On Monday, December the 31st, authorities in Laayoune expelled two Spanish nationals, from the Basque Country. Patricia Ibáñez and Irati Tobar arrived Thursday, December the 27th, in the city. Once there, they were welcomed at the place of Hassana Aalia’s family, a Sahrawi man who received a life sentence in 2013 by the military court in Rabat because of the Gdim Izik events. He lives in Spain, where he was granted political asylum since 2016. The two Spanish nationals
Le Forum culturel libanais à Paris a annoncé l'attribution de son prix de «Créativité arabe 2018» au poète marocain Mohamed Bennis. Ce prix vient récompenser une des grandes figures de la poésie arabe, a souligné le président du Forum culturel libanais, Nabil Abou Chakra, cité par le journal Anahar. Et d'ajouter que «Mohamed Bennis se distingue par son admiration de la poésie à partir
La militante associative marocaine Meriem Othmani a été faite chevalier de la légion d’honneur, la plus haute décoration honorifique française. Mme Meriem Othmani, présidente-fondatrice de l’association «Insaf» (Institut national de solidarité avec les femmes en détresse), figure dans la promotion du 1er janvier de la Légion d’honneur, rendue publique mardi par la grande chancellerie de la
Authorities in Sala Al Jadida dismantled, Tuesday morning, a migrant-smuggling network, the General Directorate for National Security said in a communiqué quoted by MAP news agency. Two individuals, aged 35 and 39 years old, were arrested. The suspects are allegedly the ones who orchestrated migrant smuggling campaigns. The two suspects were placed in police custody and an investigation has been launched by the authorities, the same source concluded.
Currently staying in Morocco, Gabonese President Ali Bongo delivered a speech, Monday, to his people on New Year's Eve. In a two-minute video, Bongo reassured Gabonese citizens about his health. His speech was also a way of replying to opposition parties in the country which sent on December the 21st a letter to the Gabonese Prime Minister, asking him to set up a «medical committee» to check on the President's health. «Today, as you can see, I am better, and I am looking
The Swiss-Spanish suspect arrested Saturday by the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) in Marrakech «has a criminal record in Geneva for robberies committed between 2007 and 2013», says a Swiss newspaper. The individual suspected of having links with the Imlil killings that took the lives of two Scandinavian tourists, «is known to the Geneva police», the same source added quoting the spokesman for the Swiss federal police. The man was convicted before for
Three people, including a police officer, were injured, Monday, near the Manchester Victoria railway station (England) after they were stabbed by a man with a knife, BBC reported. The man stabbed the police officer in the shoulder after attacking a man and a woman in the 50s at around 20:50 GMT. The assailant was held in custody after he was stopped by the police, which used pepper spray and a Taser to arrest him, the same source added. British counter terrorism police said that they have
The Moroccan authorities flatly rejected the statements made by Amnesty International (AI) about the trial of the Al-Hoceima events' detainees for «lack of objectivity and impartiality». The Moroccan authorities expressed their categorical rejection of statements by the organization of Amnesty International in its report that lacks objectivity and impartiality as dictated by international standards, said on Monday the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Human Rights in a
Moroccan celebrities, including radio host Mohamed Boussfiha known as Momo, singer Mohamed Reda and members of rap group Achkayen visited Imlil last week. The initiative was launched to «deny rumors suggesting that the tourism sector has been negatively affected» after the terror killings that took place in Imlil two weeks ago, the Hit Radio host Momo told Alyaoum 24. The bodies of the two Scandinavian tourists were found Monday, December the 17th, near Imlil. «The region
Morocco's net international reserves amounted to 228.2 billion dirhams until December 21, 2018, recording a 4.6% year-on-year decrease, Morocco's central bank (Bank Al-Maghrib) said. During the week of December 20-26, Bank Al-Maghrib injected 65.3 billion dirhams. As for the interbank rate, it has remained at 2.27%, the source added in a press release. During the same period, the Dirham appreciated by 0.12% against the Euro and by 0.06% against the Dollar.