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Spain: Moroccan arrested for threatening to blow off train

A Morocco man was nabbed Thursday for threatening to blow off a train traveling from Barcelona to Figueres. https://twitter.com/SERCatalunya/status/837353944343019520/photo/1 The man who was on the train shouted out he would detonate a bomb, Spanish Europa Press reported citing passengers and train workers. The passengers alerted the Catalonia police which nabbed him at Gerona. Police reported […]

Moroccan journalist sentenced to one year in prison on abortion charges

A Moroccan court delivered a one-year prison sentence to a journalist and her fiancé, found guilty of having premarital sex and unlawful abortion. Hajar Raissouni was arrested on August 31 along with her fiancé Amin Rifaat, as they left a doctor’s office in Rabat. The doctor and two others working at the clinic were also […]

Morocco-Benin military cooperation reviewed in Rabat

Military cooperation between Morocco and Benin was reviewed at a meeting Tuesday in Rabat between Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the Southern Zone Lieutenant General Belkhir El Farouk and Chief of General Staff of Beninese Armed Forces, Brigadier General Fructueux Gbaguidi. The meeting, which took place in the presence of […]