The Association of Algerian Muslim Scholars issued a call for unity yesterday in response to any attempts to destabilize the country. Following its meeting on Saturday, April 12, the executive bureau of this religious body, founded in 1931 and linked to the established power since 1962, warned in alarmist tones that «Algeria is the target of hostile intentions from enemy forces», without specifying their identity. Typically, the term «enemy forces» refers to
Un citoyen italien de 35 ans et conseiller municipal pour le tourisme à Pieve di Soligo, Trévise, s'est vu refuser une location de maison parce que son nom, Mohammed Hammouch, révélait ses origines marocaines. Bien qu'il vive en Italie depuis qu'il a six mois, parle couramment le dialecte local et soit bien connu dans la communauté, le propriétaire a retiré son offre subitement, rapporte l'agence de presse italienne ANSA. Le conseiller
A 35-year-old Italian citizen and municipal councilor for tourism in Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, has been denied a rental home because his name, Mohammed Hammouch, revealed his Moroccan roots. Although he has lived in Italy since he was six months old, speaks the local dialect fluently, and is well-known in the community, the homeowner withdrew the offer once they discovered Hammouch’s nationality, reports Italian news agency ANSA. The councilor had been searching for a larger home for
In a tragic incident that has shaken Morocco’s educational and human rights communities, a vocational training teacher has died days after being violently assaulted by one of her students in the city of Erfoud.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is on a working visit to Morocco, which began on Sunday, April 13. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties, particularly with his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit. Migration cooperation tops the agenda, following a meeting between the two ministers during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Rabat on October 30, 2024. Discussions will focus on building on recent progress in readmissions—up by 60%—and consular
Just minutes before Morocco’s national team faced Belgium during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was unexpectedly replaced by fellow keeper Munir El Mohamedi El Kajoui—a last-minute decision that left many fans puzzled. Three years after that match, Romain Ghanem Saïss, who captained the Moroccan team during the tournament, shared the behind-the-scenes details of the sudden change during an appearance on the French podcast Le Club des
Morocco has become a new destination for Salvadoran coffee, with a first shipment of over 1,000 quintals sold at $350 each, totaling nearly half a million dollars, reports Salvadoran daily Lapagina on Monday. The container, which left from the San Carlos Dos Cooperative in Osicala (Morazán), is expected to arrive at Moroccan company Dahab Industrie around May 17. This marks El Salvador’s first sale to the North African country, which seeks a certain level of exclusivity and has
Algeria has ordered twelve officials from the French embassy to leave its territory within forty-eight hours, AFP reports. The decision follows the arrest in France of an Algerian consular agent suspected of involvement in the April 2024 kidnapping of Algerian influencer Amir Boukhors on French soil. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the move as «unrelated to the ongoing judicial process» and warned of an immediate response should the expulsions be upheld.
Spanish police dismantled a human smuggling ring on Sunday that facilitated the irregular migration of up to 2,500 Moroccans through Romania, AFP reports. The operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects in the southeastern province of Murcia. The suspects are accused of belonging to a criminal organization and facilitating illegal immigration, according to a statement by the Guardia Civil. The network's modus operandi involved transporting Moroccan nationals by plane to Romania, from
The Washington Post has revealed new evidence of collusion between Iran and the Polisario Front. In a report focused on the security landscape in Syria following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, the American daily claims that Iran has worked to establish «a large network of proxy groups to defend its interests. Iran, for example, has trained fighters from the Polisario Front, a group based in Algeria». According to the report, «hundreds of Polisario members are