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  • I apologize, but I don’t have enough information to write an accurate and compelling headline based on the limited content provided. The summary and first paragraph are empty, and the original title alone doesn’t give sufficient context to create a well-informed, SEO-optimized headline for an English-language news outlet. To write an appropriate headline, I would need more details about the specific events, people involved, and the significance of the story.
    3 August 2021, by Sylvanus
  • Nabila Mounib Wins Parliamentary Seat in Morocco’s Casablanca-Settat Region
    9 September 2021, by Ginette

    Nabila Mounib, Secretary General of the United Socialist Party (PSU), registered on the party’s regional list in Casablanca, won a seat on Wednesday, following the legislative elections.
    According to preliminary data, Nabila Mounib is taking the first parliamentary seat in the Casablanca-Settat region.
    Even before the elections, Nabila Mounib had explained that within the FGD, "the concerns were not the same, and not all members gave the same interest to the project of the unified left (…)

  • Anne Hidalgo Leads Paris Mayoral Race with 30%, Dati Trails at 22%
    17 March 2020, by Bladi.net

    According to the estimates of several polling institutes, the outgoing socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo (30-31%) largely outperforms the (Les Républicains) candidate, Rachida Dati, who collects (22%). As for Agnès Buzyn of (La République en Marche), she obtains (17%).
    The ecologist David Belliard (EELV) collects 11.6% of the votes, ahead of Cédric Villani (ex-LREM, 6.7%) and Danielle Simonnet (4.5-5%). For his part, Serge Federbusch, supported by the RN, obtains 1 to 1.2%.
    Furthermore, due (…)

  • Morocco Tightens Control on Ramadan Charity Campaigns to Prevent Political Exploitation
    9 May 2019, by Kamal

    The many solidarity campaigns that take place in Morocco during this sacred month of Ramadan must now come under the control of the authorities. The decision has just been made by the officials of the Ministry of the Interior to prevent any electoral exploitation.
    In order to prevent the arbitrary exploitation of the solidarity campaigns organized across the country, the Ministry of the Interior has imposed a visa on all charitable operations carried out during Ramadan.
    According to the (…)

  • Franco-Moroccan Candidate Wins Goussainville Mayoral Election in Tight Race
    29 June 2020, by Sylvanus

    Abdelaziz Hamida emerged victorious in the second round of the municipal elections in Goussainville against the outgoing mayor (Dvg) Alain Louis.
    With 38.58% of the votes obtained in the second round of the municipal elections in Goussainville (Val-d’Oise) on Sunday, June 28, 2020, Abdelaziz Hamida is the new mayor of the city. The Franco-Moroccan managed to defeat two former officials of the municipality, Alain Louis (32.85%), mayor of the municipality from 2008 to 2014, and Elisabeth (…)

  • Constitutional Court Invalidates 4 Moroccan MPs’ Election Results in Al Hoceima
    21 May 2022, by Armel

    Elected in the last legislative elections of September 2021, four deputies from the Al Hoceima electoral district have just had their seats invalidated by the Constitutional Court.
    The Constitutional Court, after careful examination of the appeals, decided to invalidate the legislative elections in the Al Hoceima constituency won by four well-known personalities from the region.
    The deputies concerned are:
    • Noureddine Mediane, Head of the Istiqlal group;
    • Mohamed Laarej, elected (…)

  • French Municipal Candidate Retracts Call for Turkish-Origin Supporters Amid Backlash
    14 January 2020, by Sylvanus

    The MoDem candidate, Mohamed Dine, is backing down in the face of the controversy sparked by his recruitment message "of women and men of Turkish origin", posted on his Facebook page. Faced with the scale of the controversy, he deleted his announcement.
    In his post dated Thursday, January 9, Mohamed Dine, a candidate in the municipal elections in Clichy-sous-Bois, announces that he is "looking for Turkish men and women" to strengthen his list, reports Le Parisien. This recruitment did not (…)

  • Morocco’s Opposition Parties Push for Early Elections Amid Political Shift
    26 February 2020, by Ginette

    Morocco is witnessing an awakening of political parties who, behind the scenes, would be conducting intense consultations for a rapid change at the head of the government. Three parties from the former democratic Koutla would be the initiators of these consultations on all fronts.
    Istiqlal, the Party of Progress and Socialism, and the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, would not see a change in a bad light, after ten years of domination by the Islamists. According to the daily Assabah, (…)

  • Morocco’s Ruling Islamist Party Suffers Major Defeat in Parliamentary Elections
    9 September 2021, by Said

    Severe defeat for the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) in the elections held on Wednesday in Morocco. The Islamist party, in power for 10 years, only obtained 12 seats, compared to 125 in the last legislature.
    As expected, the National Rally of Independents (RNI) won the elections by winning 97 seats after the counting of 96% of the votes, said Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit.
    The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) is in 2nd place with 82 seats, followed by the Istiqlal (…)

  • Moroccan Football Club Presidents Win Seats in Parliament Election
    11 September 2021, by Ginette

    There will not only be businessmen, politicians or filmmakers in the Moroccan parliament. Sports association and federation officials were elected on Wednesday and will sit in the House of Representatives.
    For some of these new elected officials, it is a first experience. Before Wednesday, September 8, they were only football club officials. This is the case of the president of Wydad de Casablanca, Said Naciri, a candidate of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), elected in the (…)