A 24-year-old Moroccan man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, September 16, for sexually assaulting a minor. The ruling was handed down by a court in Macerata, a city and in the Marche region of central Italy. The man was also ordered to pay €18,000 in provisional compensation to the civil plaintiff. The assault took place last August when a 14-year-old girl and her 16-year-old friend arrived in Civitanova Marche with the 14-year-old's grandfather to spend an evening at a
The Secretary-General of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah, welcomed activist and blogger Mayssa Salama Ennaji’s expressed intention to run in the upcoming elections under his party’s banner. On his Facebook page, Benabdallah wrote: «A very warm welcome to Ms. Mayssa Salama Ennaji’s desire to run in the upcoming legislative elections with our party. We are very proud in the PPS of this positive step, which strengthens the magnetic pull
Following the PPS’s lead, the general secretariat of the PJD, also in opposition, has expressed its «astonishment» at the official livestock figures released by Morocco’s Ministry of Agriculture after a census conducted between June and August. The party denounced what it called an «illogical and abnormal evolution», and urged an «investigation» to establish accountability, «especially since the February census led to the cancellation of Eid
The Court of First Instance in Ain Sebaa, Casablanca, on Tuesday, September 16, sentenced activist and blogger Saida El Alami to three years in prison and fined her 20,000 dirhams. El Alami was prosecuted on charges of «insulting an organized body», «insulting the judiciary», and «spreading and broadcasting false allegations». She was arrested in early July, just a year after benefiting from a royal pardon granted on Throne Day, which included several
Princess Lalla Salma visited the Hassan II University Hospital Center in Fez on the evening of Tuesday, September 16, in her capacity as president of the Lalla Salma Foundation for the Fight Against Cancer, Yabiladi has learned from its sources. The princess began her visit at the «Dar Al-Hayat» facility, which hosts patients and their families traveling from distant areas for treatment. With a capacity of 48 beds, it provides a range of essential amenities, including a lounge,
Tonight in Algiers, Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Western Sahara, met with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf. According to a statement from the ministry, Attaf reaffirmed Algeria’s support for UN efforts «to find a just, sustainable, and definitive solution to the Western Sahara issue, ensuring the inalienable and imprescriptible right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination in accordance with the relevant United Nations
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to review the Western Sahara issue, coordination between Paris and Rabat is intensifying. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is expected to meet soon with UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura. While Washington applies political pressure on Algeria, Paris is concentrating on the technical aspects.
The General Secretariat of the PJD has strongly denounced the European Commission's proposal to initiate negotiations with Morocco. This move aims to align with the European Court of Justice's October 4 rulings, which exclude products from Western Sahara from agreements with the kingdom. «Moroccan sovereignty over the Moroccan Sahara is not open to any form of blackmail or negotiation. This matter is exclusively handled within the United Nations framework, adhering to Morocco's proposal
The alarming rise of Islamophobia in France is now reflected in a striking statistic: 66% of Muslims report having been victims of racist behavior, according to a survey by the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop). Published on Monday, September 15, the findings shed light on what the study describes as a «multidimensional discriminatory system», offering valuable guidance for shaping more effective measures to address the issue.
As the European Commission proposes that the Twenty-Seven begin negotiations to revise the trade agreement between Morocco and the EU, the Polisario Front has mobilized its allies in the Irish Parliament to oppose the move. This was reflected in a written question submitted by Deputy Eoin Ó Broin of Sinn Féin, a party historically linked to the IRA and a staunch supporter of the Front, addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding «the position Ireland will take in