Moroccan national Mounir el-Motassadeq, who was sentenced in 2004 to 15 years in prison by the Hamburg court for being involved in the 9/11 attacks, received 7,000 euros when released from prison, reports EFE quoting the German weekly Der Spiegel. According to the German newspaper, the money was transferred to the Moroccan’s account, that he opened while in prison, before being extradited to Morocco in October, 2018. According to the same source, this operation violates European
The founder and president of the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (COPESA), Ricardo Sanchez Serra has decided to comments on critics, after announcing that he has changed his position on the Western Sahara dispute. On Wednesday, February the 27th, in an article published by Peruvian newspaper La Razon, COPESA founder decided to respond to those who criticized his new updated position. His answer comes after he wrote last week that Morocco's national autonomy plan,
According to Algeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, the country backs «economic integration» in the Maghreb. To the Minister, it is the only solution to problems related to water scarcity, agriculture and industry. Messahel completely ignored the border issue between Morocco and Algeria.
From his room in the Geneva University Hospitals, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sent a letter to the Polisario’s leader Brahim Ghali on the 43rd anniversary of the creation of (SADR). In his letter, the president «reiterated the ‘unwavering support’ of Algeria to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination through ‘a free and transparent’ referendum». The President took the opportunity to implicitly reply to Morocco’s
The Kingdom’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mustapha Mansouri is preparing for the arrival of Moroccan pilgrims for the 2019 Hajj season. The diplomat met Muhammad Saleh bin Taher Benten, the Minister of Hajj, in Jeddah, report local media. Discussions between the two officials focused on «the measures that should be taken this year to facilitate the ritual for Moroccans», the same source said. For the record, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs had to
According to the national police (DGSN) the young Italian student who was stabbed by three men in Rabat after a night out with her friends, was not a victim of rape and attempted kidnapping, says MAP news agency. «DGSN affirmed that the only complaint received by the Rabat police is related to a violent robbery attempt filed by an Italian student, during her internship in Morocco, against three individuals who were boarding a vehicle and attempted to rob her at 2:30 a.m. in the Al
An interactive map will be officially launched Monday, March 4th, on the International HPV Awareness Day, to visualize the increasing mortality rate related to cervical cancer in the MENA region, said Global Health Strategies in a communiqué sent Wednesday to Yabiladi. Data compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer show that by 2018, more than 7,600 women in the MENA region have died because of cervical cancer caused by HPV. Projections show that without strengthening
The Polisario Front accuses Morocco of having tried to prevent the supporters of Brahim Ghali from attending an African Union meeting. According to pro-Polisario news outlets, the meeting in question is the AU International Conference on Food Security, which was held on the 12th and 13th of February in Addis Ababa and co-chaired by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). «Morocco has again failed to prohibit the Saharawi
In June, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation took place in London. Pasha Thami El Glaoui was one of the figures who attended the ceremony, during which he was humiliated and turned away.
A 23-year-old Italian woman was recently attacked in Rabat as she was returning home after a night out with her friends, reports Italian newspapers Il Corriere Della Sera. The young woman, who had just celebrated her birthday with her family, was stabbed by three men. When she got out of the taxi, at around 1 am, a few meters away from her front door, she was stopped by three men who tried take off her pants. Trying to defend herself, she managed to escape before one of the three men stabbed