A 30-year-old Moroccan worker, G.A., was the victim of severe exploitation at a construction site in Castelfranco Emilia, Modena province, Italy. Despite his irregular immigration status, G.A. contacted the Fillea Cgil (Italian Federation of Wood, Building and Construction Workers) in January 2024 to report wage disparities. With the assistance of Souad Elkaddani and lawyer Elisabetta Vandelli from the Centro Lavoratori Stranieri (Center for Foreign Workers), he filed a complaint alleging
1,256 students and alumni of Morocco's Mohammed VI Polytechnic University have urged the university to sever partnerships with Israeli institutions, according to a petition they signed. In a press release sent Thursday to Yabiladi, the signatories also call on professors and students from other Moroccan universities to join the movement against what they term «academic normalization». This is not the first attempt by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University students to end academic
The Algerian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, is on a working visit to Austria, with the Sahara issue high on his agenda. The head of diplomacy met yesterday in Vienna with the president of the «Austrian-Saharan Friendship Group», Karen Schella. Schella informed Attaf of the «actions carried out and the services» provided by her NGO «in various fields in favor of the Sahrawi people and their just cause», according to a press release from the Algerian Ministry
Despite its significant strides in addressing human trafficking, Morocco still falls short of meeting the minimum standards for eliminating the crime, according to the United States Department of State.
The Court of Appeals in Fez on Wednesday significantly increased the sentence of Abdelkader El Boussairi, a former member of parliament and deputy mayor of Fez. El Boussairi was initially convicted of five years for embezzlement, bribery, and other corruption charges. The Appeals Court raised his sentence to eight years. The court also overturned the acquittal of Fez Mayor Abdeslam Bekkali and City Clerk Sofiane El Idrissi, convicting them of six months each for manipulating contracts. Four
Rif Hirak leader Nasser Zefzafi obtained his baccalaureate degree for the 2023/2024 academic year from Tangier prison, where he is serving a 20-year sentence. Zefzafi passed the exams in the humanities stream with a score of 14.31, earning him a baccalaureate degree, his father announced Wednesday on social media. Ahmed Zefzafi commented on the news of his son’s success in a Facebook post: «24 years after Nasser Zefzafi left the classroom, he obtained his baccalaureate this year in
A few days before his party becomes part of a coalition government for the first time in the Netherlands, far-right PVV leader Geert Wilders criticized Islam on social media. On his X account, the politician wrote on Wednesday that Islam is «a disgusting, reprehensible, violent, and hateful religion». Wilders claimed his conclusion comes after «20 years of security, safe houses, 5 fatwas, thousands of death threats, and visiting many Islamic countries». He justified
Summer's here, and the Moroccan sun is blazing! For road trip enthusiasts with vans or motorhomes, Morocco offers a stunning tapestry of landscapes – from the sparkling Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts to the majestic Atlas Mountains.
The commemoration of the second anniversary of the Melilla-Nador tragedy has rekindled the debate in Spain about the alleged responsibility of Rabat and Madrid for the deaths of around thirty migrants. The far-left Podemos party called on the European Commission to force the Spanish government to open a full investigation into the tragedy that occurred on June 24th, 2022. Podemos also backed the initiative of the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left to set up an independent commission of
The docking of an Israeli warship in the port of Tangiers has sparked criticism from several Moroccan opposition political bodies. The Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) expressed strong disapproval, stating, «In light of ongoing brutal Israeli aggression, normal relations with Israel or allowing an Israeli military vessel to dock in a Moroccan port are unacceptable», voiced by the comrades of Nabil Benabdellah. Echoing this sentiment, the political bureau of the
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