The International Police Cooperation Service (SCIP) has released a 47-year-old Italian national kidnapped in Morocco, Corriere della Sera said. The woman had come to Morocco from Italy in November to have a paper marriage with a Moroccan so that the latter could obtain a residence permit. She then planned to return to Italy, but she was allegedly kidnapped by his family. The Italian national had been persuaded by a Moroccan friend to accept a marriage of convenience with her nephew, a
Months after she visited Morocco to support female landowners, Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to congratulate the Kingdom. Trump wrote, Friday, on her Twitter account that «Morocco committed to changing laws to advance land rights for women and have now legally formalized these major reforms». Ivanka Trump was referring to the draft decree approved in December by the head of the government Saadeddine El Othmani regarding the laws
Some Moroccan YouTubers have turned to talismans, magic spells and recipes to attract subscribers and viewers, especially those who still believe in witchcraft. To several experts, the phenomenon shows how the internet can reflect the beliefs and practices of our society.
Amid the current crisis in the Middle East, mainly in Iraq and Syria, Morocco has announced the creation of a cell to assist Moroccans living in these countries. According to Alyaoum24, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad created assistance hotlines to help nationals living in Syria, Iraq and Jordan. The crisis in Syria and Iraq emerged after the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Iran responded by bombing American
A court in Catalonia, Spain, has sentenced a Moroccan man to twelve years in prison for assaulting a young homosexual in Sitges, a coastal town in Spain's Catalonia region, southwest of Barcelona, Spanish news agencies said. The homophobic attack took place on October 2, 2016, when the Moroccan, who was accompanied by a minor, threw a rock on a man who was kissing another man in a gay bar. The Moroccan man grabbed a large stone and struck the victim on the head. He fell to the ground and
Students from Morocco, Cameroon and India had to wait over a year before getting a visa appointment to study in Germany, wrote DW, quoting a report on Thursday. The report compiled by the German Ministry of Education and Research suggests that international students wanting to pursue their studies in the European countries faced unusual delays in 2018. It also reports that most of these international students waited for eight months to apply for visa. This report comes after the Greens
A Moroccan inmate held at a high-security jail in Portugal was found dead, Thursday, in his cell, Portugal Resident reports. The 65-year-old man, Abdesselam Tazi, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for recruiting for Islamic State (ISIS), financing terrorism and falsifying documents, appears to have died from natural causes, the same source suggests. His body was taken for autopsy and internal inquiry has been launched within Monsanto, the prison where he was held. Tazi
In 2017, Mouhcine Camel launched a free initiative in one of the old alleys of the city of Essaouira. His project aims to teach languages, especially English, to young people.
French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange announced, Wednesday, the inauguration of its Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco. The inauguration ceremony, held in Casablanca, was attended by Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange; Alioune Ndiaye, CEO Orange Middle East and Africa; the members of Orange’s Executive Committee and local officials, said the firm a press release. The new headquarters is located in Casablanca Finance City Tower
The Polisario Front denounced in a statement released, Wednesday, the opening of a Gambian consulate in the city of Dakhla. The separatist movement described Gambia’s decision as «a flagrant violation of the Constitutive Act of the African Union and international decisions». This statement comes as Algeria released a similar statement denouncing the opening of the Gambian consulate, which was inaugurated on Tuesday. Last month, the Union of the
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