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US State Department should listen to Moroccan victims of sexual assault too

In a flagrant intervention in Morocco’s domestic affairs and the judiciary, the US State Department issued a statement condemning the verdict against a Moroccan journalist sued on sexual assault charges against a member of the LGBTQ community in Morocco. “The United States is disappointed by reports that a court in Morocco has sentenced journalist Soulaiman […]

Emirati’s Strata Eyes Morocco to Channel Supply to Europe

United Arab Emirates-based aero-structures manufacturing company is eyeing investment in Morocco to ease supplies to its European market. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Badr Al Olama in a statement to Reuters. “We are looking for a country near Europe, I have mentioned Morocco,” Al Olama said. Strata is owned by Mubadala Aerospace […]

Morocco: Clampdown on drug trafficking leads to arrest of several people

Policemen on Thursday Arrested in the city of Tangier three people, including two international transport truck drivers, for their alleged links to an international drug-trafficking network. National security services at the port of Tanger-Med had arrested, Wednesday evening, an international transport truck driver who tried to smuggle 5,400 psychotropic pills into Morocco, National Police said […]