A 44-year-old New Zealander was sentenced, Tuesday, to 21 months in prison for sharing the graphic livestream filmed by the Australian terrorist who killed 55 Muslims worshippers in one of New Zealand’s ugliest terror attacks, New Zealand Herald reported. Philip Arps, a self-identified supremacist, was arrested in Christchurch four days after the attacks, which targeted two mosques in the city. Philip Arps described the attacks as «awesome», judge Stephen O'Driscoll
After arresting a member of the Sahrawi Initiative for Change (SIC), which operates within the Tindouf camps, the family and relatives of another member of the opposition group said he was kidnapped Tuesday. In a communiqué relayed by pro-Polisario platform Futuro Sahara, the movement said that Fadel Brika was abducted on Tuesday, according to his family members. Quoting «unofficial sources», the same online newspaper revealed that more arrests are expected to take place in
The Moroccan parliament will examine, Wednesday, a bill on joining the African Continental Free Trade Area. As in January 2017 with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, having «SADR» among the parties that signed AfCFTA shouldn’t be a stumbling block.
Moroccan mining firm Managem announced, Tuesday, that it acquired 30% stake of West African-focused gold mining and exploration company and partner, Avocet Mining, for $21 million, expanding its stake in the Tri-K gold project in Guinea Conakry to 85%, Reuters reported. In a statement relayed by the news agency, Managem indicates that this new acquisition is part of its plan to strengthen gold production in Africa and in the Republic of Guinea. The remaining stake in the joint venture that
Born in Sale, Raphael Encaoua is a Jewish saint who was the President of the High Rabbinical Court of Rabat. Encaoua is known for being the first Chief Rabbi of Morocco during the protectorate.
The lifeless body of Mohamed Harrouchy, a 41-year-old father, was discovered on June 9, buried in a park in rue de Verdun in Haren (Brussels region), Belgian newspapers RTL and Sud Info reported the weekend. The spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor’s office Stéphanie Lagasse said that the victim, has been missing since December 2018. «An investigating judge was appointed to investigate the death of the man», Sud Info wrote, quoting Lagasse. A family member of
On Monday, the UN Special Committee on decolonization discussed the Western Sahara issue in a session held in New York. During the meeting, attended by several delegations, the Kingdom was backed by its classical allies in Africa and in Middle East.
On Monday evening, and after Egyptian authorities announced that the country’s former President died of a stroke in a courtroom cage, Prince Moulay Hicham sent his sincere condolences to the family of Mohamed Morsi. «Saddened» by the news, the cousin of King Mohammed VI said that «President Morsi died because of systematic neglect in prison». «He has been accused of treason, but the real traitors are those who usurped the will and sovereignty of Egyptian
A number of anti-Israel organizations in Morocco have announced that they will be ralliyng, Sunday, against a White House peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, known as the «Deal of the Century», and the conference that will unveil the economic portion of this project in Bahrain. The march is expected to take place on June 23 in Rabat, said these organizations in a statement sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. The march aims at «standing against the Deal
Following the sudden death of Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi, Islamist scholars and politicians in Morocco extended their condolences to the family of the deceased Muslim Brotherhood top figure. Some of these scholars and politicians called Morsi a «martyr».