news_byLatifa Babas

Grenfell Inquiry : Firefighters say the tower must have been evacuated earlier

In Grenfell Tower Inquiry hearing, a senior fire officer revealed that the residents must have been evacuated 47 minutes before the stay-put policy was ignored. Victims, including a Moroccan family whose members died, were told by firefighters to stay in their flats instead of being removed from the tower.

Moroccan-Spanish cooperation : The reasons why El Pais praises Abdellatif Hammouchi

Spain’s new PM Pedro Sanchez is determined to keep on good terms with Morocco. After Josep Borrell and Fernando Grande-Marlaska visited Rabat, El Pais started praising Morocco’s head of the Moroccan secret services, Abdellatif Hammouchi.

Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani, England’s bank robber awaits freedom in his Moroccan cell

In a new interview, Moroccan-British bank robber and MMA fighter Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani speaks up about his imprisonment in the Kingdom. Arrested in 2006, the convicted criminal awaits the day he would be called a free man.

Are Moroccan-Israeli relations warmer than expected ?

According to an Israeli Mivtim’s researcher, ties between Morocco and Israel are warmer that the ones maintained with other Arab countries, such as Egypt and Jordan.

31st Summit : The African Union wants to reopen its representing office at the MINURSO

In his recent report on the Western Sahara conflict, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission suggested to reopen the body's representing office at the MINURSO. The decision that can allow other AU bodies to deploy missions in the Sahara. Creating a mechanism to monitor the situation in the Sahara, however, remains questionable by some Moroccan parties.

King Mohammed VI stresses the need for fighting against corruption in his African Union speech

In his speech, King Mohammed VI stressed the need for fighting against corruption in Africa. Read by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at the 31st African Union summit in Nouakchott, the speech tackled the issue and the obstacles it creates.

Sahara : Aminatou Haidar misses a Horst Köhler meeting in Laayoune

Sahrawi activist and president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) Aminatou Haidar did not attend a meeting hosted by UN Personal Envoy Horst Köhler in Laayoune.

Diaspo #47: Hammadi Boujmal, producing music in the USA, Morocco and Italy

Born in Meknes, Hammadi Boujmal lived in the United States and Morocco before settling down in Italy to pursue his dreams and ambitions in the musical scene.

OCP suspends shipments to Kenya, after a vessel carrying its cargo «fled» the Mombasa port

OCP has suspended shipments to Kenya in the wake of a scandal in which one of its vessels carrying a fertilizer cargo is accused of fleeing the Mombasa port.

Embrithopods : Moroccan dental fossils change the way scientists see the African fauna

A study that examined dental fossils found in Oulad Abdou has suggested that Morocco was home to one of the oldest embrithopods, mammals that resemble rhinoceros and are related to elephants and sea cows.