A Norwegian observer was expelled Thursday (December 14th) after being arrested in Laayoune by the Moroccan police, who forced her to go to Agadir, the woman told the Spanish news agency EFE. Tone Moe was accredited as an observer at Gdim Izik's trial. She had gone to Laayoune last Wednesday to meet with the families of the convicts and visit the detainees in the detention center. According to her, this visit was made in the name of the «Fundación Sáhara Occidental»,
The King of Spain Felipe VI and his wife, the queen of Spain Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, are expected to visit Morocco on the 9th of January. Invited by King Mohammed VI, the royal couple will spend three days in the kingdom, Spanish daily ABC reports. The visit has not been officially announced yet, but according to the same source, Mohamed VI and Felipe IV will participate in a high-level conference, bringing together two hundred Spanish and Moroccan businessmen. Indeed, the two countries
Several human rights groups and organizations have signed a joint document supporting the Spanish journalist and activist, Helena Maleno Garzón. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH), the Africa-Europe Interact network as well as several other associations, foundations and companies signed the document. The Spanish police accused Helena Maleno of being involved in facilitating illegal immigration, believing that she is helping migrants enter the Spanish
The Spanish police arrested a man on Monday morning in the Madrilenian town of Majadahonda, for allegedly being part of the terrorist group «Islamic State», said the Spanish Interior Ministry, quoted by Antena 3. The alleged terrorist is a 19-year-old Moroccan national who was granted the Spanish citizenship. He had gradually become radicalized since he was 16 years old. According to the ministry, the young man «had a very advanced stage of indoctrination that he showed
Sherine Hossni, a 23-year-old Moroccan national was named on Saturday Miss Arab World 2017 winning the pageant held in Giza, Egypt, reports GDN news. Competing with 16 other contestants, the young student from Tafraout was selected as Miss Arab World –Morocco on November the 22nd in Ouerzazate. Rania bin Ashoush from Algeria and Fawsya Abdul Ridha from Bahrain were respectively named as the first and second runners-up while Fatten Al-Shamsi from the United Arab Emirates and Ghofrane
Une personne a trouvé la mort et six autres ont été blessées, dans un accident de la route survenu dimanche sur une route reliant les communes de Sidi Boukhalkhale et Sidi Allal Bahraoui, dans la province de Khemisset, a-t-on appris auprès des autorités locales. L’accident est dû à une collision entre une voiture et un véhicule pick-up, tuant sur le coup une personne et causant des blessures à différents
L’édifice du Théâtre national au quartier Musalla à Tétouan menace ruine et risque de s’écrouler à tout moment. Une grande partie de l’intérieur du bâtiment s’est effondrée samedi, selon le portail régional Press Tetouan. Le bruit de l’écroulement se serait entendu dans les environs du bâtiment, laissant percevoir une poussière épaisse et provoquant la panique
Rizlen Zouak, a Moroccan MMA athlete defeated on Saturday, 16th of December, her South African rival, Jacqualine Trosse at the Xtreme Fighting Championships, currently held in South Africa. The Moroccan champion announced her victory through her official account on Facebook. The fight was broadcast on the Fight Sports channel, as well as on a Facebook page. Since her first international MMA game on June the 24th in London, the professional judo champion has set herself the challenge of
Encore inconnue au tournoi Extreme Fighting Chanpionship (EFC) tenu en ce moment en Afrique du Sud, la première représentante marocaine de combat libre (MMA), Rizlen Zouak, vient de reporter ce soir une victoire haut la main. Elle affontait la Sud-Africaine Jacqualine Trosee, qu’elle a vaincue après un TKO. La star montante du MMA féminin marocain a annoncé sa victoire sur son compte Facebook. Ce combat a été diffusé sur la
The book A jihad of love by Belgian-Moroccan author Mohamed El Bachiri has just won the 2017 Equality Prize, reports literature website En Lettres. The award was received during the fifth edition of the 2017 Equality Festival, held in Gand, Belgium, from the 14th to the 16th of December. Living in the Molenbeek district, Mohamed El Bachiri had lost his wife Loubna Lafquiri, a mother of three children, during the Brussels attacks on March 22nd, 2016. The Zaventem airport and a subway train at