Deux sœurs, âgées respectivement de 13 et 8 ans, sont mortes, mardi soir, par noyade dans une fosse septique située dans un lotissement en construction au niveau de l'avenue Hassan II dans la ville d'El Gara, apprend-on auprès des autorités locales de la province de Berrechid. Selon les premiers éléments, les deux fillettes, qui habitaient près dudit lotissement, jouaient près de la fosse septique remplie d'eau avant d'y
Les éloignements forcés d’étrangers en situation irrégulière en France ont enregistré une hausse de 14,6% en 2017, soit 14 859 contre 12 961 en 2016, selon un rapport publié mardi par la direction des étrangers de France (DGEF) relevant du ministère de l’Intérieur. Les non admissions d’étrangers en situation irrégulière prononcées aux frontières, dans le contexte du
Earlier on Tuesday, January 16, most precisely around 7:30, a group of 300 migrants tried to force their way into Ceuta trying to climb the metal fence that separates Morocco from the Spanish enclave, reports the Spanish news website Ceuta TV. The migrants tried to jump over the fence, «which led the Moroccan security forces to temporarily close the border for about 20 minutes before they could jump,» the source added. Following this attempt, security forces from the Spanish Civil
Le ministre de l'Equipement, du transport, de la logistique et de l'eau, Abdelkader Amara, a affirmé, lundi, que près de 5 000 kilomètres de routes nationales, régionales et provinciales ont été fermés au cours de cette année, en raison des chutes de neige «exceptionnelles». En réponse à une question orale sur les «Mesures prises pour le désenclavement des régions encerclées par la
Hicham Mouchtari, accused of killing in March 2017 MP Abdellatif Merdas, has been sentenced to death, reports Media 24. The accused was found guilty Monday, January the 15th, after a hearing that took place in Casablanca’s Appeal Court. The sentence was required by the public prosecutor. His widow, Ouafae Ben Samadi, his nephew, Hamza Mouchtari, as well as Roukia Shahbou, are all considered as accomplices, actively participating in the commission of the crime. They were sentenced to life
The U.S is to lift a ban it imposed on citrus imports coming from the Berkane region, reports on Tuesday Fresh Fruit Portal. The embargo on Moroccan tangerines, clementines, mandarins and sweet orange was put when the country detected Mediterranean fruit fly, known as Medfly, in the imports in December 2016. According to the same source, the ban imposed by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency (APHIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture responsible for
An incident involving a 11-year-old girl who claimed that her hijab was cut by an individual outdoors «did not happen», according to the Toronto police, reports CTV news on Monday. On Friday, local police said it was investigating about a girl that claimed being attacked by a man with a pair of scissors while going to school in the eastern part of the city. According to the police, the girl was on her way to school when she noticed that a man was trying to cut her hijab with a
Les échanges extérieurs du Maroc ont été marqués par une aggravation du déficit de la balance commerciale de 2,6% à 189,8 milliards de dirhams (MMDH) durant l'année écoulée, contre 185 MMDH en 2016, selon les données de l'Office des changes. Les importations ont atteint 434,7 MMDH, soit une hausse de 6,3%, alors que les exportations ont progressé de 9,3% à 244,9 MMDH, indique l'Office des changes dans
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a Barcelona-based private equity fund, is to acquire through its third fund (MC III) a stake in ‘Travaux Généraux de Construction de Casablanca (TGCC)', a building and real-estate company, announced the company in a communiqué sent to Yabiladi on Monday. The new acquisition is set to support the company, founded in 1991 by Mohammed Bouzoubaa and operating in Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa, through its expansion plan in both the
Masdar, the Middle East’s largest exporter of renewable energy, announced on Monday, 14th of January, at the Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Week that it has managed to equip around 128,000 homes with solar home systems, reports the Emirates News agency. According to the same source, the company has installed a «landmark off-grid solar power project that extends energy access to 19,438 homes in more than 1,000 rural villages in Morocco». The project entitled «the