Le service préfectoral de la police judiciaire de Marrakech a procédé, mardi soir, à l'arrestation de deux fonctionnaires de police, en l'occurrence un officier principal et un brigadier-chef, pour leur implication présumée dans une affaire d’extorsion et de corruption. Les premiers éléments de l’enquête révèlent que les deux suspects, exerçant à l’arrondissement de police Al-Massira,
The Moroccan consul in Almería, Hicham Dehane, is on sick leave after being violently assaulted by a Moroccan national. The 29-year-old man beat him in the office, causing a fracture in his left arm, says La Voz de Almería. The incident took place on the 28th of July, after a man named Adil attacked the consul, annoyed by the slowness of the administrative delays in obtaining his passport. The thirty-year-old would first have been shouting before physically attacking the
Local media platforms have reported on Monday, a very shocking murder that took place during the weekend in Azemmour, a coastal town near El Jadida. According to h24info, a man was arrested for murdering a 14-year-old teenager, eating his heart and drinking his blood. Relying on the story published by the daily newspaper Al Akhbar on Monday, the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal in El Jadida «extended on Saturday by 24 hours, the custody of a person accused of murdering his
Un quadragénaire qui a tenté de se suicider dans les locaux de la Brigade territoriale de la Gendarmerie royale d’Ait Yadine (province de Khémisset) est décédé le 14 août lors de son évacuation vers l’hôpital, apprend-on mardi auprès des autorités locales de la province de Khémisset. Vers 18h00, les éléments de la Gendarmerie royale ont procédé à
Donald Trump, the president of the United States has finally denounced on Monday, August 14th the «racist violence» that took place in Virginia and led to the death of a female counter-protester during a rally organized by right-wing activists in Charlottesville, according to AFP news agency. «Racism is evil», he said from the white house. «And those who cause violence on its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other
Casablanca’s Ain Diab beach has hosted the first beach Sambo competition, according to Inside the Games, a website specialized in bringing the latest news about the world of Olympics, Commonwealth and Paralympic Games. The game was attended by 60 athletes with different age and weight categories. «Almost from the very beginning of the competition, fans from all over the beach began to draw to the site where they passed», said Dalil Scully, president of the Royal Moroccan
Anass Ait El Abdia is the only Moroccan to participate to the Vuelta a Espana, an annual multi-stage bicycle race that will be held in Spain from the 19th of August starting from Nimes, France and will end on the 10th of September in Madrid. The athlete will represent the United Arab Emirates, reports the official website of the Emirati team. Sporting director, Simone Pedrazzini is confident about winning : «We have a good team, they are all in good shape», he told the
After spending holiday in Tangier, the Sudanese president returned to his country. Omar Hassan Al Bashir will presume his political activities by holding a meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn, expected this Tuesday in Khartoum. A very important visit for both countries. Al Bashir’s visit to Morocco has angered several human rights activists. They have called El Othmani’s government to arrest him according to the two international warrants
Moroccan authorities have rejected all accusations set by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) claiming that they blocked international reporting in the Rif region, AFP news agency reported today. The international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press, has announced earlier in July through a report that Morocco has prevented journalists from covering the event that took place in Al Hoceima city. «The situation
The Moroccan journalist and writer, Abdelkarim Ghallab passed away on Sunday night in El Jadida at 98, his family said on Monday. The deceased was a political journalist, a novelist and a cultural commentator. He was a well-known and distinguished figure of the national movement where he fought as a militant, an intellectual and journalist. Abdelkarim Ghallab, who headed Al Alam newspaper for several decades until early 2000's, is the author of five novels and three collections of short