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Morocco Elected to UN Committee on Migrant Workers, Foreign Affairs Ministry
Morocco was elected, in the person of Mohamed Charef, as member of the Committee on Migrant Workers during the 9th meeting of states parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members…
Police Arrest Indian National Suspected of Mediating Illegal Immigration Operations
Policemen arrested on Saturday in Tangier an Indian national, who lives illegally in Morocco, suspected of mediating illegal immigration and human-trafficking operations. The suspect was arrested in a flat that he was renting and using to…
Tourist Arrivals in Morocco up 6% Late April
Nearly 3.6 million tourists visited Morocco between January and April 2019, that is an increase of 6% compared to the same period a year earlier (+5.3% for foreign tourists and +7.8% for Moroccan expatriates), said the Tourism Observatory.…
Morocco’s Football League Botola: Wydad Wins Title
Wydad Casablanca (WAC) won the title of Botola Maroc Telecom D1 (Morocco's football league) with one day to go, winning at home 4-1 against Olympique Khouribga on Tuesday.
Wydad’s goals were scored by Zouhair El Moutaraji (16th, 45th+1),…
Alleged Terrorist Wanted by Morocco Arrested in Spain
The Spanish national police announced on Wednesday the arrest in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, near Barcelona (northeast), of a Moroccan national who was wanted by the Moroccan authorities for "belonging to a terrorist organization" and "drug…
Esperance Tunis-Wydad: Emergency Meeting of CAF Executive Committee Opens in Paris
The emergency meeting of the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) dedicated to the events that took place during the second leg of the final match of the CAF Champions League between Tunisian Esperance Tunis…
Morocco Foils Ecstasy Trafficking Attempt
Policemen at the Tangier-Med Port foiled on Saturday an ecstasy trafficking operation. Policemen seized a total of 568,000 ecstasy pills that were loaded into an international cargo truck registered in Morocco and coming from the port of…
Government to Sell up to 8% of Morocco’s Stake in Maroc Telecom
The government plans to sell, in the coming weeks, a maximum of 8% of Morocco's stake in Maroc Telecom's capital, the national telecommunication company said. "Maroc Telecom received a letter from the Minister of Economy and Finance…
Moroccan women’s sex market brings an old man to justice in Ouezzane
Police of the northern city of Ouzzani have recently arrested a man in his fifties for his alleged connection to a human traffic network, for the suspect reportedly mediates between teenage Moroccan girls and older men from Arab countries…
Horror – Imlil’s crime mastermind recalls his thirst for blood through beheading, attempted…
On the light of Imlil terrorist crime involving 24 suspects whose trial was held on Thursday in Salé, primary suspect and group’s ringleader, Abdessamad Eljoud, told the court the story of his crime in full, revealing shocking aspects about…