Human Rights Watch, an American-founded international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights has urged King Mohammed VI today to «press for effective investigations into allegations that Morocco’s police forces tortured people suspected of participating in the 2017 ‘Hirak'» protests in the Rif region». The NGO has commented on the King’s speech, delivered on the 30th of July to commemorate the Throne day, saying
King Mohammed VI and the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari promised on Monday during a phone call to further strengthen bilateral relations. The two leaders vowed to reinforce mutual projects that were agreed on during King Mohammed VI’s last visit to Abuja, the King’s office said in a statement. Morocco is working with Nigeria to construct a major gas pipeline, a project that is seeing tangible achievements as stated by the same source. The two countries are also working on
La police judiciaire du commissariat de Guercif a arrêté, lundi à midi, un individu au casier judiciaire lourd, pour son implication présumée dans des affaires d'attentat à la pudeur avec violence, d'usurpation d'identité et de vol, selon la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN). Le mis en cause, âge de 36 ans, faisait l'objet de plaintes déposées par quatre filles dont une mineure, qui
From October the 14th to 21st, 2017, the city of Fes will host the 10th edition of the Festival of Sufi culture, organizers said on Monday in a. the edition is entitled «Sufism to meet the wisdom of the world : the road to Sufism from Morocco to India». «Many speakers, brotherhoods and artists from Morocco and from different countries of the world will come to testify to the richness of this living heritage of literary, poetic, artistic and spiritual Sufism,» the
L'Ordre national des médecins dentistes a condamné, lundi, le décès d'un enfant à cause d'un praticien exerçant illégalement la médecine dentaire, appelant à la nécessité de lutter contre ces intrus. L’Ordre a dénoncé, dans un communiqué, ces pratiques ayant coûté récemment la vie à un enfant de 12 ans suite à de graves complications, notamment une
Sound Energy PLC, said on Monday that the Morocco-focused gas junior has received an offer from investors. The London-based Mediterranean exploration and production company that the funding proposal «comes from Advisory and Finance Group Investment Bank (AFG), a Moroccan financial institution that funds Oil and Gas Investment Fund (OGIF), Sound’s partner, and soon-to-be major shareholder», indicates the company. The funding might provide US$ 60 to 100 million to construct a
The football player, Munir El Haddadi, has left FC Barcelona to join Departivo Alavés. The right winger is member of the Spanish club since Friday, the daily newspaper L’Equipe said. The Spanish player of Moroccan origin was loaned to the club of Valencia with an option of purchase during the last season. Yet the Spanish club did not take advantage of this opportunity. The 22-year-old striker had many contenders in recent months, as our colleagues from Huffpost Morocco have
Professor Driss Guerraoui was elected a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, becoming the first Moroccan to join this prestigious institution, founded on 24 December 1779 during the reign of Mary 1 of Portugal. The Academy of Sciences is a scholarly society dedicated to the advancement of science and learning, with the goal of promoting academic progress and prosperity in Portugal. It includes the fields of the exact sciences such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, medicine and
Les services provinciales de la police judiciaire d'El Jadida ont procédé, dimanche soir, à l’arrestation d’un individu de 26 ans pour son implication présumée dans une affaire de coups et blessures ayant entrainé la mort de son père âgé de 60 ans et qui était professeur universitaire. Selon un communiqué de la Direction générale de la sureté nationale (DGSN), les services de
Le Professeur Driss Guerraoui a été élu membre de l’Académie des sciences de Lisbonne, devenant ainsi le premier Marocain à intégrer cette institution prestigieuse, créée le 24 décembre 1779 sous le règne de Marie 1ere de Portugal. L’Académie des sciences du Portugal comprend deux catégories académiques, la catégorie des sciences qui inclut les domaines des sciences exactes comme les