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A few days after the launch of the "STOP 490" campaign for the decriminalization of consensual and extramarital sexual relations, Moroccan civil society is engaged in another battle. The Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (M.A.L.I) has launched an online campaign aimed at ending the practice of virginity tests and the issuance of virginity certificates in Morocco.
The Franco-Moroccan tennis player, Elliot Benchetrit, who decided at the end of 2020 to represent Morocco during the Olympic Games and the Davis Cup, gave an interview to VH magazine on the reasons that led him to make this decision. During this interview, the player confides that after playing for France, his country of birth, he wanted to honor Morocco, his country of origin.
The Royal Gendarmerie of Skhirat arrested a 22-year-old man for his involvement in the theft and assault of a judge, in the city center. 12 smartphones, including that of the victim, were found at the home of the accused, which was searched.
In terms of Covid-19 vaccination, Morocco has achieved in a few days a score that several other countries known for their progress in the field of Health have not yet reached, says Professor Abdellah Baddou in an interview. As of February 16, 2021, Morocco has already vaccinated 1,904,169 people.
On the occasion of the celebration of the 39th anniversary of the creation of the Greek Football Federation, the Moroccan striker of Olympiacos, Youssef El Arabi was doubly rewarded for his performances. The Atlas Lion has been named top scorer and best foreign player in the Greek football championship for the past season.
A lovers’ quarrel in the Gueliz district of Marrakech ended in the suspicious death of a young woman, an engineer by profession. Pending the investigation that will determine the causes of this tragedy, the victim’s lover, a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE), has been held in pre-trial detention by the public prosecutor’s office at the Court of Appeal of Marrakech .
On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, Nawel Debbouze, the younger sister of Moroccan comedian Jamel Debbouze, introduced her boyfriend to her Instagram followers. He is the Moroccan businessman Fouad Ben Kouider, to whom she made very beautiful declarations of love.
The Atlas Cubs got off to a good start in the U20 AFCON, thanks to a victory against The Gambia Scorpions (1-0). The match took place on Tuesday, February 16 in Nouadhibou, Mauritania.
Morocco expects to receive 4 million AstraZeneca vaccines this week, from India. Given the pace of the vaccination campaign, the Minister of Health estimates that the objective of vaccinating 30 million Moroccans will be achieved in 3 to 5 months.
Adil Boullaili, the owner of the textile factory in which several workers died in a flood on February 8 in Tanger , was heard by the police. The man is one of the survivors of this tragedy that has shocked Moroccans.
He received a traditional education in Morocco within a Muslim family and is very familiar with the sanctions to which one is exposed by going against the established recommendations and prescriptions. But François (his baptismal name) began in adolescence to develop a frustration, a malaise towards Islam, convinced that the solution to his spiritual doubt lies in Christ and exiles himself in France where he was baptized, turning his back on the Muslim religion.
A network of human trafficking and illegal immigration was uncovered following the arrest at the Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca of a Syrian in possession of a fake passport. The man was already the subject of an international arrest warrant for his alleged membership in a vast network of illegal immigration and human trafficking.