Former Spanish FM_Josep Piqué

A Writer’s felony, or when a blackmailer’s multi-million-Euro scheme evaporates

The French writer and journalist Eric Laurent, well known in Morocco for his books on the Kingdom, some friendly, others less friendly, has been arrested on Thursday after he was caught red-handed in blackmail and extortion, reported the French RTL radio station on its website. Eric Laurent, author of “Memoires d’un Roi”, a book he […]

More Countries Support Morocco’s Return to African Union

More countries have joined the group of 28 member states of the African union, which addressed last Monday a motion to the AU chair expressing support to Morocco’s return to its African family and demanding the suspension of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic from the pan-African organization. In this vein, Egypt’s Ambassador in Rabat, Ihab Jamaleddine […]

Morocco, Italy discuss in Rabat security threats, cross-border crime 

Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and visiting Director General of Italian Public Security, Vittorio Pisani, discussed at a meeting in Rabat Monday security threats and current international crises and their potential repercussions on the security of Morocco and Italy. The two sides also discussed the dangers of cross-border crime, including […]