The Italian Interior Ministry has announced that it had expelled two suspected extremists from the country, including a Moroccan national, American news agency Associated Press (AP) wrote on Monday. The Moroccan suspect is a 24-year-old who was living in Turin, the ministry said. According to the police, the Moroccan has alleged links to another Moroccan who was «convicted of association with the aim of terrorism». The other suspected extremist, expelled from Italy, is a
On Tuesday, December 3, the Canadian government issued a travel warning, advising its citizens against visiting the Algerian territory. Citing «terrorist threats» and «social unrest», the alert referred to the upcoming presidential elections in Algeria, expected to take place on December 12. The travel warning urged Canadian nationals to avoid visiting several Algerian provinces in particular, including «Adrar, El Oued, Ouargla, Tamanrasset, Tebessa and
German NGO PixelHelper, known for attempting to build North Africa’s first Holocaust Memorial in Morocco, denounced the recent decisions taken by the caid of a small commune that hosts its property near Marrakech. In a statement sent Monday to Yabiladi, the founder and president of the NGO Oliver Bienkowski said that the local authorities in Ait Faska have ordered him to «remove the Moroccan flags hoisted on top» of his property in the small village. He further argued that
David Laskar is the legendary saint of Ighi, a small village near Marrakech. While little is known about his life in Morocco, the rabbi is venerated by both Jews and Muslims.
The Algerian Foreign Minister refuted, Monday, news reported on «the alleged warning issued by the Algerian government» to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), quoting the ministry's spokesperson Abdelaziz Benali-Chérif. The latter said that reports on the alleged «warning» are «false and unfounded», adding that they were used to «harm Algeria, its people and its
The Polisario Front sent, Monday, a letter to the United Nations Security Council, denouncing the expulsion of Basque MPs from the Sahara. In their letter, the separatist movement «condemned the expulsion» of the four members of the regional Parliament of the Basque Country in Spain who were expected to stay in the Sahara for a week. «It is unacceptable that the Moroccan authorities continue to deny access to the territory of Western Sahara, which remains under the
Morocco’s Supreme Council of Ulema dismissed the idea of amending laws related to abortion after the issue made national headlines. While supporting the findings of a royal commission's report issued in 2015, the council said that it is open to «Ijtihad».
Moroccan journalist and editor Taoufik Bouachrine began, Sunday, a hunger strike to protest against «poor prison conditions», wrote Arabic-language newspaper Alyaoum24. Sentenced to 15 years in prison, Bouachrine’s decision comes despite «his health condition deterioration», the same source said. Bouachrine’s hunger strike was reportedly at the heart of a phone call that he had with former Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and his lawyer Mohamed Ziyane.
Days after the Polisario’s «ambassador» to South Africa passed away, the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Naledi Pandor mourned his death while denouncing Morocco’s «occupation of Western Sahara», IOL reports. During a memorial service for Radhi-Sgaiar Bachir, Pandor said that «ambassador Bachir showed great passion and tireless determination in championing the Sahrawi cause for freedom and self-determination and was well known for his
Four migrants who claimed to be from Morocco have been found in a cargo ship in Great Yarmouth, a resort town on the east coast of England. According to local online newspaper the Great Yarmouth Mercury, the four Moroccan migrants, who are minors, were on board a commercial vessel called Anetta. The latter had sailed from Belgian port Zeebrugge and arrived Sunday morning at the Great Yarmouth harbor. «They were all found to be minors and have been placed into the care of social
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