In the midst of rumors about kidnapping and sequestration of children, lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti relays the wrath of King Mohammed VI and Princess Lalla Salma, stressing that those were false and «serious» assertions against Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and his sister Lalla Khadija. Released Saturday exclusively by Gala, this denial defended by the lawyer indicates that these rumors were «firmly and formally rejected» by the Sovereign and the Princess. The Crown
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita is currently on a three-day visit to Jordan after he was invited by his Jordanian counterpart Aymen al-Safdi, MAP reports. The Minister’s trip is to end on July 21, the same source added. This trip will be an opportunity for the countries to implement the major lines of the joint communiqué issued during the visit of King Abdullah to Morocco, on March 27 and 28. During this trip, the two
The Algerian national football team won, Friday, the Africa Cup of Nations, held in Egypt, after defeating Senegal. This victory, the second of its kind, has been celebrated by Moroccans too. In Eastern Morocco, several people marched to the border between the Kingdom and Algeria to congratulate their neighbors from afar. A video shared on social media showed the inhabitants of the region chanting and cheering the Algerian team while standing near the border separating Morocco from
Hind Laroussi is a Moroccan-Dutch singer who reached fame after participating to Dutch TV show Idols as a teenager. After building herself a successful career in Europe, she moved to the United States to reach a wider audience. In Los Angeles, her song made it to the top five in the billboard charts.
When the French realized that nationalists were close to Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef, they dethroned him and replaced him with his cousin Mohammed Ben Arafa. The latter remained sultan for two years before being banned from living in Morocco.
American aerospace company Boeing announced, Thursday, that it would compensate airline customers that grounded their 737 Max planes after the two deadly crashes of the jetliners, Washington Post reports. The multinational manufacturer, which said that the grounding of its 737 Max jets is to reduce its «revenue and earnings by $5.6 billion in the second quarter», will set aside $4.9 billion to reimburse the airlines that suffered from the grounding. Morocco’s national
Romanian, Tunisian and Moroccan nationals are on the top of the list of foreign communities settled down in Sicily, an Italian region and the largest Mediterranean island. According to a report on migration conducted by the Institute of Political Education «Pedro Arrupe» and presented in Palermo, in January 2018, 193,014 foreign nationals lived in Sicily. «They are mainly Romanians (30% of the foreign community in Sicily), followed by Tunisians (10.5%) and Moroccans
Officials from the Spanish State Tax Administration Agency and agents from the Civil Guard, in collaboration with authorities in Morocco and the Dominican Republic, dismantled an international hashish trafficking network in Seville and Almeria. According to Spanish news agency Europa Press, 20 people were arrested in Spain, one in the Dominican Republic and two others in Morocco during this operation. In a joint statement, the authorities explained that four other people in the Dominican
Despite supporting the Polisario and recognizing the self-proclaimed «SADR», Uganda is trying to start a new chapter in its relations with Morocco, thanks to the Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga Alitwala.
The Spanish government is expected to approve a €30 million outlay for the Kingdom of Morocco to help it manage its borders and reduce the number of irregular migrants entering Europe, El Pais reports. This new fund is to be added to the €140 million granted to the North African country by the European Union to curb migration flows. The sum will have to be approved first by the Spanish Cabinet on Friday, the Spanish daily indicated, adding that the €30 million outlay is part of