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.
SportThe Moroccan international, Hakim Ziyech , has returned to his Turkish club, Galatasaray, where he has resumed training after Morocco’s elimination in the round of 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire.
MoroccoMoroccan and Israeli customers of the Israeli airline El Al who wish to take the direct flights between Morocco and Israel next summer will have to wait longer.
MoroccoIn Morocco, the British company specializing in gas exploration, Chariot Oil & Gas, will be able to realize its ambitions for 2024.
MoroccoMorocco could face a serious health crisis and an increase in incidents of violence and crime due to the rapid spread of the [drug "l’boufa" or "poor man’s cocaine">103699] that is silently destroying young Moroccans.
FranceThe autopsy of Sihem Belouahmia, the 18-year-old high school student, who disappeared on January 25, 2023 near Alès in the Gard, and then found dead in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, February 2 of the same year on the edge of a forest path, col de la Croix-des-Vent, contradicts the version of the facts provided by Mahfoud H., the ex-partner of the victim’s cousin.
MoroccoThe statements of Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit before the House of Advisors, conditioning the resumption of dialogue with the representatives of the local authorities on the cessation of strikes, provoke the anger of the unions in this sector. The latter are planning a national strike.
MoroccoMany motorists are victims of assaults and scams at highway rest areas along the Tangier-Rabat-Casablanca-Settat-Marrakech axis. Exasperated, owners of service stations and employees of certain cafes are calling on the authorities to take responsibility.
SportA Saudi club desperately wants to recruit the Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech and has made an attractive offer for the Galatasaray player.
MoroccoThe General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has firmly denied the information that the Malian international drug trafficker nicknamed the "Desert Escobar" , initially detained in the El Jadida prison before being transferred to the local Ain Sebaa prison, was the victim of two assassination attempts related to the case for which he is being prosecuted.
MoroccoIn Morocco, automotive sector exports reached over 141.76 billion dirhams at the end of December 2023, an increase of 27.4% compared to the previous year.