The Swiss man sentenced to ten years in prison over terror-related charges and links with the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in Imlil in December 2018 had his sentence reduced to five years, his Lawyer said on Monday. According to MENAFN, the 33-year-old man was arrested in January and was accused of «participation in a terrorist act, supporting terrorism, and withholding information relating to a crime». The reduction of his sentence was announced, last week,
Like many other Jewish saints in Morocco, Rabbi Nissim Ben Nissim is visited annually by Moroccan Jews. The Rabbi lived in Essaouira then Ait Bayoud during the nineteenth century.
The 91-year-old daughter of one of the women who were allegedly raped by Moroccan Goumiers during World War II will be heard, Tuesday, by an Italian court. The woman will have to tell the judges about her mothers’ alleged rape, Otatvia Fabbrizzi, Italian newspaper La Nazione reported. In fact, Siena prosecutor Valentina Magnini had submitted a request to the court, urging it to hear the 91-year-old woman, who is one of the last witnesses related to the case. This request
Tunisia’s electoral commission announced that Kais Saied secured 73% of votes, becoming the country’s new president. The retired academic has already made in his presidential program Western Sahara and the Arab Maghreb Union promises.
«It took me time to admit it, simply because I was not able to do it», said Moroccan stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh, Monday, addressing plagiarism accusations. Invited by French television program «Quotidien», Elmaleh reacted to CopyComic videos, in which he was accused of allegedly copying the routines and jokes of American comedians. «I must admit that I was late at admitting it», he added. «It was hard because when you are slapped in
By September 2020, Swiss leisure airline Edelweiss will be connecting Zurich to Agadir in a new direct route, Check24 reports. The airline will be operating a weekly flight starting from September 3rd. «Every Thursday, a flight in Zurich will be heading to North Africa», the same source added. In Switzerland, the flight heading to Agadir will be scheduled for 1:20 pm, while in Morocco it will take off at 5pm. Agadir is part of the airline company’s winter 2020 plan.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned Moroccan long-distance runner Mustapha El Aziz for four years after he tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), the body founded by the International Association of Athletics Federations announced earlier in October. The silver medalist tested positive for the «banned blood booster» when he was participating in a road race in Karlovac in Croatia in June and during another sports event held in Langueux in France in August,
Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv announced that it has received half a million euros worth of bonuses after concluding a transfer deal with Turkish club Galatasaray on Moroccan international player Younes Belhenda. Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported on Monday that the Ukrainian club has received the money after the Moroccan international made 75 appearances with the Turkish team, according to the terms and condition of a contract signed between the two clubs. The same source points out that
A Moroccan family has been able to invest its money in Cuba, a country in the Caribbean. Approved by the Cuban government, the family will be producing cleaning products in the Mariel Special Development Zone, the first zone of its kind in the country. «My family and I decided to invest in this country (…) it was not an easy decision, but our persistence allowed us to get over the difficulties we encountered», Yassine Jabbar, who leads the project, told Cuban newspaper
On top of Mount Tibherine, one can see the remains of an old aircraft engine that has been standing there for almost 50 years. The latter belongs to a cargo plane that crashed in 1969 on its way to the Biafra republic.