A 40-year-old drug trafficker who had been on the run in Morocco for years has returned to Belgium after negotiating a five-year prison sentence with prosecutors. Involved in the importation of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine, he also paid more than €500,000 to the judicial authorities.
People born in Morocco top the list of foreign-born beneficiaries in the latest French naturalization decree, published Friday, November 13. They account for 115 of the 681 people who acquired French citizenship, ahead of those born in Tunisia and Algeria.
A 37-year-old man has evaded deportation in Germany for 22 years because his nationality has not been established. Authorities in Dortmund have contacted Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to identify the man, who is known to police and is currently in prison. A new official response details the steps taken.
MoroccoMany Moroccans continue to call for the banning of TikTok, denouncing the publication by young people of violent or sexual content on this application which, according to them, undermines the values of the kingdom.
SportThe Moroccan midfielder of Valencia CF, Selim Amallah, found himself, against his will, at the heart of a controversy.
MoroccoThe co-organization of the 2030 World Cup could give a boost to the project of a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar that will connect Morocco and Spain, as well as Africa and Europe. Feasibility studies are underway.
MoroccoLandowners in the Ait Idir douar in Talsint, in the province of Figuig, are demonstrating against the plundering of their lands. They are calling for the intervention of the authorities at the highest level and that of King Mohammed VI for the recognition of their rights.
MoroccoRumors suggesting that Dounia Batma would have started a hunger strike after her incarceration are unfounded, said close relatives of the Moroccan singer, assuring that she is doing well.
SpainThe Mocro Maffia, the Moroccan mafia specialized in drug trafficking and organized crime in the Netherlands and Belgium, would be behind the assassination attempt targeting the 78-year-old Spanish politician, Alejo Vidal Quadras.
MoroccoIn Tetouan, the elements of the police and the royal gendarmerie forces are mobilizing to arrest the members of a gang active on the national road 16, in the vicinity of Oued Laou. They are behind the kidnapping of a livestock merchant.
SportThe coach of the Spanish national team, Luis de la Fuente, plans to call up Brahim Diaz for the friendly matches against Colombia and Brazil in March. The player of Moroccan origin has been awaiting this call for months, hesitating to accept Morocco’s offer to join the den of the Atlas Lions.
MoroccoThe Ministry of Sports will soon launch the construction of a new multi-purpose sports hall in Rabat, which will have a large ice hockey rink and other state-of-the-art facilities.
SportThe national women’s football team (U17) easily defeated their Nigerien counterparts, Monday at the municipal stadium of Berkane , with a very wide score (11-0) in the first leg of the second round of the (African zone) qualifiers for the U17 Women’s World Cup.