The Hardzazat festival takes place annually in Ouarzazate. It is a cultural event that emanated from the 20 February movement. The public Franco-German TV network that promotes programming in the areas of culture and the arts was interested in understanding the origins of this festival in the middle of the desert. To describe the DIY spirit of the cultural rendezvous: «Youngsters, culturally nourished by the arrival of the Internet, seek to create opportunities for themselves by playing
Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido met on Monday with his Portuguese and Moroccan counterparts and French ambassador to Madrid Yves Saint-Geours during G4 meeting in Spain organized to fight against terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking and migration policies, Europa Press and MAP press agencies. The meeting takes place in Seville, at the headquarters of The Archivo General de Indias (General Archive of the Indies), which also houses the G4 summit chaired this year by
Le Festival Gnaoua et Musiques du monde, qui a célébré cette année en grande pompe ses 20 ans, a accueilli plus de 300 000 spectateurs qui ont assisté aux concerts organisés dans plusieurs scènes de la Cité des Alizés, contre 20 000 estivants lors de la première édition. Placée sous le patronage du roi Mohammed VI, cette manifestation s’est clôturée samedi soir. Elle a battu tous
Germany’s Muslim MPs voted on Friday in favor of same-sex marriage in the Bundestag parliament, the Independent reports. 393 voted for the improvement of «Marriage for all», a measure that was criticized by Angela Merkel who announced before that : «Marriage is between a man and a woman.» According to the same source that Green Party which «launched rainbow confetti into the chamber when the result was announced, have since confirmed that the party has four
8 people were injured yesterday in a shooting around 10:30 pm (local time) near a mosque in Avignion, France, BBC news reports. Two hooded men, who were carrying a handgun and a shot gun opened fire on Muslim worshippers on their way out of Arrahma mosque. According to the same source, «Four people were wounded outside the mosque and a family of four - including a seven-year-old girl - also suffered injuries from shrapnel while in their apartment, located some 50 meters away». The
The Court of Justice of the European Union will examine on the 6Th of September a case regarding the agricultural products originating from Western Sahara. A pro-Polisario organization called the Western Sahara Campaign, had sued the British government for exporting «illegally» tons of tomatoes from the province. A case dating back to March 2015 when a well-known law firm, Leigh Day & Co, was mandated by the NGO to lodge a complaint with the Supreme Court of London against the
Le trafic autoroutier a enregistré, en 2016, une croissance de 7,2% sur l'ensemble du réseau par rapport à une année plus tôt, dépassant ainsi la croissance moyenne de 5% depuis 2012. Un communiqué du ministère de l’Equipement, du Transport, de la Logistique et de l’Eau, rendu public suite à la réunion, jeudi en Assemblée générale ordinaire, des actionnaires de la Société
Un incendie s’est déclaré, samedi dans la forêt de Mediouna à Tanger, sans faire de victimes ni de dégâts, a-t-on indiqué auprès du Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la lutte contre la désertification. Les flammes attisées par le vent se sont rapidement propagées dans la forêt, ajoute-t-on de même source. Quelque 450 éléments, notamment de la Protection civile, des
Trois personnes ont été tuées et deux autres gravement blessées dans un accident de la route survenu, samedi, sur la route N-13 reliant Errachidia à Erfoud. L’accident s'est produit, tôt dans la matinée au niveau du Ksar Jdid (Cercle d’Aoufous), suite à une collision entre un camion et un véhicule léger, selon les autorités locales. Des ambulances ont été dépêchées sur les
The Moroccan boxer Mohamed Rabii won his third professional fight defeating his Georgian opponent Temur Abuladz on Saturday 1st of July, Morocco World News reports. Rabii was able to knock out the boxer in less than one minute in Evian, France where the Moroccan boxer was awarded after signing «a five-year contract with the German promotion SES boxing», the same source indicates. «Unbeaten welterweight prospect Mohamed Rabii (3-0, with 2 KOs), who won the bronze medal at