The Polisario fired three missiles at Es-Smara on Saturday, May 18. «The projectiles landed in an uninhabited area 12 km from the town. There were no casualties», a Moroccan military source told Yabiladi. Audio messages exchanged on Polisario-affiliated social networks confirm the attack. Saharawis claim to have heard explosions, but there is no mention of casualties or of civilian or military targets having been hit by the three projectiles. A Polisario media outlet claimed that
Nabil Ayouch's latest film Everybody Loves Touda had its world premiere on Friday evening at the 77th Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25, 2024), where cinema worked its magic on an admiring audience. Shown in the Cannes Première category, it received a standing ovation at the end. Actress Nisrine Erradi, who plays the main character, showcased her singing talent by performing a live excerpt of aïta music. In the film, Touda dreams of becoming a chikha. Every evening in the bars of
A shipment of 134 new Fiat Stellantis Topolinos was recently seized by Italian customs at the port of Livorno. Italian customs seized the shipment because the Italian flag on the cars indicated the country of manufacture as Italy, which is incorrect – the model is produced by the plant in Morocco. Quoted by the Italian media, Stellantis explained that the flag symbolized the Italian character of the company and that it had been clearly explained that production would take place in
After completing her studies in France, Kaoutar moved to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Though she initially worked at a pharmaceutical laboratory in Morocco, she later decided to dedicate most of her time to promoting Moroccan culture and traditions in her new home.
A Moroccan asylum seeker who stabbed a British pensioner to death was sentenced to at least 45 years in prison on Friday, May 17, Associated Press reported. 45-year-old Ahmed Alid stabbed 70-year-old Terence Carney six times in the street in Hartlepool, northeast England, on October 15, 2023. The court termed the stabbing an act of terrorism after Alid told police he'd killed Carney because «Israel had killed innocent children». «They killed children and I killed an old
On Friday, May 17, the Moroccan Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Innovation (FMIIP) held a workshop exploring the medicinal and pharmaceutical potential of cannabis. Chaired by Mohamed El Bouhamdi, the event highlighted the economic opportunities in this sector. Medical cannabis «could generate an annual market value of 4.2 to 6.3 billion dirhams by 2028, if Morocco captures a 10-15% share of the European market», El Bouhamdi told Le360. His statements reflect the
The trial of Said Naciri and Abdenbi Bioui, former presidents of Casablanca's Prefectural Council and the Oriental Regional Council respectively, will open on Thursday, May 23, at the Casablanca Court of Appeal. The two PAM leaders will appear alongside 23 other defendants in the «Sahara Escobar» international drug trafficking case. Judicial sources, cited by Le360, reveal the charges against the defendants, with around twenty currently in pre-trial detention. Abdenbi Bioui faces
As part of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development's (BMZ) «Decent Jobs for a Just Transition» initiative, an information meeting was held in Rabat on Thursday, May 16. Representatives from the German Embassy, BMZ, GIZ, and KfW Development Bank attended. During the meeting, the Investment Facility for Employment (IFE) and the Partnership for Employment Program (PPE II) launched their respective calls for proposals: IFE's 2nd call for projects in Morocco
A declassified 1984 CIA document reveals Algeria's efforts to bolster the Polisario Front by strengthening its ties with Iran and Syria. This move was seen as a response to the rapprochement between Morocco's King Hassan II and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the mid-1980s.
«Mohammed Temim, Ambassadeur du Maroc, a la Comédie Italienne» is the title given to a painting of Antoine Coypel in 1682. The painting is expected to be exhibited from Sunday 22nd of October to 25th of February 2018 at the Palace of Versailles allowing visitors to know more about the story of Mohammed Temim, the ambassador of Moulay Ismail sent to meet Louis XIV.
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