A Moroccan national was arrested on Monday, 1st of January, for allegedly kidnapping and wounding an American woman, said a statement issued by the General Directorate for National Security (DGSN ). On Monday afternoon, the Ouazazate National Security Services received a phone call from a man living in Sale who indicated that he was sent an email from a U.S. citizen he knew. Through her message, the woman claimed that she was abducted and subjected to violence by an individual in a house
The training camp for local players expected to participate to the next CHAN-2018, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) exclusively featuring players from the respective national championships, held in Morocco from the 13th of January to the 4th of February, has started on Monday, said the Royal Moroccan Federation in a statement. The manager of the national team, Jamal Sellami, had called 26 footballers to take part in
The royal gendarmerie has dismantled a gang involved in illegal emigration to Europe via Libya, and in the kidnapping of candidates, extortion, illicit financial transactions and money laundering, said, Friday, a statement by the royal gendarmerie. Investigations, which started in September 2017 after the arrest by the royal gendarmerie in the city of Beni Mellal of two organizers of illegal emigration, revealed the involvement of a large network operating at national and international
Coal mining has been the activity that kept Jerada’s miners busy since 1927. Extracting anthracite, a type of coal that contains relatively pure carbon, these workers were exposed to hard conditions that had a huge impact on their future lives. Alongside the economic and demographic aspects thoroughly explained in one of Yabiladi’s previous articles, and which have affected the lives of these miners, they had to worry about the potential health issues associated with mining
Morocco's aeronautics industry aims to reach 26 billion dirhams of turnover and create 23,000 new jobs by 2020, said minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, Moulay Hafid Elalamy. «We are confident that the goals set for the aeronautics sector will be met: to create 23,000 new jobs, reach 26 billion dirhams of turnover and double the local integration rate to 35% by 2020,» Elalamy told MAP. The minister pointed out that manufacturers, encouraged by the momentum
On the 29th of December, Moroccans recall the Jbell Baddou battles commemorating national resistance under the French protectorate. The date was chosen by the High Commissioner for resistance veterans and members of the liberation army to «preserve the national memory». Revisiting the colonial past in Morocco through the battle fought by Amazigh tribes against the French colonization.
The maneuvers led by the Polisario reflect its dismay and the dislocation of its ranks as a result of the successive victories accumulated by Morocco in defending its territorial integrity, said, Thursday in Rabat, minister delegate for Relations with Parliament and Civil Society, government spokesperson, Mustapha El Khalfi. Speaking at a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting, held under the chairmanship of the head of government, El Khalfi stressed that Morocco is now advancing
Unable to increase production, Charbonnage du Maroc, assigned the extraction of coal in the city of Jerada, closed its doors leaving behind hundreds of unemployed miners. To survive, some of them left and others stayed only to struggle with the economic hindrances the city faces. Jerada, Morocco’s former coal-mining hub and the economic and demographic challenges behind the closure of mines.
OCP Group, a Moroccan company, has signed a long-term agreement to receive sulphur supplies from the Abu Dhabi National Oil company (ADNOC), a state-owned Emirati firm, reports the National. Adnoc, known as the world’s largest producers of sulphur and which supplied OCP with 2 million tones of the same compound last year had agreed with the Moroccan company to «consider a gradual increase of the contracted volumes of granulated sulphur through 2025», explains the same
Only fifty of the Grenfell surviving households have been rehoused by the British government. After the tragic fire that killed more than 80 people, including Moroccans, some of the victims are still living in temporary accommodation. Details.