In an initiative launched by an Iraqi student, the streets of Mosul have been painted blue just like the city of Chefchaouen. Inspired by Morocco’s blue city, Mosul's old quarter was decorated in a way that attracts visitors.
Ryanair passengers flying from Morocco to Belgium had a terrifying trip as their jet was battling against Storm Dennis, a weakening European windstorm and the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded. A video shared by The Sun shows passengers on the Ryanair flight crying and praying while the jet was violently shaken by the storm. The flight left Oujda on Sunday for Brussels and was caught in the strong flow of turbulence. Passengers were seen in the video
As usual, Algeria and the Polisario Front have reacted to the opening of an Ivorian consulate in Laayoune. On Tuesday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said that the decision is «a flagrant transgression of international law» and a «violation of the commitments under the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU)». Similarly, the Polisario Front described the opening of a consulate of Cote d’Ivoire in Laayoune as «an act of aggression against the Saharawi
Fourteen people, including two children, died while trying to reach the Canary Islands, Spanish newspaper La Provincia wrote on Tuesday, quoting an NGO called «Watch the Med». These migrants were near the Moroccan coast when their boat capsized. The Royal Moroccan Navy rescued fourteen other migrants after a Moroccan fisherman alerted the authorities, survivors told the NGO. Spanish activist Helena Maleno, founder of the NGO «Caminando Fronteras», told the Spanish news
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita visited Mauritania, Tuesday. In Nouakchott, he was received by his counterpart Ismail Ould Cheikh. The Minister is expected to also meet Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. According to Mauritanian newspaper Anbaa.info, the visit is «meant to dispel misunderstandings», referring to the Moroccan Foreign Ministry’s recent statement on ties with Mauritania. In February 4, Bourita said during a House of Councilors’ meeting
An irregular immigrant, who says he is from Morocco, is unable to return home because the British and Moroccan authorities have no idea who he is, Mirror UK reported on Tuesday. Abdelhadi Bahou-Jabour, 22, was arrested for attacking a man who had allegedly «racially abused him in a nightclub» in Leicester City Centre, UK. Bahou-Jabour told the judges that he possesses a fake identity card. His lawyer said that Bahou Jabour wants to return to Morocco, where his
An appeal court in Settat confirmed, Tuesday, a four-year prison sentence against Moroccan YouTuber Mohamed Sekkaki, also knowns as «Moul Kaskita». The Settat-based YouTuber was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 40,000 dirhams, despite having apologized to the King and the public for the video he had been tried for, Arabic-language newspaper Al3omk reports. After a series of hearings, Moul Kaskita, was sentenced by a first instance court, in December, to four
On Tuesday, Amnesty International said that Morocco «harassed journalists, bloggers, artists and activists for expressing their views peacefully» in 2019. The NGO’s statement is part of an annual report on the human rights situation in the MENA region.
To cope with the «threat» of Morocco, the presidents of Ceuta and Melilla are now betting on the financial support of Spain’s central government. The two cities are calling for an independent economic model like the one adopted in Morocco.
Morocco’s national grains agency, known as ONICL, has launched a tender to import 354,000 tons of U.S.-origin durum wheat, European traders told Reuters on Monday. The operation, if completed, is to be done under a preferential tariff import quota, the news agency added. The tender will be closed on March 5. According to the same source, Morocco wants the shipments to arrive by May 31, traders added. For the record, Morocco approved a decree in December 2019, suspending customs