source said. The migrants were drifting in two inflatable boats in an area hit by bad weather, the source added.
Morocco has Benin's support for joining the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). A position expressed yesterday in Rabat by the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Benin, Adrien Houngbedji, after holding talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita. Speaking to media, the official praised the kingdom’s efforts, stressing that its membership would be beneficial for the entire regional bloc. The president of the