To Tunisia’s former interim president Moncef Marzouki, the former Algerian regim was an obstacle to Maghreb integration. He revealed that Algerian leaders refused in the past to reopen borders with Morocco.
The parents of a British teenager who was found dead in 2016 in Morocco said that UK police were «of no real help», the BBC reported Thursday. 19-year-old Connor Jarvis who left the UK in May 2016 to go trekking in Morocco was found dead in a ravine on Mount Toubkal one week after he went missing. His parents John and Sian Jarvis complained in a statement, saying that «UK police had no jurisdiction and were no real help». A judicial inquiry concluded that the
The Pamela Anderson and Adil Rami breakup drama is still going on. After her Moroccan-French boyfriend Adil Rami gave his version of the story on their split, the American-Canadian actress and model shared, Wednesday, on her foundation website private messages, detailing the reasons behind the separation. Anderson posted emails allegedly sent to her by Rami’s ex Sidonie, claiming that she suffered «physical abuse» in the hands of the footballer. In a message sent to Sidonie,
Morocco is expected to open new terminals at Tanger Med, extending its volume and allowing it to become the Mediterranean’s largest port in terms container capacity.
Based on the findings of a survey conducted by the Arab Barometer for BBC Arabic News, the British broadcaster wrote that Morocco could follow in the footsteps of neighboring countries that hosted violent uprisings. BBC news revealed that respondents from Morocco touched upon issues that might make the country witness what happened in «Algeria and Sudan». BBC indicates that almost half of Moroccan respondents said that the country is in the need of political change. Morocco
Two suicide bombers have targeted Tunisian police officers, blowing themselves up in separate locations in Tunis. According to AFP, a suicide bomber blew himself up, Thursday, near a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle Street in central Tunis. The Tunisian Interior Ministry announced that a police officer was killed and at least four other people were injured. A few minutes later, a second bombing took place near a police station in the al-Qarjani district, injuring four other people. A
Algeria has paid a six-figure salary to American foreign lobbyist David Keene to defend its interests in Washington, a research group revealed. Keene was able to meet the US National Security Advisor John Bolton, weeks after he addressed the Western Sahara conflict.
Three men aged between 18 and 35 were arrested in Spain for their alleged involvement in a 17-year-old girl rape case in Bilbao. Quoting security sources, Spanish online newspaper El Espanol reported that two of these suspects are Moroccan and that they were arrested shortly after the attack, which took place on Monday. On Tuesday, a third man was also arrested. The three suspects were detained on Wednesday. According to police sources, the investigation is still open as a fourth suspect is
Hirak figure Nasser Zefzafi, who is serving a 20-year sentence, has rejected all efforts made by some parties to help Hirak detainees. «All initiatives launched without consulting Hirak detainees, held in prison, Hirak activists and their families do not represent me», he said in a letter posted by his father on the Facebook page of the Tafra association. «How could it be possible that those who were behind our sufferings in the past are now trying to find solutions»,
Ahead of the Atlas Lions’ Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) game against Cote d’Ivoire, scheduled for Friday in Egypt, Morocco’s coach Hervé Renard said that he is ready to beat the West African team again. The 50-year-old manager, who used to coach the Ivory coast football team and helped it win an Afcon title, told AFP that it is going «to be a special game for [him]». While the Moroccan team defeated Namibia through an own-goal, South Africa lost to Cote