In Brussels, a group of unaccompanied Moroccan minors have been refusing to leave the streets and stay in minor reception centers. Despite their very young age, they roam the streets of the city, doing drugs and feeding their addictions.
While US States Secretary Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Morocco, Thursday, an Israeli news channel said that the Trump administration is reportedly trying to convince the Kingdom to sign a non-belligerence agreement with Israel.
A reception center for unaccompanied minor migrant in Madrid was evacuated, Wednesday, after a grenade was found within a suspicious package. Police told Spanish news agency EFE that they have evacuated the center and managed the bomb found inside the package. Investigators suggest that the package was thrown inside the courtyard of the center, without giving further details. «We were very scared. We were evacuated, then we heard the loud explosion», said a minor who is staying in
After the meeting that brought together US State Secretary Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Portugal, Israeli officials said that they are positive about an upcoming breakthrough in normalizing ties with Morocco. Quoting Israel’s Channel 12, The Times of Israel reported, Thursday, that the Jewish state is «hoping to present a real diplomatic accomplishment in the few days» with Morocco. These reports come as Pompeo is expected to hold talks,
The police in Dartford, a town in Kent, England, have seized tortoises reportedly smuggled from Morocco. According to local online newspaper Kent Online, the three African spurred tortoises, also known as Sulcatas, were recovered from a property off London Road in Dafrtford last month. «No arrests have been made and the police investigation is still ongoing», police spokesman Charlotte North said. The tortoises are currently at the Healthrow Animal Reception Center in London,
Moroccan international player Achraf Hakimi has been shortlisted for the best Youth Player of the Year title, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The list, which was unveiled Wednesday by CAF, shows that Hakimi will be competing with several other young African players, including Senegal’s Kribin Diata, Mali’s Moussa Djenbo and Nigeria’s Samuel Chikwizi and Victor Osmin. For the record, winners will be awarded during a ceremony scheduled for January the
Germain Mouette is a French man who was sailing to the Americas when he was captured by the Salé pirates. During his eleven years of captivity in Morocco, Mouette learned a lot about the country, publishing a detailed map of the Kingdom in one of his chronicles.
International NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Moroccan parliament, Wednesday, to implement the proposals submitted by a government-appointed human rights council to «enshrine individual freedoms». In a recent statement, the New York-based NGO referred to the recommendations, it called «groundbreaking», published in a memorandum in October 28 by the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) on «decriminalizing consensual sex between unmarried adults and
Expected to visit Morocco on Thursday, December 5, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will reportedly meet, Wednesday in Portugal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before flying to the Kingdom. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Pompeo and Netanyahu’s meeting will focus on Israel’s wish to normalize ties in the Arab World. «Pompeo will head to Lisbon on Wednesday and hold talks with Netanyahu, a day before flying to Morocco which has a growing, if quiet,
Moroccan pop singer Saad Lamjarred is a persona non grata in Saudi Arabia. Saudis took to Twitter to denounce the participation of Lamjarred in a music festival, announced by Saudi Arabia’s Chairman of General Authority for Entertainment Turki Al Sheikh. Al Sheikh posted on Twitter the festival’s poster that included a photo of the Moroccan singer. However, his tweet was not well received by his Saudi followers who said that they are opposed to the idea, citing