During the reign of Hassan II, the Green March was a turning point in history of the Moroccan political scene. The initiative, announced on the 16th of October 1975, had clearly strengthened the sovereign’s power. Consequently, the opposition in the country offered to engage in the democratic process by abandoning the armed struggle.
In October 1963, the wife of the 35th US president arrived in Marrakech in one of her first private visits to Morocco. Jacqueline Kennedy’s trip to the Kingdom came just a month before her husband’s assassination and a few months after King Hassan II’s trip to Washington. Flashback.
In 1953 and after being exiled to Madagascar by the French, a British gang was offered £ 250,000 to kidnap Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef. The gang had the best kidnapping plot that was later uncovered by the French authorities.
Morocco is commemorating the World Day against the Death Penalty on Tuesday, 10th of October, recalling the story of the last person sentenced to death in the country. On September 1993, the infamous police commissioner Haj Tabit was shot to death near Kenitra following a sulfurous case that shocked the Moroccan public opinion in the 90s. History.
As part of the eight Arab countries that fought the October war, Morocco sent the one and only battalion it possesses in 1973 to Syria. Once there, Moroccan soldiers fought bravely on the Golan Heights even though they were betrayed by their Syrian counterparts. Flashback.
During the holy month people refrain from eating and drinking water for 14 to 18 hours. The religious practice is somehow similar to what dietitians around the world call intermittent fasting, a dieting lifestyle that has promising results in weight loss.
Every year Moroccans celebrate the first day of Ramadan. The pastry, the traditional dishes and the spiritual vibes all ready for 30 days. But how about those who are forced to leave the country for studies, work or family purposes ? How do Moroccans living abroad get by during this holy month ? Yabiladi spoke to Moroccans residing in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France to give an idea about Ramadan abroad.
The secretary general of the Polisario Front appeared for the first time on Tuesday before the Spanish courts. Brahim Ghali, who has been hospitalized since April in Logroño, denied all allegation, OK Diario reported, citing informed sources. Ghali, who decided to appear before the court, responded through his lawyer Manuel Ollé. The sources of the Spanish media explain that he has «denied all the accusations of genocide, torture and kidnapping brought against
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested Tuesday two dangerous individuals affiliated with Daesh and active in the Tamdafelt (Missour) and Béni Khellad (Taza) villages. One of the two suspects, aged 24 and 37, is a former detainee under the anti-terrorism law, after his return from the Syrian-Iraqi scene where he had joined the ranks of this terrorist organization, reads a statement by BCIJ. The searches carried out at the homes of the two accused led to the
On Monday, the Moroccan police prevented a new migration attempt to Ceuta. Elements of the security forces have banned hundreds of would-be migrants, most of them Moroccans, from approaching the border. On the same day, a group of ten immigrants tried to swim to Ceuta. An attempt also aborted by the Moroccan police. On May 17 and 18, 10,000 migrants crossed to Ceuta. The strong interventions of Moroccan public forces attest that security cooperation between Rabat and Madrid is