Morocco has won the Bia Cous Cous World Championship, a culinary competition that brought together chefs from 10 countries, local media reported. Held in San Vito Lo Capo, a small seaside town in northwestern Sicily, Italy, the competition was produced by the Feedback agency and the Municipality of San Vito Lo Capo. Moroccan chefs Chaoui Hanae, an entrepreneur who opened La Medina in Milan, a bistro specializing in Moroccan cuisine and pastries, and Mourad Dakir, chef and owner of Maison
Moroccan Islamists have condemned the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike carried out by the Israeli army on Friday. In a statement, the PJD referred to the death of «martyr Hassan Nasrallah» as occurring «following a treacherous raid by the Zionist criminal entity in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon». The Lamp Party stated that this «murder» further «confirms the criminal, bloodthirsty, and colonial nature of this
Amid ongoing efforts to search for victims of the Tata floods, the body of one of the bus passengers swept away at the entrance to the city was discovered on Friday in the military zone of the Draa Valley. The victim, identified as a young woman, was laid to rest with funeral prayers held after evening prayers on the same day. This brings the number of bodies recovered to 13, while the search continues for 3 missing individuals. Meanwhile, 13 passengers have been rescued. Local authorities,
The Moroccan League for the Defense of Human Rights (LMDDH), affiliated with the Istiqlal Party, is advising Moroccan craftsmen and entrepreneurs against traveling to Algeria. «From a human rights perspective, Algeria is not a safe country», the NGO states in a press release. The same warning was also issued to «those who wish to visit this country for family reasons. They risk being subjected to arbitrary arrests and unfair trials. Witness the arrests and trials of over 500
The royal initiative to facilitate access to Sahel countries, launched on November 6, 2023, is progressing steadily. On the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, a roundtable meeting of this royal project was held in New York on Friday, according to Moroccan diplomacy. The foreign ministers of Morocco, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad «commended, in a joint statement, the work accomplished by the National Task Forces» of the five states, since «the 1st
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has sparked anger among Polisario supporters. In audio messages consulted by Yabiladi, they strongly criticize the 10 seconds the head of state dedicated to the Sahara issue during his speech at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. «We reaffirm our consistent position regarding the Western Sahara conflict. We support the efforts of the United Nations and all relevant Security Council resolutions to achieve a lasting
Spain's National Court has rejected an urgent request to cancel the expulsion of a Sahrawi activist detained at Madrid's Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas airport. The activist, who is still in one of the asylum rooms at the airport, requested international protection on September 9th. The Director General of International Protection, acting on the authorization of the Minister of the Interior, rejected the activist's request for international protection on September 12th. The activist
Twenty-eight demonstrators who took part in the sit-in by striking medical students outside Rabat's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy were brought before the public prosecutor on Friday. The students are protesting the government's decision to reduce their training by one year. The public prosecutor has charged them with «disobedience, failure to comply with orders from authorities, and unauthorized assembly», with the hearing set for October 23. Among the defendants are members of
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Morocco by the end of October, the Élysée Palace announced on Friday. This follows an invitation from King Mohammed VI, extended on Thursday to President Macron. The Moroccan sovereign expressed his optimism, noting «the promising horizons emerging for our two countries», according to the French presidency, as reported by AFP and Le Figaro. The visit will serve as «an opportunity to provide our exceptional
The regional delegation of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in Tata has reported that a health team, along with local authorities, visited two villages in the province to assess individuals affected by skin diseases that emerged after the recent floods. In a statement, the delegation confirmed that those impacted received «the necessary ointments and medications for skin irritations caused by insect bites attracted by the floods». They also mentioned that «the