Moroccan security forces Wednesday arrested an Italian man suspected to be leader of The Camorra crime syndicate. The 53-year old man is wanted in Italy over alleged criminal acts including blackmailing of businessmen, violence, international homicide, and drug trafficking. The arrest comes in line with an international arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities and a […]
the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank rejected most of the claims of Corral Morocco Holding, owned by Saudi billionaire Al Amoudi in a case filed against the Moroccan government over the shut-down of Samir refinery. The arbitration institution ordered Morocco to pay just 6% of the total 2.7 […]
Moroccan anthropologist Aomar Boum, a renowned scholar of Jewish culture, has been appointed to the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Author and co-editor of four books, including “Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco,” and “The Holocaust and North Africa,” Boum is also a […]
