A 26-year-old Italian man of Moroccan descent died on Saturday night in Rome after a traffic accident. According to Il Sussidiario, which quotes several local media, the accident occurred around 2.30 am. The young man was driving his scooter when, for reasons still unknown, he would have lost control of the vehicle. Rescuers intervened immediately with the local police to transfer the victim to the nearest hospital. The young man died shortly after arriving to the emergency room. An
Long before joining the African Union, Morocco had showed interest in the CEN-SAD since 2001 to extend its influence on the continent. After the fall of Gaddafi, in September 2011, Morocco has strengthened its presence in the regional grouping.
Born in Sidi Ifni and currently living in Spain, Rachid Hanbali developed his love for drawing and painting in Tetouan, before flying to Granada and making himself a name among the prestigious contemporary figurative painters.
US rating agency Fitch Ratings announced Thursday it is holding the BBB- rating for Morocco with a stable outlook. A statement from the agency said that «Morocco's BBB- rating is boosted by its macroeconomic stability, its comfortable reserves and a small share of foreign currency debt in the public debt…This is counterbalanced by weak development and governance indicators, high levels of public debt, and budget and current account deficits that far outweigh the peers», the
A rabbi and a Moroccan Muslim student unveiled, in April, a common book presenting their letters on various topics, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, coexistence between Muslims and Jews and the image of Moroccans within the Dutch community. According to Dutch newspaper Reformatorish Dagblad (RD), Lody van Kamp and Oumaima Al Abdellaoui came into contact through a Moroccan colleague from Van de Kamp. «You both like to write. Come on, talk to each other», he told them.
Morocco, Ghana and Tunisia are among the African countries that would lose the most if the United Kingdom does not negotiate an agreement before the end of its mandate to leave the European Union, according to a study by a UN agency quoted by Bloomberg. Thus, the total export losses of 20 African countries could reach $420 million, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Morocco could suffer losses of $97 million if Britain failed to negotiate an
Since he was admitted to the Ain El Borja prison in Casablanca in February 2018, authorities «have not allowed Moroccan journalist Taoufik Bouachrine to meet with other prisoners or converse with staff», said international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW). In an article published, Friday, HRW denounced the situation of the journalist which it sees as «cruel and inhuman under United Nations Rules». To the NGO, Moroccan authorities keep the former editor-in-chief of
Once again, Moroccan authorities have expelled two Spanish nationals from Laayoune. Mako Florentino and Dina Bardo were arrested last night in the home of a Polisario sympathizer and were then taken to a police station. Once questioned, they spent the night in a hotel after being told to leave the country. On Friday, according to local sources, the two activists must take a flight to the Canary Islands. This expulsion comes as the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced that
Moroccan police prevented, Friday, Hirak female figure Nawal Benaissa from leaving the country as she was preparing to travel to the Netherlands to attend a social justice event, Spanish press agency EFE said. «When I arrived this morning in the Nador airport police station, I was told that my passport has been invalidated by the Interior Ministry and that I am not allowed to travel abroad», Nawal Benaissa told EFE. The activist, who was with one of her children, was expected to
Interviewed by Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan, the Mauritanian president said that «the West, the United States and Europe do not want a state separating Mauritania from Morocco». «Everything you hear, outside this framework, is wrong», he said, adopting a position that was voiced in 2008 by Peter van Walsum.