A Moroccan national was arrested in Valencia (Southeastern Spain) for preventing his wife from leaving home for a month after beating her, reports Las Provincias. The 36-year-old man had tried to make of his wife a sex slave, forcing her to engage in violent sexual acts, which she refused to perform. Faced with his wife’s rejection, he had repeatedly punched her all over her body. The assaults were repeated every day for about a month, until the woman decided last Sunday to leave her
The central bureau for judiciary investigations (BCJI), under the general directorate for territory surveillance (DGST), arrested, Thursday, three ISIS’ supporters operating in Laayoune, Salé and Marrakech, said a statement issued by the Interior ministry. Investigations revealed that the suspects, aged between 24 and 30, have pledged allegiance to ISIS' caliph. They are involved in inciting murder pursuant to the bloody approach of this terrorist organization, in addition to
Le Bureau central d’investigations judiciaires (BCIJ), relevant de la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire national (DGST), a procédé jeudi à l’arrestation de trois éléments dangereux ayant fait allégeance à l’organisation terroriste «Etat islamique». Ils sont âgés de 24 à 30 ans et s’activent dans les villes de Laâyoune, Salé et Marrakech, indique
Horst Köhler will receive Thursday in Berlin an Algerian delegation led by Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel, reports the Algerian News agency APS. Last week, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara met for two days in the German capital with Mauritania's foreign minister. He, then, held talks with the African Union Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Joaquim Chissano. A meeting that sheds light on the approach adopted by Köhler and
La sélection nationale de football a perdu trois places et occupe désormais la 42e position dans le classement de la Fédération internationale de football (FIFA) du mois de février 2018, publié jeudi. Qualifiés pour la phase finale du Mondial 2018 en Russie, les Lions de l’Atlas pointent toujours à la 4e place au niveau de l’Afrique, avec 692 points derrière la Tunisie, 23e (914), le Sénégal, 27e (855) et
A Moroccan national was arrested on Wednesday, 14th February, in Paris for being linked to the Thalys train attack that wounded two people, reports AFP quoting a source close to the file. The same source said that the arrested, 36, is accused of giving «logistical help» to Ayoub El Khazzani, the main assailant in the infamous attack. He boarded the train in Brussels and then opened fire on passengers once it entered France. The attack made no victims as three
On Valentine's Day, Yabiladi went out in the streets of Casablanca to discover what Moroccans think of such celebration. While women were more reluctant to speak out about this topic, out of modesty or shyness, men openly responded to our questions. Some believe that love should be in the heart of our daily life and not just one day a year, while others think that love shouldn’t always be romantic, referring to family friends and relatives.
Morocco has offered to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a regional intergovernmental organization comprising Southeast Asian countries which promotes Pan-Asianism and intergovernmental cooperation, as a sectoral dialogue partner, reports Jakarta Globe. «Morocco is making it a priority to collaborate with countries in Southeast Asia – we want to make a real positive impact in these countries,» secretary of state to the minister of foreign affairs and
Younes Chekkouri, a former Guantanamo detainee was acquainted on Wednesday, 14th of February, by the Rabat appeal court, said the Joint Commission for the Defense of Islamist Detainees in a press release sent to Yabiladi. On the 4th of May, 2017, Chekkouri was sentenced to five years in prison. The Safi-native was granted bail in February 2016. He was being prosecuted for «joining a criminal organization», al-Qaeda, and «undermining the internal security of the
Le Comité des établissements de crédit (CEC) a émis un avis favorable sur les demandes formulées par quatre entités requérantes dans le cadre de l’étude des dossiers de demandes d’agrément pour l’exercice de l’activité d’établissement de paiement au Maroc, indique Bank Al-Maghrib dans un communiqué. Il s’agit de Wafacash, Maroc Traitement de Transaction («M2T»),