International NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that «is stunned by the Moroccan judicial system’s determination to persecute newspaper owner and editorialist Taoufik Bouachrine», who saw his jail sentence increased from 12 to 15 years on appeal. In a statement published, Monday, the head of RSF’s North Africa bureau Souhaib Khayati said that the «judicial persecution of Taoufik Bouachrine is incomprehensible». «We call on Morocco’s
In 1881, Sultan Moulay El Hassan introduced the «Hassani rial» as a modern coinage for Moroccans. When French took control of Morocco «franc» replaced «rial». The latter was also replaced by «Moroccan dirham» when the Kingdom broke free from the French.
A Syrian national is reportedly linked to the seven-membered terrorist cell dismantled, Friday, in Casablanca, Ouezzane and Chefchaouen, the head of Morocco's BCIJ security agency Abdelhak Khiam said Monday in Salé. The man in question is an emissary sent by the terrorist group «Islamic State» to the leader of the cell, said Khiam in a press briefing on the cell recently dismantled. He added that the authorities are currently making a facial composite of
Alber Elbaz, a Moroccan-born fashion designer and former creative director of French multinational high fashion house Lanvin, is launching his new brand AZfashion, Arab News reports. Born in Casablanca to a Jewish family, Elbaz had an iconic career in the fashion industry, working for Lanvin for 14 years and partnering with big fashions houses, including Richemont, Yoox Net-a-Porter group, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. His new brand is an «innovative and dynamic startup, meant to
The Ministry of Industry and Trade launched on Friday, October 25, an investigation to review the anti-dumping measures applied on imports of insulin from Denmark. According to Arabic-language newspaper Al Akhbar, the ministry has at the same time decided to maintain anti-dumping duties on the products, through the period of the investigation. This investigation was launched following the request of a Moroccan laboratory that produces insulin, the same newspaper wrote. It indicates that the
Several are the voices that denounced the desecration of the Moroccan flag, during a pro-Hirak march. The latter was attended by pro-Hirak participants who trampled and burned the Morocco flag.
Anti-immigrant far-right political party in Germany Alternative for Germany (AfD) has come second in an election in the country's eastern state Thuringia, beating Angle Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) which came third, Guardian says. The party got nearly 24% of the vote, Saturday, in Germany. The results were deemed unexpected as AfD doubled its share of the vote. However, the results of the election are somehow worrying for Berlin. In fact, AfD’s leader Bjorn Hocke is
Morocco is getting ready for the post-Brexit phase. On Saturday, the Kingdom signed an association agreement with the United Kingdom, which includes products Western Sahara products. However, will this agreement survive Boris Johnson's 12 December election call ?
During a march held, Saturday, in Paris to commemorate the death of Moroccan fish vendor Mohcine Fikri, the Moroccan flag was desecrated. In fact, the Moroccan flag was trampled and burned by some participants who demanded the independence of the Rif region and raised the flag of the Rif Republic established by Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi in 1921, following the Anoual Battle. For the record, a person who desecrates the national flag is liable for a conviction to a fine and three
The head of the terrorist group «Islamic State» (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly targeted by a US military operation in northwestern Syria in which he was reportedly killed, wrote Agence France-Presse (AFP), quoting US media. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which has an extensive network of sources on the ground, American commandos were helicoptered and landed overnight in the Idleb region where there were «groups close to
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