Les autorités douanières thaïlandaises ont intercepté plus de 700 tonnes de déchets dangereux en provenance du Maroc mardi à Bangkok, dans ce que les responsables ont décrit comme une répression majeure des importations toxiques. Étiquetée comme «concentrée de zinc», la cargaison s'est avérée contenir des niveaux dangereux de métaux lourds, notamment du plomb, du cadmium et de
On Monday, June 10, Morocco and France launched the joint naval exercises «SEA BORDER 25», which will run until June 20. These exercises involve eight countries from the 5+5 Defense Initiative: Spain, France, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia, as announced by the Commander in chief Mediterranean & black seas maritime zone on X. ???? Launch of the SEA BORDER 25 exercise @VilleDeToulon. From June 10 to 20, Morocco & France are co-organizing this joint
Azeddine Midaoui, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, has dismissed Abdelaziz Bendou from his position as President of Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, following a scandal involving the alleged sale of master’s degrees at the university’s Faculty of Law. The dismissal came after several university officials, including the president, the dean of the Faculty of Law, and other staff members, were questioned in connection with the case. Security
Police in Casablanca have arrested a woman suspected of committing a horrific crime that has shocked public opinion. According to Assabah newspaper, she allegedly tortured her three-year-old son to death in a home she shared with a Syrian national. The woman, who posed as a Syrian refugee to deceive passersby and solicit aid while begging, was placed in preliminary detention along with her partner, who is also suspected of involvement in the crime. The case came to light after the mother
Thai customs authorities intercepted more than 700 tonnes of hazardous waste from Morocco on Tuesday in Bangkok, in what officials described as a major crackdown on toxic imports. Labelled as «zinc concentrate», the shipment was found to contain dangerous levels of heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, and antimony. The seizure took place at Bangkok Port following a joint investigation by Thai Customs, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), and the Department of Industrial
A court in El Jadida has sentenced a fishmonger and father to eight years in prison for luring and sexually assaulting a child under ten. The case started when the child’s mother filed a complaint with the police in Bir Jdid. She reported that an unknown man had tried to lure her son while he was playing outside their home. According to the child’s account, the man offered him money to follow him to an unfinished residential area, as reported by Assabah newspaper. The child
A Mauritanian army patrol has uncovered a significant stockpile of missiles that the Polisario had hidden on Mauritanian soil, reportedly intended for attacks on targets in Morocco. «There are about fifty Grad-type missiles, with a range of 25 to 40 km. These projectiles were used by Polisario armed militias in October and November 2023 against civilian targets in Es-Smara», a source close to the matter told Yabiladi. The Polisario’s «commander of the 3rd military
In the United States, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department announced sanctions on Tuesday, June 10, targeting five individuals and five foreign-based charitable organizations accused of financing Hamas’s armed wing and its terrorist activities. Among them is an Algerian NGO, El Baraka. According to the Treasury Department, «El Baraka Association for Charitable and Humanitarian Work, based in Algeria, diverted funds intended for humanitarian causes
Morocco’s national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), is in the final stages of placing its biggest aircraft order to date, as it looks to expand its fleet to support the country’s growing aviation ambitions. According to sources cited by Bloomberg on Wednesday, RAM is considering purchasing around two dozen Boeing 787 Dreamliners for long-haul routes and as many as 50 Boeing 737s for short-haul operations. It is also in talks to acquire about 20 Airbus A220s for regional travel. The
The Association of Moroccan Immigrant Workers in Spain (ATIM) has recently called for the mutual recognition of driver’s licenses between Spain and Morocco to be reactivated, based on an agreement that has been in place since 2004. The organization said the issue is currently being discussed by the Spanish and Moroccan ministries. «We hope that after the summer, a clear solution will be found to restart the license exchange or create a new cooperation framework», ATIM