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The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) proceeded, on Friday, January 31, to the arrest of six individuals in Casablanca, Rabat, Khouribga and Agadir. Constituted in criminal networks, these people were arrested, among other offenses, for the forgery of official documents required for any visa application.
Morocco maintains its position on the Palestinian issue and hopes that the countries involved in resolving this crisis will succeed in reaching a fair and definitive solution that can do justice to the Palestinian people. It reiterated this on Saturday in Cairo during an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Arab League Council.
Dropping out of university continues to dictate its law with a rate that raises concern. While nearly 16.5% of new students dropped out of their studies during the new academic year, 47.2% did so without obtaining a degree.
The national football family is in mourning. Larbi Chebbak, former Moroccan international and midfielder of Union de Sidi Kacem, died on Thursday in Casablanca at the age of 73.
Morocco looks askance at the "cynical intervention" in the internal affairs of Libya. Through the voice of its Minister of Foreign Affairs, it denounced it on Thursday, January 30 in Brazzaville, during the 8th meeting of the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya.
During the year 2019, the banking system recorded more cash outflows. According to the latest monetary statistics from Bank Al-Maghrib, 17 billion dirhams have swelled the outstanding amount of currency in circulation, which now stands at more than 250 billion dirhams.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has chosen Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya and Senegal to contribute to the implementation of a UN project to strengthen control in the field of nuclear and radiological security in Africa.
Even though the Ministry of Health continues to issue press releases to deny the existence of the coronavirus in the Kingdom, and reassure Moroccans that measures have been taken to protect them from this epidemic, social networks are creating confusion through the dissemination of false alerts.
Since Wednesday, January 29, construction materials from Morocco are subject to control at the Ceuta border crossing. This is the decision made by the government of the autonomous city.
The High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has been hosting an international exchange meeting in Rabat since yesterday on the regulation of online content. This event is attended by public and private audiovisual communication operators, journalists, civil society actors and many others.
The president of the commune of Tanant, and deputy of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), was sentenced by the Casablanca Court of Appeal to four years in prison for financial embezzlement. The accused was involved in illegal transactions, with three entrepreneurs who each received 18 months in prison.
In an effort to effectively combat crime, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has deployed new brigades in several cities of the country, tasked with fighting complex crimes. Their mission is to detect and combat new forms of crime and work on unsolved cases.