Trauma’s van Nora is a Facebook group created by a Dutch-Moroccan to help members of her community share their past traumas. The platform gained fame among the Moroccan community in the Netherlands.
Morocco’s national football team has lost one spot in the monthly FIFA ranking, becoming 43rd in the world. The Atlas Lions ranked fifth in Africa, behind Senegal 20th, Tunisia 27th, Nigeria 31st and Algeria 35th. In the Arab World, the Moroccan team comes third, behind Tunisia and Algeria and ahead of Egypt, which ranks 51st in the world. Globally, Belgium 1st, France 2nd, Brazil 3rd, England 4th and Uruguay 5th top the FIFA ranking for the month of November.
An Egyptian citizen and his accomplice were sentenced, Tuesday, to death by the Tangier Court of Appeal for murdering a Moroccan man, mutilating and cremating his remains, Arabic-language newspaper Al Ahdath reports. The victim went missing in November 2018 in mysterious circumstances. The Tangier prosecutor’s office received a complaint in December, which initiated an investigation. The latter revealed later that the man was killed and that his body was cut then cremated to conceal the
IDEMIA, a French multinational firm specializing in security and identity solutions, will help Morocco’s National Security Government Department (DGSN) introduce a secured digital identity online services platform for Moroccans, said the firm in a press release relayed Friday by Financial Post. IDEMIA has signed a strategic contract with DGSN to supply Morocco’s latest national electronic ID. With the help of the French firm, the new platform will allow Moroccans to «access
Kiwi organizations protesting against a cargo ship carrying phosphate rock sourced in Western Sahara are ready to turn to a compromise. Trade unionists are asking for a «clamorous and pragmatic action» and are open to discuss an agreement with the importing company.
A British woman has been accused of assisting her boyfriend after he allegedly stabbed a man to death in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. According to local newspaper Birmingham Mail, Aseel Arar has booked flights for her and her boyfriend Abdulgalil Aldaobhni following the alleged murder. The couple were arrested before making it to Morocco at the Heathrow Airport. Aldaobhni is, in fact, accused along with his brother Mustafa and friend Shafique Shaddad of allegedly murdering Fahad Mohamed
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized on behalf of the Conservative party for the «hurt and offence» that has been caused by Islamophobia, wrote the Evening Standard on Wednesday. The UK Prime Minister’s apologies come as his party suspended, earlier this month, a number of its members for reportedly sharing Islamophobic posts online. The decision was taken after British newspaper The Guardian said in a recent article that «15 current and 10
The former technical director of Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) Pim Verbeek, died, Thursday, aged 63 after a battle with cancer. The news was announced by Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam, where he had been a board member since the beginning of the year. The former Sparta footballer and manager was appointed in 2010 as the national youth technical director for Morocco. Along with coach Mohamed Ouarga, the Dutch director’s efforts earned Morocco's qualification
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Morocco in December. While in the Kingdom, the American official is expected to «push» for normalized ties with Israel, a State Department official revealed.
At least four migrants have died and 16 others are missing after a boat that was carrying 78 migrants went adrift while after leaving Morocco for Spain, The Guardian reports. On Tuesday night, Spain’s maritime rescue services were informed by an NGO that the boat got into difficulties after it left the Charrana beach, near Nador. The Spanish rescue services managed to save 62 people near Melilla, a spokeswoman for Salvamento Maritimo told the same newspaper. «Three of