Civil Guard in Ceuta rescued 22 Moroccan migrants who were carried by two boats, Spanish news agency EFE wrote on Monday. The first boat was spotted by the Civil Guard near the enclave of Ceuta. After it sunk, six people who did not know how to swim were rescued by the Civil Guard, while eight others reached the coast before, they were stopped by the authorities. The fourteen migrants were taken to the headquarters of the maritime services in Ceuta, where they were given first aid by the
Presenting a draft bill on drugs, submitted by his right-wing party, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini based his arguments on a traffic accident that occurred Saturday. «Drugged», «bast**d», and «a**hole», were the words that the minister chose to describe the Moroccan driver who was behind the accident that took place Saturday in Recanati. Two people were killed in the accident. The suspect, Marouane F., was on drugs when
In a report made public February, the US Homeland Security revealed that 1818 Moroccan nationals were naturalized in the first three quarters of 2018 in the US. The number makes of Moroccans the fifth most naturalized Arab nationals in the country.
The Kingdom’s trade deficit grew by 8.6 percent to 15.7 billion dirhams in the first month of 2019, compared to the same period last year, reports Reuters, quoting Morocco’s foreign exchange regulator. This rise is due to data registered in the same month. In January, the country’s imports rose to 7 percent, reaching 39.5 billion dirhams, while exports registered 23.8 billion dirhams moving by 5.9 percent. On the other hand, foreign direct investments fell by 30.4 percent
On Monday, Minister delegate for national defense administration Abdellatif Loudiyi and the Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles met in Madrid. The two officials agreed to collaborate in order to combat cyber threats, reports Europa Press quoting a communiqué. During this meeting, Robles highlighted the common issues that Morocco and Spain are interested in overcoming. Meanwhile, Loudiyi referred to Morocco's efforts to counter terrorism, illegal immigration networks and other
The OCP Group, Morocco’s leading exporter of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizers, is planning to build an ammonia plant in Nigeria, reports Reuters quoting OCP Africa’s chief executive. OCP revealed that it will start production in its chemical plant in Ethiopia by 2023/2024, the same source said, adding that the Moroccan group is also considering the construction of a factory in Ghana in 2020. The Ghana plant will be producing «customized
In two weeks, Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj lost two of his world records. On Sunday in Boston (USA), 21-year-old Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha broke the previous indoor mile world record of 3:48.45, set by El Guerrouj in 1997. Kejelcha finished with a time of 3:47.01, during the Bruce Lehane Invitational, reports sports platform Runners World. On February the 19th in Birmingham, UK, Ethiopian runner Samuel Tefera broke Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1500 Indoor world record. The 19-year-old
On March the 3rd, 1973, a group of young idealists from the National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP), manipulated by other parties, wanted to launch an armed movement against King Hassan II’s regime. The operation failed dramatically.
The Secretary-General of the Istiqlal Party, Nizar Baraka, handed over, Monday, a letter from King Mohammed VI to the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. «This visit highlights the good relations between the two sister countries», wrote the Mauritanian Press agency in a statement published today. «There is a strong determination of the two heads of state to strengthen, diversify and expand the areas of bilateral cooperation and to mobilize all economic, social,
In the Security Council’s Provisional Program of Work for April 2019, the body's fifteen members are expected to hold four meetings on the Western Sahara conflict. In Berlin, Horst Köhler is expected to meet a Polisario delegation on Monday and Tuesday.
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