A court in Rabat sentenced a YouTuber to four months in prison for filming the Prince Moulay Abdellah Complex without permission using a drone. The court also imposed a fine of 41 000 dirhams, payable to the Directorate of Customs and Indirect Taxes. Additionally, the drone, four batteries, and the remote control were confiscated for the same directorate, and the accused was ordered to pay the minimum costs for enforcement. Investigations revealed that the accused entered the Prince Moulay
A court in Fez recently sentenced a butcher in his twenties and a sixty-year-old livestock breeder to three years in prison and a fine of 200,000 dirhams for «insulting a constitutional institution» after making derogatory remarks about the king online, according to Assabah newspaper. The court also ordered the confiscation of their phones, seized by the police, for the benefit of the state, along with a sum of money, which was transferred to the general treasury. The
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), a state-owned entity under Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, signed an agreement on Monday with OCP Group, OCP Fertilizers, OCP Nutricrops, and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University during a visit to Morocco. The agreement focuses on sharing advanced agricultural technologies, training researchers and students, and promoting eco-friendly farming. It includes developing better fertilizers, adopting digital farming methods,
La Guardia Civil a procédé à la mise sous scellés d'un entrepôt industriel à Ceuta, où un tunnel destiné au trafic de drogue entre le Maroc et l'Espagne a été découvert, a rapporté l'agence EFE ce lundi. Ce passage souterrain a été mis au jour la semaine dernière par les autorités espagnoles à l'issue d'une enquête approfondie. Il se trouve dans une ancienne usine de
The Guardia Civil has sealed off an industrial warehouse in Ceuta, which housed a tunnel reportedly used for smuggling drugs between Morocco and Spain, EFE reported on Monday. Discovered last week by Spanish authorities after an extensive investigation, the tunnel is located within a decommissioned marble factory that has been closed for at least two years. The warehouse was sealed to prevent access to its interior, according to police sources. The tunnel itself is a narrow, wooden-propped
Seventeen representatives from European Union countries in Morocco are visiting the Beni Mellal-Khénifra region on February 24-25 for a meeting within the framework of Morocco-EU partnership in support of inclusive economic and social development. The goal of this visit is to better understand the region's realities and showcase the impact of regional cooperation on the local level. «We are here in Beni Mellal, with my fellow Ambassadors of the European Union member states, to
Building on the results of its first phase, the Switzerland-Morocco Sustainable Tourism Program (TDSM) for the promotion of responsible and sustainable tourism will hold a workshop on February 27 in Beni Mellal to review the project’s progress. The meeting will bring together representatives from both countries, experts, and local stakeholders to discuss the next steps. This initial phase took place from January 2020 to December 2024 in the provinces of Beni Mellal and Azilal. It
Moroccan fighter Mohamed Mezouari, known as Hamicha, defeated his opponent Calmente Mendes at Glory 98 in Rotterdam on Saturday, securing an impressive comeback. From the outset, Hamicha dominated, targeting Mendes' legs with powerful strikes. In the second round, he maintained the pressure, landing punishing kicks while Mendes struggled to stay
Une mouette, autrefois piégée dans une poubelle en Écosse, a été repérée sur une plage du Maroc, à près de 3 000 kilomètres de là, rapporte la BBC. Gulliver, un Goéland brun, avait été secouru à Paisley, près de Glasgow, par la Société écossaise pour la prévention de la cruauté envers les animaux (SPCA). Après son sauvetage, l'oiseau avait
A seagull rescued from a bin in a town in Scotland has been spotted almost 3,000 kilometers away on a beach in Morocco, BBC reported. Gulliver, the Lesser Black-Backed Gull, was trapped in a bin in Paisley, a city near Glasgow, when the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) came to his rescue. The bird was then transferred to a wildlife charity rescue center in Alloa, a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, where he was nursed back to health. The creature