Youssef Badr, a French-Moroccan magistrate, has transformed a difficult adolescence, marked by discrimination and academic challenges, into an exemplary career in the service of justice. As the First Deputy Vice-President in Bobigny, he founded the association «La Courte Échelle» in 2021 to offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds better opportunities and to encourage them to pursue their studies in the field of law.
As her term ends, US Ambassador to Algeria Elizabeth Moore Aubin addressed the US position on Western Sahara in a recent interview with Algerian media. She acknowledged the recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara by former President Donald Trump in 2020. «This proclamation hasn't been changed by the Biden administration because it's considered a historical fact», she explained. However, Ambassador Aubin emphasized the Biden administration's different approach.
Morocco's Nadia Annouz, Vice-President of the National Authority for Probity, Prevention and Fight against Corruption, was elected to the African Union Advisory Board on Anti-Corruption (AUABC) on Friday. The election took place during the 45th session of the AU Executive Council held in Accra, Ghana. Annouz will serve a six-year term. Running for the position reserved for the continent's northern region, Annouz secured a strong victory with 35 votes. This result, according to Moroccan news
The recent ordinary session of the African Union's Executive Council in Accra, Ghana, facilitated a meeting between Algeria's Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, and his Polisario «counterpart», Mohamed Sidati. On July 19th, the two officials held a private working session away from media scrutiny. According to the Polisario Front's press agency, the discussion focused on topics related to the African Union session's agenda, developments in the Western Sahara issue on the diplomatic
Following the presentation of their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, Morocco, Spain, and Portugal have unveiled the number of stadiums that will be hosting the games, according to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). Spain is proposing 11 stadiums, Morocco 6, and Portugal 3, thus respecting the limit of 20 sites set by FIFA. Among the proposed venues, Spain plans to use two stadiums in Madrid (Bernabeu and Metropolitano) and two in Barcelona (Camp Nou and Cornellà-El
A recent study by the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, suggests a different culprit for the September 2023 Al Haouz earthquake: hot, molten rock rising from deep within the Earth, known as mantle upwelling.
On Friday, July 19, 2024, the Casablanca branch of the National Syndicate for Higher Education staged a protest at the Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik. They condemned the Dean's refusal to award a prize to a High School of Technology student for wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh. The union called the Dean's action «a dangerous breach of academic ethics and internationally recognized freedoms». They further described it as «reckless, disrespectful, and an insult to the
Morocco’s General Directorate of Information Systems Security (DGSSI) has issued a series of recommendations for Moroccans potentially impacted by the recent Microsoft IT outage that occurred on Friday. This outage caused disruptions in various parts of the world, affecting airlines, banks, businesses, and even emergency services. In its note, the DGSSI, an entity affiliated with the National Defense Administration, acknowledged the outage that left several users disconnected from their
German prosecutors have confirmed the arrest of Raja de Casablanca president Mohamed Boudrika at Hamburg airport on an international arrest warrant. «He is being held pending extradition to the Moroccan authorities», the prosecutor's office stated. Boudrika was traveling to Hamburg on Wednesday to meet with first-team coach Josef Zinnbauer to convince him to continue coaching the Green team. Last March, the Aïn Sebaa Criminal Court sentenced Mohamed Boudrika in absentia
The Spanish National Police recovered 15 stolen cars hidden inside containers at the Algeciras port. Most of these vehicles, originating from France, Germany, and Italy, were intercepted before being shipped across the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco. According to Spanish media, the thieves employed a technique known as «triangulation». This method involves fraudulently obtaining ownership documents for rental cars, essentially hiding the true owner's identity through a series of
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