WHO Presents New Report on Global Tobacco Epidemic
Rabat – The World Health Organization’s seventh report on the global tobacco epidemic analyzes countries’ efforts to implement the most effective measures to reduce the demand for tobacco. The report,...
View ArticleTwo Moroccans Found in The Engine of a London-Dublin Bus
Rabat – Two Moroccan teenagers were found by Irish police hidden in the engine compartment of a bus connecting London to Dublin. According to the Irish Mirror, the bus driver had alerted the police...
View ArticleSefrou: the Jewel of Morocco
Rabat – Despite the privileges awarded to me by my youth and upper-middle-class family, traveling has never come easy to me. While I’ve been fortunate enough to study abroad (and now live) in Morocco...
View ArticleMoroccan Detainee Escapes Frankfurt Prison
Rabat – According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the 39-year-old Moroccan prisoner escaped at 1 pm. The German news outlet reports that he took advantage of an exit permit to climb the...
View ArticleBuilding Collapses in Kenitra, Human Rights Forum Calls for Investigation
Rabat – On the evening of August 3, 2019, a 7-floor collapsed in Imam Ali Street in Kenitra (55km north-east of Rabat). The collapse happened only hours after dozens of workers had left the...
View ArticleMoroccan Police Arrest Teacher For Incitement to Terrorism
Rabat – The National Judicial Police, in coordination with the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), arrested a primary school teacher on August 5 for his alleged involvement in a...
View ArticleMorocco Becomes Net Exporter of Electricity to Spain
Rabat – According to the figures of the semi-public operator Red Eléctrica de España, the Kingdom has become a net exporter of electricity to Spain. Morocco exported 76% of Morocco-Spain border...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Moroccan Woman After She Abandoned Her Children in Melilla
Rabat – Spanish police arrested a 39-year-old Moroccan woman on August 2 for abandoning her children in Melilla. The woman had entered Melilla a few days earlier accompanied by her two children, a...
View ArticleCeuta Police Arrest Two Moroccans for Illegally Transporting Two Algerians on...
Rabat – The Maritime Service of the Civil Guard and the Special Group of Underwater Activities (GEAS) arrested two Moroccans who crossed to the enclave of Ceuta on jet skis transporting two Algerian...
View ArticleControversy Over Draft Law on Right to Strike in Morocco
Rabat – The draft law 15-97 on the right to strike, submitted to Parliament for approval, created tensions between work unions and the government. The draft law establishes the basic rules and...
View ArticleFrench Court Sentences Italian-Moroccan Woman Who Took Her Children to Syria
Rabat – A French court sentenced Italian-Moroccan Rajaei Moujahid, tried on charges of forming a gang with terrorist intentions and kidnapping children, to 8 years imprisonment. The prosecution had...
View ArticleMorocco Joins Interpol’s Counter-terrorism ‘Neptune 2’
Rabat – Morocco, represented by the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN), took part in the second International Transboundary Exercise ‘Neptune 2’. In July 2018, Morocco participated in...
View ArticleGerman Electronics Giant Opens Casablanca Subsidiary
Rabat – After taking part in the Elec Expo 2017, organized annually in Casablanca by the National Federation of Electricity and Electronics (FENELEC), the German giant Phoenix Contact has decided to...
View ArticleHow to Make a Moroccan Salad
Rabat – Any visitor to Morocco will soon start to recognize this simple, fresh, and tangy salad which comes as an accompaniment to most traditional dishes. Grilled sardines, tagines, and roasted meat...
View ArticleMoroccan Immigration Director Discusses Morocco’s Policy
Rabat – In an interview with Eldiario.es published on August 11, Khalid Zerouali, director of immigration and border surveillance at the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior discussed Morocco’s...
View ArticleMoroccan Consul-General to Canary Islands Says Morocco is ‘Security Model in...
Rabat – In an interview with Eldia.es, Ahmed Moussa, the Consul-General of Morocco in the Canary Islands, stated that Morocco supports Spain “in the fight against irregular immigration, terrorism and...
View ArticleJapanese Yokogawa Launches Subsidiary in Morocco
Rabat – Yokogawa Group, a world leader in industrial instrumentation and maintenance founded in 1915, intends to launch a subsidiary in Casablanca. Yokogawa Group generates a turnover of $3.8 billion...
View ArticleKarim Medrek Presents His Credentials as New Moroccan Ambassador to Vanuatu
Rabat – Karim Medrek, Moroccan Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific States, with residence in Canberra, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Vanuatu, Tallis...
View ArticleMorocco and the US: We Are More Alike Than Different
By Yassine Et-Taheri Rabat – My name, skin color, and position do not matter. My beliefs, manners, and purpose do. “I am not who I think I am. I am not who you think I am. I am who I think you think I...
View ArticleUAE Newspaper: Israel is a Real Enemy
Rabat – Habib Al Sayegh, editor-in-chief of the UAE daily Al-Khaleej, has condemned all Arab invitations to visit Israel. In a recent editorial, he strongly denounced the suggestion of open relations...
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