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Five people arrested for alleged link with Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel; the Nice lorry driver who killed 84 people on France’s National Day, have been formerly charged by French justice. The suspects were arrested following the attacks and are reportedly members of Bouhlel’s entourage. The prosecutor’s office on Thursday held three suspects, namely Ramzi A., 21, […]
Ferhat Mhenni, the leader and founder of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), was denied an entry visa on Friday by a Morocco’s consulate in Villemomble in France, Algerian media reported. Mhenni, who holds a passport of a political refugee, was planning to speak at a conference held within the framework of the […]
Morocco has strongly condemned the “despicable” terrorist attack that targeted Thursday night the French city of Nice during the Bastille Day celebration and King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences and solidarity to President François Hollande. “I would like to express, on my behalf and on behalf of the Moroccan people, our firm condemnation […]
French President Francois Holland announced, in an early Friday address to the nation, the extension of the state of emergency for three additional months and the raising of the national security level following Thursday lorry attack in Nice, which killed at least 84 people and injured scores, including 18 in critical condition. The state of […]
The National Atlantic Treaty Organization announced from Warsaw, Saturday, a plan to set up an intelligence Fusion Centre in Tunisia, which was hit last year by a wave of terror attacks. The announcement made at the end of the two-day meeting of NATO leaders did not disclose much about the functions of the center but […]
The number of passengers at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca have grown by 4.47% in May compared to the same period last year, the national airport office (ONDA) said. Figures issued by the same office show that 707,790 travelers used the airport in May compared to 677,514 the same period a year earlier. Passengers on […]
Tunisian army personnel exchanged Monday fire with a convoy of smugglers in the town of Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, forcing the smugglers to return to Libya, reports say. A statement from the defense ministry indicates that the fire exchange occurred at the buffer zone in the southern town of the country. The smugglers […]
France flatly rejected on Saturday claims by the Algerian state-owned new agency APS that diplomatic tension between Paris and Rabat led to the postponement of French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s week-end visit to Morocco. “I categorically deny (the claims by APS;) this is not the case. This is a technical postponement that is in no […]
A new Moroccan ferry company has been set up to enhance the North African country’s maritime connectivity with neighboring European countries. This initiative has been highly commended by tourism professionals and businessmen. Dubbed “Africa Morocco Link,” the company was established by BMCE Bank of Africa, a leading Moroccan and African banking group and Greek Attica, […]
Tunisia Monday remembered the victims of the June 2015 attack in Sousse where a militant of the Islamic State (IS) group mowed down 38 people, putting the country’s onetime buzzing tourism further into jeopardy. Minister of tourism Selma Elloumi Rekik and British Foreign Office official Tobias Ellwood laid down flowers in remembrance of the 38 […]