Argentinian singer Chano Moreno Charpentier, also known as Chano, was robbed, Wednesday, in Spain by two young men from the Maghreb. According to local newspaper El Caso, the singer was in Rambla del Raval with his girlfriend when he was robbed. The two men snitched his wallet, which contained his credit cards and passport. The latter was found near some bushes in the Rambla del Raval, the same source added. Chano gave two versions of the story to the police, El Caso indicates, adding that
After American newspaper the Wall Street Journal published an article, quoting the position of some US officials on the Western Sahara dispute, the Polisario decided to reply, relying on its representative in Australia and New Zealand.
According to the findings of a legal doctor, German hitchhiker, who was allegedly killed by a Moroccan truck driver, was not sexually abused, German weekly Der Spiegel reports. A forensic report delivered during the trial suggested that no sperm traces were found on the body of the student. An autopsy report from Spain, where the body of Sophia L. was found, had the same conclusion. The murdered student left her house on Leipzig, last year, to visit her parents in Amberg, Germany. She was
Cargo handling solutions and services company Kalmar is expected to upgrade four ZPMC ship to shore cranes, signing an agreement with Moroccan container terminal Eurogate Tanger (EGT), located on the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco. According to Vertical, Kalmar will work on raising the height of the four cranes by 11 meters and extend the booms by six meters. The project will start by 2020, «enabling the terminal to serve the largest container vessels». «With this
Salma Benncharki, the wife of «ISIS boxer» Abderrahim Moutaharrik who is in prison for terrorism charges, was deported to Morocco, Italian newspaper Repubblica reports. She was sent to Morocco because of security reasons and on the grounds of an order signed by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Abderrahim Moutaharrik, a former kickboxer, was arrested in April 2016 and sentenced to six years in prison for terror-related
In a study published in August, a team from the Natural History Museum in London announced that they have discovered the oldest Stegosaur in Morocco. Known as Adratiklit Boulahfa, which means the «mountain lizard», the dinosaur is the first Stegosaur to be found in North Africa.
On August 24, an American woman will be selling bottled water at the Day of Hope event on Third Avenue, Lake County in the state of Illinois in the United States. She also organizes a musical event from 8pm to 11pm at the Perfect Shot on October 11. The profits will go for a project of reusable water bottles with filters for Morocco, reports local American media Valley Journal. Shelley Cleverdon found a limited water supply in Morocco while she was on vacation in 2016. She therefore made the
To insult the Dutch writer and columnist Özcan Akyol, a 31-year-old Moroccan man living in Amersfoort was sentenced to four days in prison on Tuesday. According to the Dutch newspaper Noordhollands Dagblad, the man has already served this sentence. From January to March of this year, Khalid H. sent nine offensive messages through Facebook to the Deventer columnist. «I wanted to give my opinion. Unfortunately, I used the wrong words», the man in question admitted in court
Moroccan footballer M'Bark Boussoufa was signed, Monday, by Qatari club Al-Sailiya for a two-year contract. Yesterday, the Atlas Lions midfielder participated in the first training session with his new teammates managed by Tunisian coach Sami Trabelsi, the club announced in its Facebook page. After leading a successful career in Europe, Boussoufa decided to start his third experience in the Gulf region. He has already played from 2016 to 2018 with Al Jazira (United Arab Emirates)
As in his August 2018 speech, King Mohammed VI stressed the importance of vocational training. «What matters the most is to overcome the obstacles impeding the achievement of high economic growth rates that contribute to prosperity in society», the sovereign said.