A Spanish national was sentenced to one year and a half in prison for attempting to stab a Moroccan man in the city of Reus (Terragona province). He was sentenced to five other months for threatening another Moroccan with a knife, reports Diari de Tarragona, an online newspaper. The public prosecutor's office initially required eight years' imprisonment for attempted homicide and an additional 21 months for each of the two threats related offenses. The judge prohibited the attacker
A Moroccan national died Thursday in Alexandria after feeling unwell on a Saudi airplane, Morocco’s embassy in Cairo said. M.M (62) was returning from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and heading to Casablanca, the source said, adding that the plane crew decided to make an emergency landing at Alexandria’s airport to provide the necessary health care to the passenger. The deceased was returning to Morocco after performing the Al-Umrah rites, it added. The embassy took the necessary measures
ONCF, Morocco's national railway operator, announced on Thursday that it signed a contract with France’s Alstom for the manufacturing of 30 «new-generation» electric locomotives to strengthen its fleet, said the company in a statement. Alstom is expected to spend MAD 1.4 billion to manufacture, supply and equip 30 electric locomotives through a loan granted by the French State with a grace period of 10 years and a 0.0016 per cent interest rate. This project is part of a
Le Marocain Achraf Bencherki a marqué lors de son premier match avec le maillot d'Al-Hilal, jeudi lors du derby de Riyadh contre Al-Nasr (2-2), pour le compte de la 21è journée du championnat d'Arabie saoudite. Les joueurs d'Al-Nasr ont ouvert la marque dès la 8è minute grâce à Junior Kabanaga, un avantage de courte durée puisque Nicolás Milesi a rectifié le tir sept minutes plus tard. Le Marocain Mohamed Fouazir a de nouveau
L'Office national des chemins de fer (ONCF) a annoncé jeudi avoir attribué à la société française Alstom un contrat pour la fabrication et la fourniture de 30 locomotives électriques «nouvelle génération» pour renforcer le parc du matériel Voyageurs, indique l'Office dans un communiqué. A la suite d’un appel d’offres international, un contrat a été attribué à la
Morocco is on the list of the 45 states that have paid their 2018 regular budget dues to the United Nations. On Thursday evening, and before starting his daily press briefing, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Stéphane Dujarric thanked the kingdom for honoring its financial commitments. Strangely, the United States, Germany, Canada and Russia have not made it to the list of the countries that contributed to the UN 2018 regular budget. On
Un ressortissant marocain est décédé, jeudi à Alexandrie, suite à un malaise de santé survenu à bord d’un avion saoudien dans l’espace aérien égyptien, apprend-on auprès de l’ambassade du Maroc au Caire. Agé de 62 ans, le défunt (M. M.) a été victime d’un malaise à bord d’un avion saoudien (vol n°373) qui se dirigeait vers Casablanca en provenance de
Dans une interview, la directrice générale de la Fondation Touria et Abdelaziz Tazi (TAT) et de la structure culturelle L’Uzine, Maria Daïf, évoque son expérience dans le cadre du Festival Moussem Cities. Invitée à l’événement, elle a décidé de le boycotter en protestation contre les conditions d’octroi de visa. Yabiladi publie le droit de réponse du consulat
The Al Hoceima appeal court confirmed on Thursday evening the verdicts pronounced against seven Hirak activists, and which are ranging from five to 20 years in prison, for participating in unauthorized protests in the Rif, reports EFE. Two of the activists were sentenced to 20 years in prison. They are accused of putting fire to a police residence, using violence against the public forces on duty, disobedience and destruction of public property, and having participated to an
Morocco is not having direct negotiations with the Polisario, announced this afternoon the Minister of Relations with Parliament, and the government spokesman during a press briefing. On the same line as Nasser Bourita, Mustapha El Khalfi said «no meeting is scheduled,» reports Alyaoum24. The Polisario Front declared that it supports the relaunching of direct negotiations with the kingdom under the United Nations’s auspices. For the record, the first direct negotiations