Police in Al Hoceima arrested, Thursday, a young man for breaking the fast in public. Local media sources reported that the man in question was arrested at the Rmod Beach, while breaking his fast and smoking. The man was arrested and taken into police custody while awaiting trial before the king's prosecutor. Article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code criminalizes breaking the fast in public during the month of Ramadan. «Whoever, notoriously known as a Muslim, ostensibly breaks the fast in
The controversy over the ban on Tarawih prayers arose on the evening of the first day of Ramadan. In Tangier and M’Diq people took to the streets to denounce the decision.
Ceuta and Melilla want their slices of the Marhaba 2021 cake. Despite the closure of border with Morocco, central government delegations in the two cities are already preparing for this operation. They jointly developed a document on the operation, says El Faro de Ceuta. The results of their work will be submitted to the government of Pedro Sanchez, revealed the government delegate in Melilla, Sabrina Moh. The announcement comes as reports suggested that Morocco plans to
Moroccan authorities announced on Thursday the suspension of flights to and from 13 European countries. According to the National Airports Office (ONDA) this suspension will be implemented on April 16 until further notice. The countries on the list are Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. ONDA indicates that passengers traveling from these countries through another country are also affected by this
596 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 504,260. 4,554,000 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,174,449 people have received the second. 438 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 490,366. 7 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of
The settlement of the Sahara issue was at the heart of a meeting held Wednesday in Moscow, between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Vershinin and Morocco’s Ambassador to Russia Lotfi Bouchaara. According to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, «an in-depth exchange of views took place on issues on the agenda of the UN Security Council, including the Sahara issue». The statement indicated that a «just and
Kenyan media this week quoted a letter sent by William Ruto to the Foreign Affairs Ministry of his country where he denies the remarks allegedly attributed to him by MAP on the Sahara issue, after his meeting with the ambassador of Morocco in Nairobi on March 23.
The land border between Algeria and Morocco opened on Wednesday, exceptionally, to allow the repatriation of the remains of a young Moroccan, who died on the Algerian coast, after attempting to immigrate irregularly to Europe. A Moroccan ambulance received the body of the deceased at the Zouj Bghal border post. The remains were transferred to Oujda, the deceased's hometown where he will be buried, reports Al3omk. This Moroccan was part of a group of young men from Oujda, who
The four weekly flights operated by Moroccan national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and authorized by the Spanish government to deport up to 80 Moroccans from the Canary Island every week have been suspended. According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, the suspension comes as Morocco cancelled all commercial flights to Spain and France to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Police sources told El Pais that the Spanish authorities «are working to resume these flights as soon as
«Where is Brahim Ghali?» This is the question that has tormented the inhabitants of the Tindouf camps for a few days. And for good reason, the last appearance of the leader of the Polisario dates back to March 16 when he headed a formal graduation ceremony for new police officers. The information relayed by Moroccan media supposing that Ghali would have been injured during the strike of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) of April 7, only fueled the fears of the Sahrawis