Spanish authorities have decided to expel a Moroccan national for participating in Catalan independence marches in Lleida on October 14 after the Spanish Supreme Court handed prison sentences to nine Catalan separatists. The Moroccan in question was arrested by Catalan police and was sent to prison. Once released, the court decided to send him back to Morocco. Three other Moroccans, arrested for the same reasons, are pending expulsion. Weeks ago, Ayoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan who had been
Pro-Polisario activists are planning to «besiege» a ship carrying a phosphate cargo from the Sahara to a New Zealand port in December, protesting against two Kiwi phosphate importers.
Moroccan telecommunication company inwi hosted on 23 and 24 November in Casablanca the second edition of the Africa Gaming Festival. The event was attended by gaming lovers and experts, inwi said in a communiqué sent Monday to Yabiladi. The second edition of the Africa Gaming Fest was marked by the organization of three tournaments as well as meetups with famous international YouTubers, including Swan and Neo. The Fest was attended by 12,000 visitors and offered gamers a rich and
After openly criticizing Morocco, former Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is running in the next Algerian presidential election, addressed the reopening of land borders between the Kingdom and Algeria. Tebboune told reporters, Sunday, that the «Moroccan people love their Algerian neighbors». «I invite those who cannot see this to remember the joy of Moroccans when Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Rabat, Casablanca and Oujda»,
In the 1930s, the United States commissioned a sculptor to build a marble frieze for the Supreme Court that depicted 18 lawgivers. The list included Prophet Mohammed, whose sculpture was seen as controversial by the Muslim community in the United States.
On 22 abd 23 November, the capital of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain, Vitoria, hosted the 44th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), without Aminatou Haidar. The president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) attended the previous editions of the conference. While Haidar chose not to attend the conference, «other Sahrawi activists flew to Vitoria to be part of the meeting, including Brahim Dahan
Official documents, leaked by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) have revealed how China «brainwashes» hundreds of Muslims, known as the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC reports. The British broadcaster, which had access to the leaked documents, stated that «15,000 people from southern Xinjiang were sent to the camps over the course of just one week in 2017», where they are «locked up, indoctrinated and punished». The documents
The Moroccan Embassy in Azerbaijan hosted, Sunday in Baku, a Moroccan fashion show, highlighting the designs of Moroccan female fashion designers Fatima Zahra Idrissi and Hind Morad Belghiti. «Fatima Zahra Idrissi opened a workshop dedicated to Morocco’s traditional dresses», the embassy said in a communiqué sent Sunday to Yabiladi. The «unique designs combine between what is traditional and modern, giving an original touch to the Moroccan style», the same
Prosecuted in connection with the trial against Israel's false naturalization network, one of the defendants confessed by explaining to the Casablanca Court of Appeal that he had sold his Moroccan passport and identity card for thousands of dollars. In this weekend’s edition, Arabic-language daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia indicates that the man «handed over $7,500 to Ali M.», to obtain these false documents. Quoted by Le360, the newspaper indicates that the defendants
In the near future, the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie is to receive five EC145 helicopters from the Swiss Air Rescue Service (REGA). The delivery is indeed planned for the weekend, according to forum FAR Morocco which published a video of the departure of the vehicles. The aircraft already carry Moroccan registrations, Medias24 said, noting that «after their reception, they will be repainted with the colors of the Royal Gendarmerie» to «strengthen the UAS system». The