Appeal Court Rejects Provisional Release for Detained PJD Youth Members
Rabat – Salé’s Criminal Court of Appeal rejected on Thursday a request for the interim release of the members of the youth wing of Justice and Development Party (PJD) who were arrested for allegedly...
View ArticleWill Morocco Mediate Between Qatar and Its Saudi-Led Opponents
Rabat – Communication between Morocco and Jordan has raised the possibility that Morocco will play a role in defusing the current diplomatic crisis in the Gulf. King Mohammed VI and King Abdullah II of...
View ArticlePJD-Linked Student Wing Says Ready to Join Rif Protests
Rabat – Atajdid Atolabi (the Organization for Student Reform), the student wing of the Islamist Unity and Reform Movement (MUR), has said it is ready to take part in pro-Rif protests. The student wing...
View ArticleIlyas El Omari: ‘Who Wants to Prolong Tensions on Al Hoceima’
Rabat – Ilyas El Omari, the president of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, has pointed out the lack of progress in resolving the protests in the Rif, where tensions continue to escalate between...
View ArticleMoroccan Civil Servant Caught Red-Handed in Bribery Case
Rabat – The Royal Gendarmerie National Research Division in Rabat has caught a Basha (Ministry of Interior’s representative) taking a bribe of MAD 5,000 in the Rommani district of Khemisset province,...
View ArticleLegitimacy of Demands Should Be Recognized to Tackle Rif Crisis: House of...
Rabat – Hakim Benchamach, the president of the House of Councilors and native of Al Hoceima’s Bni Bouayach, has written an article for Hespress suggesting the initiatives and steps that should be taken...
View ArticleNabila Mounib: ‘Government Failed Utterly to Deal with Rif Protests’
Rabat – Secretary General of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU), Nabila Mounib, has said that “the government failed utterly to deal with the Rif protests.” In a televised interview with France 24...
View ArticleFrench Entrepreneur to Renovate Moroccan Movie Theaters
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – French entrepreneur and CEO of CineAtlas Holding in Morocco, Pierre-François Bernet, has allocated MAD 10 million to renovate Le Colisée movie theater in Rabat. Within five...
View ArticleSaid Chaou: Former MP and ‘Drug Trafficker’ Uses Rif Protests as Pretext for...
Rabat – Protesters and leading activists in Al Hoceima and surrounding areas have loudly and repeatedly rejected allegations linking their movement to a subversive agenda, insisting that their demands...
View ArticleMoroccan Single Mother Who Burned Her Baby Alive Arrested
Rabat – The Attorney General at Beni Malal’s court of appeal ordered that a single mother and her mother be placed under the custody of the police on Thursday night for allegedly burning the single...
View ArticleAfrica Day: Morocco Celebrates its African History and Diplomacy
Toronto – The Foreign Ministry seized the opportunity to highlight the close ties between Morocco and the continent during the celebration of Africa Day on June 8, and lauded the Kingdom’s policies...
View ArticlePeacekeeping Operation: 33 Moroccan Killed, 220 Injured Since 1960s
Rabat – 33 Moroccan peacekeepers have been killed and 220 have been injured since the 1960s, according to Chakib Rayss, a colonel in the Royal Armed Forces. While giving a presentation entitled...
View ArticleGdim Izik: Rabat’s Court of Appeal to Proceed Trial on Monday
By Chaimaa Zahaar Rabat – The criminal division of the Court of Appeals in Rabat-Salé continued the Gdim Izik trial until Monday, June 12th, announced Hassan Daki, the Crown Prosecutor, on Thursday. In...
View Article3 Million Tourists Visit Morocco During First Four Months of 2017
Rabat – 3 million tourists have visited Morocco during the fist four months of the current year, registering a 10 percent increase compared with the same period last year. The tourism sector in Morocco...
View ArticleActivist in Al Hoceima Protest, El Mortada Iamrachen, Joins the List of...
Rabat – El Mortada Iamrachen, one of the leading activist in the Al Hoceima Hirak, was arrested Saturday evening, adding to the long list of detainees among the ranks of the protest movement in the...
View ArticleVideo: Othman El Ferdaous Advises High School Graduates
Rabat – In a new video, Othman El Ferdaous, the young Secretary of State of Investment, shares his expertise with newly graduated high school students. Choosing the right academic specialty is a...
View ArticleBenabdellah Slams El Omari: You Are Part of the Problem in Rif, Never the...
Rabat – The Minister of Housing Mohamed Nabil Benabdellah has rebuked Ilyas El Omari, the President of the regional council of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima and leader of the Authenticity and Modernity...
View ArticleBoxer Hassan Saada, Released From Custody in Brazil Pending Trial, Returns Home
Rabat – Hassan Saada, the Moroccan boxer charged with having committed sexual assault in the Olympic village of Rio de Janeiro, was able to leave Brazil Friday after Brazilian authorities returned his...
View ArticleRabat to Host International Design Conference Late June
Rabat – Over 300 people will take part in the fourth annual World Design Talks, held in Rabat June 28 to 30. Titled “Responsible Consumption and Production”, the event aims to create a place in which...
View ArticleThree Dead, 21 Injured in Road Accident in Central Morocco
Rabat – On Saturday evening three people were killed and 21 were injured when a coach flipped on a major road to Rabat. MAP has reported that a coach headed to Rabat from Mehdia beach on June 10...
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