Established thirteen years ago, the Moroccan event, Biennale Marrakech, whose next edition was scheduled in February 2018, has a deficit of about 3.3 MADD, Le Monde Afrique reports today. Christine Eyene, a critic of Cameroonian art, has recently been appointed curator of the next edition of the Biennale of Casablanca, scheduled for October 2018. However, that of Marrakech, scheduled to start in February 2018, is postponed. «There is no money,» says Amine Kabbaj, executive chairman
Morocco’s full accession to the international human rights system requires the fulfillment of its commitments and obligations, Driss El Yazami, President of the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) said. The Kingdom has ratified all international human rights treaties, the most recent one is the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (APT). The latter was ratifies by the Kingdom on November 2014 during the International Forum of Human Rights held in Marrakech, becoming
Moroccans are the most frequent citizens of illegal immigration on the Spanish coast especially in Andalusia, according to the regional online newspaper, Diario de Sevilla. Overall, Sub-Saharans are still much more numerous, but findings reveal that Moroccan nationals immigrate the most to Spain, followed by Algerians, according to statistical data unveiled last week in Rome by the Spanish Interior Minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido to his Italian counterpart, Marco Minniti. Between the end of May
L'adhésion totale du Maroc au système international des droits de l’homme requiert la concrétisation de ses engagements sur le terrain, a souligné le président du Conseil national des droits de l’homme (CNDH), Driss El Yazami. Le Royaume a ratifié l’ensemble des traités internationaux des droits de l’homme, le dernier en date étant le protocole facultatif se rapportant à la Convention contre la torture
Former French-Moroccan kick-boxing champion Zakaria Moumni has applied for asylum in Canada, according to the Quebec news agency QMI. «My life is threatened in France, I escaped an attempt of murder with a gun and a weapon. The French government refuses to protect me,» he reported to the Quebec media TVA Nouvelles in Montreal. «My client was at the heart of a diplomatic conflict between France and Morocco. Obviously, on both sides, he is at risk,» added his lawyer,
A Spanish national of Moroccan descent was arrested this morning in Belgium, in Zaventem (center), by members of the Belgian security forces in an operation conducted by the Spanish Intelligence Bureau, according the Spanish news agency Servimedia. The information was confirmed by the Spanish Interior Minister, Juan Ignacio Zoido. Detenido en Bélgica un español de ascendencia marroquí de 26 años por liderar una célula de captación y adoctrinamiento
Bank Al-Maghrib is willing to carry out the complementary studies necessary to better accompany the new exchange rate policy, said Tuesday its governor, Abdellatif Jouahri. «If we retreat to better appreciate and support the new exchange rate regime, it seems to me that it is positive. If studies or complementary information are needed, we are there to make the simulations that are needed for a measure that will last for several years,» he said during a conference held at the end
Bank Al-Maghrib est disposé à mener les études complémentaires et les simulations nécessaires pour mieux accompagner la réforme du taux de change, a affirmé mardi son gouverneur, Abdellatif Jouahri. «Si on recule pour mieux apprécier et mieux soutenir la réforme du taux de change, il me semble que c'est positif. S'il y a lieu de mener des études ou des éléments d’information complémentaires,
La compagnie low-cost du groupe Air France-KLM «Transavia» et l’Office national marocain du tourisme (ONMT) ont signé, mardi, à l’occasion de la tenue du Salon international du tourisme IFTM Top Resa à Paris, un accord qui leur permettra d’intensifier leur partenariat à travers notamment de nouvelles dessertes et le renforcement d’autres existantes. Parmi les destinations nouvelles qui seront desservies, la compagnie
Le service préfectoral de la police judiciaire de Marrakech a procédé, mardi, en étroite collaboration avec les services de la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire (DGST), à l’arrestation de quatre personnes, un médecin, un intermédiaire et un couple. Les quatre personnes seraient impliquées dans l’enlèvement d’un nouveau-né et trafic d’êtres humains. Les services de