In Spain, the Association of the Administration of Justice Users (Ausaj) has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for ten Moroccan farm workers in Huelva, reports La Mar de Onuba. These women have filed complaints in May, denouncing sexual and labor abuse. They are, currently, stuck in the Iberian country to attend hearings related to the complaints they lodged. Through a platform called GoFundMe, Ausaj is seeking the help of people who are closely following the case of these
Morocco’s international footballer Youssef En-Nesyri is leaving Spanish club Malaga to join Club Deportivo Leganés in the outskirts of Madrid, reports local media. Through this transfer, the 21-year-old striker will be playing in Spain’s Primera División after Malaga fell to the second one last season. Reportedly, Leganès has concluded a six-million euros deal with Malaga to secure the transfer of En-Nesyri. The latter was happy to start a new adventure with
A Swedish court has ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who refused to shake hands with her employer during a job interview, reports Euronews. The Labor Court found, on August 15th, that the 24-year-old woman, who was working as an interpreter in Uppsala (Southern Sweden), was indirectly discriminated against. The court ordered the company to pay her 40,000 Swedish Kroner (€ 3,829). «The Labor Court ruled that refusing to shake hands with someone from the opposite sex was a religious
A Moroccan national has been denied Spanish citizenship for declaring that Ceuta belongs to the North African Kingdom, reports El Faro de Ceuta. When she appeared before the judges, the Moroccan woman did not know the answer to some key questions. In addition to not knowing the president of Catalonia nor the typical dance of the region, the candidate said that Ceuta belonged to Morocco. Therefore, the court decided that she «was not integrated enough to be
A Moroccan-Spanish security team arrived in Syria three days ago to conduct an on-site investigation, regarding the repatriation of Moroccan women held in the north of the country. The information was revealed, Thursday, by Mohamed Ben Aissa, head of Morocco's Northern Observatory for Human Rights (ONERDH). «The team arrived in the area controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces and started interviewing Moroccan women, individually», he told Yabiladi on Thursday, 16th of
After being ranked 41st in the world in June, Morocco lost five places in the FIFA ranking in August. Leaving the 2018 World Cup after losing to Iran and Portugal, the Moroccan national football team is now positioned 46th, scoring 1418 points. The Atlas Lions are ranked behind Ghana 45th and ahead of Bulgaria 47th. Qualified for the international tournament, held during June and July in Russia, the team was ranked 4th in Africa. Morocco dropped in the list, moving to the fifth place in the
The Polisario is pleased with the efforts made by the UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler. «He was able to instill a new dynamic in the process of settling the conflict in the Sahara», Khatri Addouh, the Polisario’s «speaker of the parliament» told the Algerian press agency. «Since he was appointed as a personal envoy for Western Sahara, the issue has once again made it to the international scene», he added, reports the
The national growth rate will stand at 3.2% and the deficit at 3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019, wrote the note on the 2019 draft appropriation bill, elaborated by the Head of Government's office. The note also provides for the continuation of the dynamics of the non-agricultural sectors, which will post a value-added growth of 3.7%, versus 3.3% in 2018, provided that the price oil barrel is 68 dollars and cereal crop reaches 70 million quintals. According to the same source, to
L'offre en cheptel ovin et caprin, destiné à l'abattage pour la fête de l'Aid Al Adha 2018 , s'élève à près de 8,1 millions de têtes, dépassant de plus de 48% une demande prévisionnelle estimée à 5,45 millions de têtes, a assuré mercredi le ministère de l'Agriculture, de la pêche maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts. Ces 8,1 millions de têtes sont
La situation épidémiologique de la méningite dans la province de Zagoura demeure «très normale et ne suscite pas d’inquiétude», a affirmé mercredi la direction régionale de la Santé pour la région Darâa-Tafilalet. Réagissant aux informations faisant état d'une «propagation inquiétante» de la méningite à Zagoura après le décès de trois