Prosecuted for two Facebook posts, El Mortada Iamrachen was sentenced this afternoon to five years in prison by the Sale Appeal Court. The information was confirmed by his wife contacted Wednesday by Yabiladi. The sentence is the same as the one pronounced by the Sale First Instance court. Last year, El Mortada Iamrachen claimed to be «wounded by the charge of undermining state security», which was dropped by the court. He also claimed he was innocent, hoping to embrace freedom
Morocco is expected to launch its second satellite, dubbed Mohammed VI-B, on November the 20th in Kourou, French Guiana, reports Arianespace, the world's first commercial launch service provider. The mission will be delivered by space launcher Vega and Mohammed VI-B satellite will be orbited by Arianespace. «This Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco was developed by a consortium comprising Thales Alenia Space as system prime contractor and Airbus as co-prime»,
Germany’s Kromberg & Schubert officially inaugurated Tuesday, November the 13th, in Kenitra a 450-million-dirham factory expected to create 3,000 job opportunities. The new plant, built on a 27,000 m2 area, meets international standards for the manufacturing of wire harnesses to equip cars. Since this project was launched, Kromberg & Schubert invested 40 million euros, focusing on the building of the plant, the technical equipment needed to manufacture wires and
Le tribunal administratif de Rabat a décidé de destituer Faouzi Benallal de ses fonctions de président et membre du Conseil communal de Harhoura (préfecture de Skhirat-Témara) et d'établir les conséquences légales, avec effet immédiat. Le procureur judiciaire du Royaume avait présenté, le 29 octobre dernier, au nom du gouverneur de la préfecture de Skhirat-Témara, une requête pour la destitution de
Des femmes entrepreneurs se sont penchées, mercredi à Kénitra, sur l'étude des moyens pour promouvoir l'investissement féminin au Maroc et améliorer la participation des femmes au dynamisme économique régional et national. Lors d'un Forum régional initié par la Chambre de commerce, d'industrie et de services de la région de Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, les intervenantes ont traité de l'état de
Le ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de la formation professionnelle, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique a affirmé mardi que l'action est en cours pour la mise en place des projets relatifs à la création d'un noyau universitaire à Al Hoceima. Réagissant sur un article relayé par certains médias électroniques sur «la disparition du noyau universitaire d'Al Hoceima de l'agenda du
The New Flemish Alliance, a nationalist and conservative political party in Belgium, has refused to sign the Unites Nations Pact on Migration, reports Le Soir quoting Belgian newspapers De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad and Het Belang van Limburg. «We will not sign this document», confirmed the spokesperson for the Secretary of State for Asylum, Migration and Administrative Simplification and New Flemish Alliance politician Theo Francken. In September, the Belgian Prime Minister
Minister Delegate to the Head of Government for the Reform of Administration and Public Service, Mohamed Benabdelkader stressed Tuesday in Rabat, that maintaining summer time will depend on its evaluation, which will take place from the period between November 2018 and April 2019. Asked in the House of Councilors about GMT+1, the Minister pointed out that maintaining the plan is «not a definitive decision and that it aims to achieve stability and not establish a new time zone for the
Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) et l'Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications (ANRT) ont lancé, mardi à Rabat, un nouveau moyen de paiement par téléphone mobile appelé «m-wallet». Un service qui permet de réaliser, de manière électronique et dématérialisée, des opérations de paiement de commerçants, de transferts d'argent de personne à personne, ainsi que des
Morocco is launching mobile wallet payments by the end of November and expects the service to generate 50 billion dirhams a year by 2023, reports Reuters quoting a Bank al-Maghrib official. Implementing this new project will lessen the amount of cash used for payments, said Asmae Bennani, head of the central bank’s financial payment systems told reporters in a conference held Tuesday in Rabat. «Morocco has a smart phone penetration rate of 130 percent - meaning it has more mobile