Police in the town of Settimo Torinese, a few kilometers away from Turin, searched a house, Thursday, to try to find the body of Moroccan national Samira Sbiaa, who went missing in mysterious circumstance in 2002. Despite the worries of her family living in Morocco, her husband Salvatore Caruso has never reported her disappearance. In mid-February, women’s rights association Asti revealed the disappearance of Samira Sbiaa. According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the police
On Wednesday night in Turin, a city in northern Italy, three veiled girls were assaulted in a bus, reports Italian newspapers La Repubblica and Milleunadonna. The attack, dubbed racist, was perpetrated by an Italian woman. «We were kicked and punched before my friend’s veil was torn», Fatima Zahra Lafram, one of the three assaulted girls, said in a video she posted on Facebook from a hospital in Turin. «All of this happened because one of us was scared of a dog that
Last year, Morocco reacted quickly to the comeback of John Bolton, named by Donald Trump as the 27th National Security Advisor of the United States. Since the former diplomat took office, the Kingdom made significant moves against Iran, supported Venezuela and repatriated nationals detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Thousands of people, in Christchurch, attended a Friday sermon, a week on from the terror attack that targeted two mosques in New Zealand, killing 50 people and injuring 50 others. According to the Guardian, Muslims and non-Muslim New Zealanders gathered in a Hagley Park, opposite of Al Nour mosque where an Australian terrorist opened fire on worshippers on March the 15th. During this gathering, imam Gamal Fouda, who survived last week’s attack, addressed worshippers and other
Negotiations in Geneva between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario under the auspices of the United Nations started on Thursday. The notion of self-determination was a sticking point in the round-table convened by the UN personal envoy.
After she underwent an autopsy on Wednesday, investigators said that Moroccan model Iman Fadil, who died on March the 1st, did not have radioactive substances in her body, reports Italian daily La Repubblica. Amid poisoning allegations, the first results of the postmortem, requested by the Milan prosecutor, do not exclude the hypothesis, suggesting that the Fadil was poisoned by heavy metals. On Monday, Milan prosecutor said that the key witness in former Prime Minister Silvio
The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) updated on Wednesday, March the 20th, information and advice on «the threat from terrorism in Morocco, reflecting an increased threat», reports British newspaper the Independent. «Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Morocco. You should be vigilant at all times», warns the new travel advisory. The FCO links the new update to the terrorist attack that targeted two Scandinavian tourists
The United States was interested in the Western Sahara conflict in the 1990s and the beginning of 2000s, according to a declassified document, submitted in 2009 by Morocco’s ambassador to Washington. The latter has conducted a series of actions to convince the Kingdom into abandoning the referendum and drafting an autonomy plan.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced, Thursday, that assault rifles and military-style semi-automatics will be banned in New Zealand, after she promised to review gun laws in the country, reports the Guardian. The decision was taken after a terrorist killed 50 people and injured 50 others in one of New Zealand’s deadliest attacks. «I absolutely believe there will be a common view amongst New Zealanders, those who use guns for legitimate purposes, and those who
While a Moroccan delegation is currently attending the second Geneva round-table on Western Sahara in Switzerland, alongside Algeria Mauritania and the Polisario, the movement mobilized its separatists in the Sahara. On Wednesday evening, women tried to organize several sit-ins in Laayoune, reports pro-Polisario broadcaster Radio Maizirat. The latter said that the authorities dispersed protesters, citing the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations of Human