In a communiqué released Thursday, London-based NGO Amnesty International urged the Moroccan authorities to «impartially and effectively» investigate the «use of excessive force by the security forces against Sahrawi protesters in Laayoune», who took to the streets to celebrate the victory of Algeria’s national football team, which won the Africa Cup of Nations on July 19. Based on verified video footage and witness testimony, the organization indicated
TELMA was Morocco’s first television channel, which started operating a few years before the country broke free from the French. The channel, which was mainly influenced by the French, had a short-lived experience and was rejected by Moroccans.
The United States Consulate General in Morocco is planning to construct a new headquarters in Casablanca. According to a press release sent, Thursday, to Yabiladi, the new project was at the heart of a meeting held on July 25th and 26th in a Casablanca hotel by the American Consulate and US Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. The meeting was an opportunity to meet with Moroccan construction companies to discuss the new project and select firms that can help build the new
Spanish-Moroccan footballer Hicham Khaloua and his club UD Almeria have announced their breakup, ending a contract that was supposed to last until 2021, Spanish news agency EFE reports. The 24-year-old forward joined the Andalusian club in 2012. He made his first appearance with the club’s second division team during the same season. Two years later, he signed a new contract with the Spanish club and played his first match with the UD Almeria’s first division team. After he was
The Netherland’s burqa ban is expected to come into force, Thursday, prohibiting women from wearing the garment in schools, hospitals, public buildings and public transport, Deutsche Welle (DW) reports. The law passed in June, 2018, will affect 150 burqa and niqab wearing women in the Netherlands, the same source says. «It is forbidden to wear clothes that cover the face», the Dutch Interior Ministry said. «In these facilities, it is important for public safety to be
While the Western Sahara issues remains one of the main reasons behind Morocco and South Africa’s political differences, the two countries have been trying to strengthen their economic ties.
The Miss England 2019, a beauty pageant in England, is all about diversity this year. The contest’s finalists for this season include women with different backgrounds. One of the contestants competing for the title is a Muslim woman who will be wearing a «burkini» in the competition’s swimsuit round, the Daily Mail reports. During the finals, which will be held Thursday in Newcastle, these women will be parading bare-faced on the catwalk, and will later share their
Mauritania’s outgoing president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was at the Nouakchott airport, Wednesday, when officials received guests invited to the inauguration ceremony of his successor Mohamed Ould Ghazouni, scheduled for Thursday. Before leaving office, Ould Abdel Aziz insisted on putting Morocco on an equal footing with the Polisario Front. He told Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Bashir to welcome his Moroccan counterpart Saadeddine El Othmani and the leader of the Front Brahim
On the Throne Day, Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sanchez published two columns in which they praised the twenty years of reign of King Mohammed VI. The two politicians are now added to the list of Spanish Prime Ministers who express sympathy towards Morocco.
After breaking up with his two-year girlfriend Pamela Anderson, French-Moroccan footballer Adil Rami is to soon announce his breakup with Olympique de Marseille (OM). The player and his club officials met, Tuesday, at the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the governing body of football leagues in France, during a hearing, sports newspaper Onze Mondial reports. OM blames Rami for having missed his team’s first training session after the summer break to participate to a French game
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