Morocco is determined to maintain the proclamations and engagements that were set last year in Marrakech during COP 22. For ten days in Bonn, Germany, the UN Climate Change Conference held from the 8th May to the 18th is presided by Morocco. Salaheddine Mezouar who is president of COP 22 and Ambassador for Negotiations, Aziz Mekouar along with negotiators from the African Group, Environmental Integrity Group, Arab States Group, Alliance of Small Island States and the Umbrella group participated
King Mohammed VI is invited to attend Arabic, Islamic and United States summit hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The meeting scheduled for May the 21st in Ryadh will also be attended by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, United States President Donald Trump, Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi. Adel Al-Jubair, Saudi Foreign Minister, visited Rabat yesterday 8th of May to extend Morocco’s invitation. He was received by Nasser
Composed of three segments, a Dutch documentary entitled «Familie, geloof en hoop» (Family, faith and hope) contained declarations by 4 Moroccan gay men. Faced with shame and pressured by his family, Nassiri, one of the 4 participants who came out about being gay spoke to Gay.nl, a Dutch website, about «the pain he went through during 25 years before being able to reveal his sexual identity». Spending years «of loneliness and depression», he stated,
Un détenu, victime d'une agression par un compagnon de cellule, a succombé lors de son évacuation à l’hôpital, a indiqué la direction de la Prison locale de Salé 1. Selon les déclarations de l’agresseur et d’autres codétenus, les deux détenus sont entrés mardi vers 01h00 dans une altercation, avant que la tête de la victime ne heurte la structure métallique du lit, précise un
300 Sub-Saharana migrants tried to enter Melilla Tuesday morning, Reuters reports. 100 of them managed to force their way across the 6-meters wire fence making it through to the city at around 5am. Some of these migrants have thrown rocks at officials. «Three policemen were injured in clashes with the migrants, who kicked and threw rocks at the officers», Spain Interior Ministry said in a statement reported by AFP. According to the same source, 1000 migrants have tried to
Two men one Moroccan and one Algerian were arrested yesterday 8th May in Dublin, Ireland by the members of the Garda’s counter terrorism international unit. The suspects are accused of laundering money for the terrorist group ISIS using Irish bank accounts, SundayWorld reports. The Irish times, on the other hand, indicated on Tuesday that the Moroccan national suspect was released «without charge» whereas the Algerian was kept in custody over links to terrorist activity.
Morocco eyes mutual benefits as the Chinese Belt and Road initiative is under construction, the Xinhua news agency reports. The project that was first launched by the Chinese paramount leader, Xi Jinping during a speech to the Indonesian Parliament in 2013 will contribute in the creation of a modern Silk Road spanning on 65 countries. China has promised to build a maritime road to connect coastal Chinese cities to Africa and the Mediterranean, a step that would increase global economic
The two suspects that were directly involved in the murder of Hassan Shimi were detained yesterday in Sale’s local prison, MAP reports. The defendants will be prosecuted for «homicide and robbery». During the reconstruction of the crime scene on Saturday in Oued Eddahab neighborhood, security forces brought two suspects that are allegedly involved in the murder. For the record, Shimi was found murdered Wednesday evening at his home in Temara. Immediately informed,
Attijariwafa, one of Morocco’s biggest banks has paid twice book value for the acquisition of Barklays Egypt, Mohammed El Kettani the bank's CEO told Reuters on Sunday. Barklays’ acquisition will enable the Moroccan bank to expand its market share to 5 percent naming the new unit Attijari Bank Egypt. Kettani, speaking to the British news agency, did not reveal the value of the recent purchase but declared instead that it was «twice Barclays Egypt's 2016 book value or about
Le juge d'instruction près la cour d’appel à Rabat a ordonné, dimanche, l’incarcération, à la prison locale de Salé, des deux mis en cause soupçonnés d’implication directe dans le meurtre de Hassan Shimi, journaliste-photographe à l'Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). Les deux suspects, déférés plus tôt dans la journée devant le parquet près la même cour, seront