Brazilian Traveler Arrested in Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport for Cocaine...
Rabat – Authorities at Casablanca’s Mohammed V Airport arrested a Brazilian national on Saturday for his alleged involvement in cocaine trafficking. The 36-year old suspect arrived in Casablanca...
View ArticleIKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad Dies at 91
Rabat – Ingvar Kamprad, founder of giant furniture firm IKEA, has died at the age of 91, announced the company on Sunday. Kamprad died at his home in Smaland, Sweden, IKEA said in a Tweet. “Ingvar will...
View ArticleHundreds of Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean
Rabat – On Saturday, Italian authorities rescued 800 migrants from the Mediterranean sea, according to Maghreb Arab Press (MAP). The migrants were aboard five boats, including two dinghies. The Italian...
View ArticleDirectorate of Taxes Withdraws Sale of MAD 20 Stamp
Rabat – The Directorate General of Taxes has withdrawn the MAD 20 stamps from sale, as they are no longer required in administrative documents. In a statement issued this weekend, the Directorate...
View Article17-year-old Moroccan Murdered in Amsterdam
Rabat – Several masked men opened fire at a youth center on January 26 in Amsterdam‘s central Grote Wittenburgstraat neighborhood, killing a 17-year-old boy of Moroccan origin. Local Dutch media...
View ArticleMoroccan Actress Fatima Chiguer Passes Away
Rabat- After a protracted battle with an illness, the distinguished actress and comedian Fatima Chiguer passed away in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, January 30, leaving a dark spot in...
View Article48 Year of Suffering: Moroccan Railway Workers in France Rise up Against SNCF
Rabat – Suffering from a shortage of manpower, The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) recruited about 2,000 “inept” Moroccans as contract workers in the 70s. Fifty years later, 800...
View ArticleAngelina Jolie Visits Za’atari Refugee Camp, Calls for ‘Principled End to...
By Amaan Afzal Rabat – UNHCR Special Envoy and movie star Angelina Jolie visited the largest refugee settlement in the Middle East, Za’atari Refugee Camp in Mafraq, Jordan, for the fifth time in an...
View ArticleIslamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan Arrested in Paris over Rape Accusations
Rabat – French police arrested Tariq Ramadan, a prominent Islamic scholar, on Wednesday after two women filed complaints against him last year, accusing him of rape. Ramadan was taken into police...
View ArticleAnother Victim Dies in the Mines of Jerada, Leading to Protests
Rabat – Another person was killed today in the mining town of Jerada, leading to a new wave of protests. The victim, 36, was extracting coal from an illegal mine near Jerada when the walls of the...
View ArticleMorocco Achieves 95% Vaccination Coverage
Marrakech – Morocco has achieved 95% vaccination coverage, while the immunisation rate increases to 99% for some vaccines, said Minister of Health, Anas Doukkali, on Wednesday, in Marrakech. “Today,...
View ArticleCold Weather to Affect Most of Morocco this Weekend
Rabat – February started on a cold note. The National Meteorological Directorate forecasts a drop in temperatures and cold weather. A drop of temperature will sweep the reliefs, the southeast, the east...
View ArticleDounia Batma’s Recent Fashion Display Sparks Controversy
Rabat – With a fox fur draped over her shoulder, Dounia Batma posed for photos and displayed her fashion sense in a video she shared on her Instagram a few days ago. But that wasn’t the last of it. The...
View ArticleOver 1000 Migrants Attempted Crossing to Spain in January
Rabat – 1104 illegal migrants have attempted to enter Spain during January, the North Observatory of Human Rights (ONDH) finds. According to data collected in the field from border police authorities,...
View ArticleCHAN 2018 was also Played in Prisons
Rabat – Inmates in a number of Moroccan prisons got a breath of fresh air as Morocco hosted the CHAN 2018. The success story of Morocco’s CHAN 2018 was not limited to traditional big city stadiums...
View ArticleIslamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan Jailed in Paris Over Rape Accusations
Rabat – Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is facing charges and is being formally investigated since being taken into police custody by police in Paris as “part of a preliminary inquiry” into...
View ArticleMorocco’s High Speed Train to Become Operational Next Summer
Rabat – Morocco will have the fastest train in Africa. The high speed train (LGV) travels more than 320 kilometers per hour, operations manager, Mehdi Benqassmi, stated in a video shared by the...
View ArticleMoroccan Authorities Recover Remains of 20 Sub-Saharan Migrants in Mediterranean
Rabat- Moroccan authorities have recovered the bodies of at least twenty sub-Saharan migrants off the Mediterranean coast, reported French news agency AFP. The victims were discovered on Saturday by a...
View ArticleChronic Diseases Take More Lives in the MENA Region than Infectious Diseases
Amsterdam – A shift has occurred in the MENA region over the past 30 years, seeing chronic diseases take more lives than their infectious counterparts. This same shift is taking place in developing...
View ArticleCelebrating World Friends Day: What Friendship?
Rabat – Have you ever had a friend to confide to your most secretive and intimate feelings with the belief that you are speaking to yourself? Have you ever had a consoling shoulder to cry on when...
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