Women’s rights in Morocco have come under the spotlight recently after a young woman was assaulted in a Rabat market by people she called “Salafists,” or ultra-conservative Islamists. She said she was accosted by the men because of the short dress she was wearing. Other witnesses were reported by the Magharebia news portal as saying [...]
CAIRO: Moroccan activists are up in arms after a court sentenced popular rapper Mouad Belghouat to one-year in prison for lyrics in his music. The court convicted “El-Haqed,” or “the enraged,” without giving the rapper the opportunity to make a statement. He was kept in prison and his defense team wasn’t present. Defense lawyers said [...]
RABAT: At least 19 Moroccan police officers are to go on trial for involvement with drug smuggling to Israel and Gulf countries, judicial sources said Tuesday. Five of the officers, including several senior ones, are under arrest. They were held following the arrest last week of a suspected drug trafficker and several of his alleged [...]
Rabat (dpa) – The Moroccan government is considering changes to women’s rights legislation after the suicide of 16-year-old Amina Filali, who was forced to marry her rapist and whose story has shocked Morocco. Amina was raped by Mustafa Salek, 25, at knifepoint in a forest on her way from school in her home village of [...]
Morocco has already pushed itself into the forefront of the renewable energy drive, and now wants to keep moving forward by attracting Japanese investment to the country as it continues development on ambitious solar power operations in the country. On a recent visit to Japan, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Saad Dine el-Otmani said that he hopes [...]
CAIRO: Dubai-based Abraaj Capital is looking to continue its move into the North African market as a jumping off point for the African continent as a whole. The company confirmed over the weekend that it would be investing around $125 million in a Moroccan insurance holding firm to boost its presence in the continent. With [...]
CAIRO: A new report from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development reported they had commissioned a new feasibility study for the North Africa and Middle East region on the logistics of developing and establishing a single energy market that could go from Morocco to Oman. The announcement has investors and observers excited about [...]
CAIRO: Moroccans continue to foment their anger at the country’s top mobile phone operator Maroc Telecom’s decision to block a number of VoIP services, including the international call service Skype. The move in late February, sparked outrage by locals, who said using Skype allowed them to easier keep in touch with family outside the country. [...]
CAIRO: The United Nations announced on Friday that it would hold informal talks on Western Sahara next month in an effort to reach a settlement in the ongoing conflict. Delegations from the parties to the dispute – Morocco and the Frente Polisario – and the neighbouring countries of Algeria and Mauritania will gather just outside [...]
WASHINGTON: An alleged would-be suicide bomber was arrested on his way to what he believed would be an attack on the United States Capitol Friday, the US Justice Department said. Amine el-Khalifi, 29, an illegal immigrant from Morocco, has been charged in a Virginia court with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against [...]
Berlin (dpa) – The conflict in the Western Sahara region, which Morocco annexed in 1975, has become “invisible” because of strategic and economic interests, says Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who presented a documentary on the subject at the Berlin Film Festival. Bardem speaks to dpa about how the idea of making a documentary about the [...]
CAIRO: A new annual report published by Morocco’s telecom regulator ANRT says the country saw telecommunication service prices drop by 34 percent between 2008 and 2011. “Mobile service prices, including pre- and post-paid, came down by nearly 37 percent over four years, following a series of successive price cuts, notably since 2010,” the study revealed. [...]
Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) – German authorities arrested a 56-year-old Moroccan man in Berlin on Wednesday on suspicion of spying on activists of Frente Polisario, a group seeking the independence of Western Sahara. Federal prosecutors in Karlsruhe said police searched his home, as well as the homes and offices of two other suspects and a clubroom. [...]
CAIRO: A teenager from Morocco has claimed to have hacked into a major adult site, a security firm said on Tuesday. Up to 350,000 user account information may have been compromised, the reports in the country stated. The hacker, a 17-year-old, posted the emails addresses, user names and passwords of the thousands of users online [...]
CAIRO: A Moroccan court has handed an activist a three year jail sentence and a hefty financial fine for “insulting the king” Mohamed VI. Abdel Samad al-Haydour, 25, a student of applied technology and a rights activists was featured in an online video with another young activist discussing the current political atmosphere in the kingdom [...]
CAIRO: Siemens Energy announced on Tuesday that it would supply some 44 turbines for Morocco’s wind energy projects at Haouma and Foum el-Oued. The company said in a press release that it signed a deal with Nareva Holding for the projects. According to Siemens, it will be responsible for all aspects of the project, from [...]
Casablanca, Morocco (dpa) – A Moroccan who set himself on fire last week in protest at graduate unemployment died Tuesday in Casablanca, hospital sources said. Abdelouahab Zaidoun belonged to a group of protesters who had occupied the terrace of an Education Ministry building in the capital Rabat, threatening to set themselves on fire if they [...]
Moroccans are excited over news that Maroc Telecom has officially launched Samsung’s Galaxy Note device. The new product has users hopeful that future technologies will be readily accessible in the country in the coming years. “We have waited a long time for new IT products and better devices, so it is a really positive step [...]
Five Moroccan men set themselves ablaze on Thursday in protest to the rampant unemployment in the country and lack of jobs. It was part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the poor economic situation facing the country. Activists said that three had been burned badly enough that they have been hospitalized. According to activists [...]
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