In 1769, the Portuguese abandoned their Moroccan colony, Mazagao. Years later the inhabitants of the city were sent to Brazil to build their own new Mazagao.
Spain is planning to restore universal jurisdiction, repealed in 2014 by the Rajoy government. The decision might affect Morocco, especially as the situation in the Rif and the Western Sahara interest judges in Madrid.
The Spanish government is intending to send back migrants forcing their way into its two North African enclaves to Morocco. The decision comes as local media speak about a new migration plan in Madrid.
Moroccan farm workers in Huelva, who have accused their bosses of allegedly abusing them, have referred to a case of human trafficking, allegedly carried out with the help of the Spanish authorities.
Pedro Sanchez’ cabinet is expected to answer questions, asked by Spanish deputies on the closure of commercial borders, separating Morocco and Melilla. The request was submitted by the People’s Party, Ciudadanos and PDeCAT.
Few days after Eid al-Adha, a Moroccan family claims that their sheep meat was discolored despite the efforts made this year by the National Office of Food Safety. The latter has promised to issue a detailed communiqué on the phenomenon.
Morocco is intensifying precautionary preventions, after Cholera outbreak killed two people in Algeria. Tunisia and Libya were the first to take the same measures in the region.
After she said that she was kidnapped, tortured, raped and tattooed by a group of teenagers, a Tunisian tattoo offered to help Khadija. Meanwhile, families of the suspects denounced the teenager’s claims bringing their own version of the story.
Born in 1976 in Nador, Khalid Maadour is a film enthusiast. Since the 1990s, he led a successful career in France and in Morocco as an actor, especially after starring in 2004 in Marock, a movie directed by Laïla Marrakchi.
After it stated before that the video showing angry pilgrims, neglected in Mina was shot last year, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs recognizes in a new statement the terrible conditions these people had to experience when performing hajj in Mina and Arafat.