Arrested on his return from Syria, then incarcerated in a prison in Meknes in 2018, an 80-year-old Moroccan jihadist is now asking for the royal pardon and a reduced sentence. His family is pleading for his transfer to Tangier, in order to be close to him and visit him regularly.
It is now official. Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, has confirmed the lifting of the requirement for the mother (Moroccan woman) residing in Morocco or abroad to obtain the father’s authorization to obtain or renew the Moroccan passport for minor children.
The executive office of the International Assembly for the Support of Families of Moroccan Origin Expelled from Algeria (CiMEA) held its first session of the year on Monday. On the agenda, the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the tragedy of the expulsion of Moroccans from Algeria on December 8, 1975.
The Committee in charge of the reform of the Family Code in Morocco should submit its report to King Mohammed VI this week. Feminists hope among other things for the recognition of women’s rights in inheritance matters, the ban on polygamy and underage marriage.
Brahim Diaz ’s paternal grandmother, of Moroccan origin, is the biggest fan of the Madrid player who made his debut with the Atlas Lions on Friday against Angola at the Agadir stadium.
Should you fast during Ramadan when you are pregnant? This question haunts the minds of many pregnant women as the holy month approaches. Testimonies and insights to better understand this both religious and medical issue.
Adil Lamsiyah, 20, a young Spaniard of Moroccan origin, disappeared at sea on February 25, the day he boarded a boat in Balerma, a small town in Almeria. His family reported his disappearance to the Civil Guard on Friday. For now, the searches have yielded nothing.
The Court of Appeal of Rabat has decided to postpone the examination of the file of the Moroccan extradited from Spain in May 2022 and accused of having set fire to a house in the Hay Rahma district in Salé, killing six members of the same family .
A family outing that ends in tragedy. Two sisters aged 19 and 10 drowned on Saturday in the Smir dam near the town of M’diq, after the elder, who had just obtained her driver’s license, asked her parents to take a car ride around the dam.
The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) has alerted the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, about the non-registration of newborns at their place of birth, urging him to find a permanent solution to this problem.
Mourad El Yassini, 53, was evicted on Tuesday from his father’s house in Palma de Mallorca where he has been living for thirteen years. It is the latter, living in Tetouan, Morocco, who has been pursuing the eviction procedure against his son for a year.
A retired soldier was arrested on Wednesday in Taza, after coldly slitting the throats of two of his sons in their sleep, and attempting to kill his daughter and his wife. An investigation has been opened to elucidate these murders.