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Morocco’s Interior Ministry said that mayorships and elected officials are banned from using charity for electoral purposes, Assabah daily reported. The move aims at preventing elected officials from using the suffering of poor people through charity in order to wage electoral campaigns, in a move that would lift the rug from under the feat of […]
The Interior ministry has confirmed that his department has prohibited political parties from distributing food aid to the needy during the confinement. The Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit, who was speaking to MPs, did not elaborate why his department took such a decision. However, observers see the move as a step to prevent political parties, especially […]
Morocco’s interior ministry has warned to take action against those who resort to charity during the holy month of Ramadan for electoral purposes, Moroccan media said. The distribution of charity requires a permit from competent authorities, the ministry said. Many politicians use charity by distributing foodstuff to the needy as a means to win new […]
King Mohammed VI has approved sanctions against a Wali, six governors and over one hundred enforcement agents because of failure to fulfil their duties. During an audience Monday at the Casablanca Royal Palace, the Minister of the Interior presented to the Monarch the results of investigations conducted by his department on the work and working […]
Morocco’s Foreign Ministry summoned Algeria’s ambassador in Rabat and denounced the expulsion of 54 Syrian migrants by Algerian authorities to the Moroccan border town of Figuig as an “inhumane behavior”. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministry expressed concern at the expulsion by Algeria of Syrians undergoing vulnerable conditions. “It is immoral and unethical to manipulate […]
The Moroccan Interior Ministry Friday announced it dismantled in the Northern city of Tetuan a three-man cell connected to Daech that was preparing attacks against institutions and security authorities. The operation was led by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), the judicial arm of the domestic intelligence service. According to the early investigation findings, […]
Moroccan security services have interrupted another deadly ISIS terrorist plot seeking to undermine the North African country’s peace and stability. Morocco’s Interior Ministry announced Monday it has dismantled a five-member Islamic State group cell planning to carry out bomb attacks using a pressure cooker in crowded public places. The cell members, linked to ISIS, were […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Essid Tuesday dismissed Head of the security department, Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali, following the latest Tunis attack on the presidential guard, and replaced him by former head of deposed Ben Ali’s security. Rafik Chelly, Secretary of State for Security Affairs was also dismissed Tuesday without further elaboration. His removal follows Tunis recent suicide […]
Tunisian Security authorities announced Wednesday that Tunisian foreign fighters returning home will face legal procedures. A recent UN report listed Tunisia as the largest foreign fighter provider in hotbed conflicts with more than 3,000 Tunisians reported fighting in Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. The information officer of the Tunisian Interior Ministry who announced the legal […]