American manufacturer of military vehicles General Dynamics Land Systems has signed a $16 million contract to furnish Morocco’s Abrams main battled tanks with technical support, Defense Web reported Thursday, quoting the US Department of Defense. The American department announced the $16 269 197 contract on Tuesday, June 11, indicating that the Michigan-based manufacturer will «provide systems technical support for the Abrams family of vehicles». General Dynamics Land
CEO of Morocco’s fertilizer exporter Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) Mostafa Terrab has been named chair of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), becoming the first African to head the nonprofit organization that represents the global fertilizer industry. According to Kenyan online newspaper Capital News, Terrab succeeded Rakesh Kapur who serves as the joint Managing Director Chief Financial Officer at Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited. Tarrab’s
As many countries, including Morocco, are celebrating Father’s Day on June 17, a couple form the United States chose to commemorate this day by sharing the story of their adopted Moroccan daughter. Cristina, who was born in Morocco, was discarded by her biological parents, days after her birth, because of a facial anomaly. The 17-year-old Morocco-born teenager will be graduating high school this summer after she left with her American parents for the United States. Speaking to PRWeb,
Speaking during an election rally, Wednesday, Mauritania’s former Defence Minister Mohamed Ould Ghazounai said that he is against the idea of granting Mauritanian citizenship to Sahrawis from the Tindouf camps. Ould Ghazouani is running for presidential elections, scheduled for June 22.
Two boats carrying 111 African migrants have been missing since Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea, mainly between Morocco and Spain, AFP reported, quoting the Spanish coast guard. The first boat carries 53 migrants while the second has 58 others in it. They are all of sub-Saharan origin, a coast guard spokesman told AFP. The Spanish authorities were first alerted by migrants NGO «Caminnado Fronteras» (Walking Borders) on Tuesday. A Spanish military aircraft, a coast guard
Spanish photojournalist Judith Prat was expelled, Tuesday June 11, by the Moroccan authorities from Laayoune, Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday. According to Europa Press, Prat was visiting the city of Dakhla, where she conducted a photojournalism training that was attended by pro-Polisario jouranlists. RSF reported that the photojournalist was forced to leave Laayoune for Agadir after she was planning to spend the night there at the house of one of the
Two Iraqis and a Moroccan national were sentenced, Wednesday, for killing Iraqi businessman Ahmed Mawlood Muhammad in 2016. According to Daily Sabah, the Iraqi man was kidnapped by three suspects for ransom as he was staying in Turkey to set up a currency exchange office in Istanbul. The three men murdered him and threw his dismembered body on the roadside, the same newspaper revealed. The three defendants, Mahmoud Khalaf Suleiman, Farouk Abdullah Hmod al-Dulaimi and Tariq Moutil, appeared in
The Palestinian government has said that Morocco will not attend the US-led conference, to be hosted by Bahrain. This announcement was made after a White House senior official told media that the Kingdom, alongside Egypt and Jordan, confirmed their attendance to the meeting, expected to unveil the economic portion of the «Deal of the Century».
A 48-year-old Dutch national was arrested, Wednesday, in Marrakech for his alleged involvement in a case related to falsification and the sale of fake foreign passports, MAP reported. The investigation revealed that the suspect has allegedly tried to sell a foreign passport to an individual for MAD100,000, the General directorate of National Security (DGSN) said in a statement. The arrest resulted in seizing IT equipment, printing machines and documents used in forgery. The Dutch national was
Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani told Turkish news agency Anadolu, Wednesday, that he is not aware of Morocco’s «participation» to the Bahrain conference, scheduled for June 25 and 26 to unveil the economic portion of the United States’ Israeli Palestinian peace plan, aka the Deal of the Century. «I came back from Geneva yesterday night and I know nothing about the topic», El Othmani told Anadolu on the sidelines of a seminar held in Rabat. On