The Rabat court rejected the request for the release of the former Minister of Human Rights Mohamed Ziane (79 years old) sentenced on appeal to three years in prison for, among other things, "contempt of public officials and the judiciary".
Professionals in the passenger transport sector are up in arms against the new regulations at the new bus station in Rabat , located on the road to Temara.
Two months after the departure of Hélène Le Gal, the new French ambassador has been appointed. It is Christophe Lecourtier who will take up his duties after approval by Rabat.
Former minister Mohamed Ziane, prosecuted on multiple charges , including "insulting a constituted body" and "adultery" has seen his 3-year prison sentence upheld by the Rabat Court of Appeal. He has been incarcerated near Rabat.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has thanked ambassadors and consuls posted in countries with proximity to Morocco. Would this decision be linked to a lack of diplomatic breakthrough on their part regarding the Sahara issue, which remains the point of friction between Algiers and Rabat?
Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan inaugurated, on Thursday, at the headquarters of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Rabat, the international exhibition and Museum on the life of the Prophet and Islamic civilization.
The judicial police services of Rabat , in close coordination with the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), succeeded in arresting three individuals aged 26 to 31 in the middle of a cocaine transaction.
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), is investigating the Nigerian ambassador to Morocco after learning that he spent $200,000 to renovate his official residence located in Souissi, one of the five districts of the urban commune of Rabat.
Ashraf Sekkaki, 39, has been in prison in Morocco for more than ten years, after escaping from the prison in Bruges, Belgium in 2009. He is accused of illegal trafficking, fraud, money laundering, and corruption of prison guards. On Monday, the Belgian prosecution requested four years in prison against him.
The Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project is progressing. Pending the final decision expected in Abuja in 2023 , the technical committee organized a series of meetings in Rabat this week.
A "ould lefchouch" (rich kid) fled after injuring a policeman in charge of traffic management in the Bab El Mellah area, in the center of Rabat .
24 gendarmes, including colonels, are being prosecuted for their involvement in a money laundering case. Their trial opened before the Court of First Instance in Rabat, as well as the courts in Fez, Casablanca and Marrakech.