Passionate about combat sports, French-Moroccan boxer Mustapha Chichaoui is planning to settle down in Morocco to set up a training camp in his parent’s hometown to prepare Moroccan champions for tomorrow.
Moroccan authorities have handed over a Russian national, who is suspected of being a terrorist, to the Russian authorities, press agency TASS reported, quoting the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. The Russian prosecutor’s office has announced the extradition of the Russian national, who joined ISIS in 2016. The suspect «spread extremist ideology in the Republic of Dagestan (a Russian republic)» where he used to live, the same source revealed. The man in
Spain has managed to stop an overwhelming surge in illegal immigration after joining efforts with Morocco, Associated Press (AP) reported on Friday. Quoting an internal European Union report, the American press agency reveals that sea arrivals dropped in February, indicating that the country’s «intensified efforts to stop the migrants before they're able to reach European waters are paying off». «In the last four months, the increased cooperation between Spanish and
The UK government issued, Thursday, guidance, explaining changes for UK to Morocco after no-deal Brexit. «The UK is seeking to agree arrangements with Morocco to ensure trade continues with minimal disruption after the UK leaves the EU», UK government wrote on its website. «If the UK does not agree arrangements with Morocco and the UK leaves the EU without a deal, existing trade agreements would no longer apply. This would mean the UK would not have
Will Algeria’s Hirak movement have a negative impact on the Polisario ? To M’Hamed Khaddad, the Front’s coordinator with MINURSO, protests in the country wouldn’t affect the separatist movement. The Polisario, however, decreased its activities in Europe and in the US in 2019 compared to the previous years.
Two British Conservative candidates were suspended for sharing Islamophobic posts on Facebook, The Guardian reports. These messages posted on the social media platform refer to Muslims as «bin bag wearing individuals» and called for the banning of Quran, they described as «evil book». A Conservative local election candidate wrote that people in the UK must «boycott» Muslim-owned shops and liked a comment that «labelled the religion’s
In a 54-minute long documentary, BBC Arabic tried to answer questions related to hashish production and smuggling in Morocco. The channel revealed the vulnerability of Moroccan hashish growers and its flourishing market in the West.
Spanish far-left party Podemos has urged the «People’s Advocate», a body that ensures the protection of all human rights and freedoms by public authorities, to «immediately stop the expulsion of 23 unaccompanied minors» from Morocco, El Pais reported on Thursday. In a letter written by Spanish politician Isa Serra, the party called the body to monitor the «proceedings» of this decision and «guarantee the rights» of these minors, the same
To disperse thousands of young teachers, authorities made use of water cannons, Thursday, in Rabat, witnesses told Reuters. Speaking to one of the organizers, the same source revealed that 65 teachers were injured and one of them «got seriously wounded». Police dispersed protestors after they tried to camp in front of the parliament. These protesting teachers, who have been hired on renewable contracts, want the Ministry of education to put an end to «renewable
In a weekly press briefing, held Thursday in Rabat, Government’s Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi refused to address reports on the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Morocco. Refusing to answer journalists’ questions, El Khalfi said that he has no «comment on Emirati diplomat and reports related to this topic». On Monday, several news platforms reported, quoting well-informed sources, that the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Morocco Ali Salem Al