Morocco Arrests Two Spanish Drug Dealers in Tangiers
Rabat – A unit of the Marine in the high seas of Tangiers arrested two Spanish drug smugglers, aged 59 and 32, together with their Moroccan accomplice. The Royal Marine unit, which had discovered...
View ArticleFirst Female-led TV Station Launched in Gaza Amid Criticism
“Taif,” meaning spectrum, a female-led television station, has officially launched in Gaza, Palestine. Before its official launch, the new television received “much criticism on social media network,...
View ArticleSaudi Women Attend Concert for First Time
The video shows women attending a public concert in Saudi Arabia, a scene unimaginable in the country only a few months ago. “Some women even took of their head scarves, allowing their hair to hang...
View ArticleMorocco’s BCIJ Dismantles a New Terrorist Cell in Tangier
Rabat – Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) dismantled, on Wednesday morning in Tangier, a terror cell made up of six extremist supporters of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS)....
View ArticleCasablanca’s Largest Landfill to Close Next April: Where the Waste Will Go?
Rabat – After operating as Casablanca’s largest waste site for the past three decades, the Médiouna landfill will be closed by the end of next April, as reported by the Moroccan daily Al Ahdath Al...
View ArticleEmployment: 60% of Professions To Disappear From Morocco’s Job Market
Rabat – Mohamed Ben Abdelkader, who is delegated minister in charge of administrative reforms, has revealed shocking numbers regarding Moroccan job market. Abdelkader has reportedly revealed that 60%...
View ArticleSpanish Court Acquits Father Who smuggled His Son a suitcase from Morocco
Rabat – The Court of the Spanish Enclave of Ceuta has released the father of the eight-year-old Ivorian boy smuggled in a suitcase from Morocco. On May 7, 2015, a Moroccan girl was dragging a heavy...
View ArticleMoroccan Imam Sexually Assaults Children in a Mosque
By Hajare el Khaldi Rabat – An imam in the Temara region has been accused of raping six children inside of a mosque. Amid the parents’ outrage and the childrens despair, the authorities have little...
View ArticleMoroccan Doctors Tempted to Emigrate for Better Conditions
Rabat – Brain drain is a traditional reality in the global South. Every year, in search of better working conditions, thousands of well-trained professionals choose to move to Western countries....
View ArticleMorocco Foils International Drug Trafficking Operation, Seizes 4 Tones of...
Rabat – Morocco’s Royal Gendarmerie foiled on Tuesday an international drug smuggling operation in the city of El Jadida. The members of the royal gendarmerie have managed to seize four tones of Chira...
View ArticlePrincess Lalla Meryem Chairs ‘Women & Children in Precarious Situations’ Meeting
Rabat – On Wednesday, Princess Lalla Meryem chaired the closing ceremony of the meeting organized by the national union of Morocco’s women and the national observatory for children’s rights at the...
View ArticleUNICEF: Morocco Has Highest Neonatal Deaths in Maghreb
Rabat – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has unveiled a new report about the troubling issue of newborn deaths around the world on February 20. 2.6 million babies die before turning one...
View Article71 Migrants Rescued by Moroccan Navy Off Coast of Tangier
By Sarah Goodman Rabat – A total of 71 passengers, including 13 women, were rescued from two different inflatable rafts by the Royal Navy of Morocco, operating off the coast of Tangier on Tuesday,...
View ArticleThree Moroccan Women Win Yves Rocher’s “Terre des Femmes” Award
Rabat – Three Moroccan women received the Yves Rocher’s “Terre de Femmes” (Women of the Earth) prize for their environmental activism last weekend, during a ceremony held in Marrakech. This year’s...
View ArticleWill Iceland Jail Jews and Muslims For Crime of Circumcision?
By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Rabat – Jewish and Muslim religious groups have condemned a bill in Iceland’s parliament that would ban circumcision for non-medical (i.e. religious) reasons. Even a Bishop in...
View ArticleParis Court Denies Tariq Ramadan’s Release on Health Grounds
By Hajare El Khaldi Rabat – The Appeal Court in Paris has denied the release of Tariq Ramadan on Thursday, February 22, after a medical report indicated that Islamic theologian’s health was “compatible...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Three Suspects for Alleged Kidnapping of 8-year old Boy in Fez
Rabat – On Thursday, authorities in the city of Fez arrested three suspects for their alleged involvement in kidnapping an eight-year-old boy. Fez’s police managed to arrest the alleged defendants...
View ArticleWhen Migrants At The Oulad Ziane Camp Dream of Professional Football
Rabat – At the migrant camp near the Oulad Ziane Bus Station in Casablanca, despite the precariousness of daily life, some migrants are still keeping hope alive and expectations very high. Some of them...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Moroccan Journalist Taoufik Bouachrine
Rabat – Moroccan police have arrested Taoufik Bouachrine, a journalist and director of Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Alyoum and Alyaoum24 news website on Friday. The prolific and controversial journalist...
View Article530 Moroccans Sought Asylum in Spain in 2017
Rabat – A total of 530 Moroccans sought asylum in Spain last year, many claiming persecution for political, ideological, ethnic or sexual orientation circumstances, according to unofficial data from...
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