Morocco

Morocco sentences man to death over MP killing

Rabat - Muslimchronicle

A Moroccan court sentenced to death a man over the murder of a member of parliament and jailed his widow, in a case involving sex and money, the government said Tuesday. Abdellatif Merdas, who was a member of the liberal Constitutional Union party, was gunned down near his house in Casablanca in March last year. A local councillor, Hicham Mouchtari,Read more

Tabarak Buys Majority Stake in a Private Company

Abu Dhabi - Muslimchronicle

Tabarak Investment announced today the acquisition of over 80% stake in Abu Dhabi’s Tasweek Real Estate Development and Marketing PJSC. The acquisition comes as part of Tabarak’s plans to diversify and support its real estate portfolio, which will now include Tasweek’s strategic international real estate investments including its innovative Marrakesh Healthcare City in Morocco, ‘The Haven Lakeside Residences” and CasabrinaRead more

2 Morocco female porters die in border stampede

London - Muslimchronicle

Two women carrying goods between Morocco and Spain's Ceuta enclave were killed on Monday in a stampede at the border between the two countries, a rights group and officials said. The stampede took place at the Tarajal II crossing for pedestrians between the Moroccan border town of Fnideq and Ceuta, rights activist Mohamed Benaissa said. Two women in their 40s named Ilham and Souad,Read more

More than 200 migrants storm Morocco-Spain border

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

More than 200 African migrants stormed over a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Saturday, officials said, leaving some of them and a police officer injured. A total of 209 people from sub-Saharan Africa seeking to get to Europe forced their way across the fence in the afternoon, the central government's representative office in Melilla said in aRead more

Al Zeneity aspires to represent team

Casablanca - Mohamed Ibrahim

Goal keeper of Moroccan Raja Casablanca football team Anas Al Zeneity stressed his keenness to prove his efficiency during the coming period to participate with the Moroccan national team during the coming World Cup scheduled to be launched in the coming year in Russia. He added that it is his dream that he will defend to death, pledging to exert his effortsRead more

Thousands take part in Morocco mass protest after coal mine deaths

Jerada - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of protesters in northeastern Morocco on Wednesday called for “jobs and development” in the fourth day of mass protests since two miners died in a shuttered coal pit. “No to marginalization,” cried the mostly young demonstrators in the main square of the impoverished city of Jerada. On Friday, two brothers died in a tunnel accident 85 meters below ground,Read more

Libya in grip of chaos two years after unity deal

Tripoli - Muslimchronicle

Two years after a deal to form a unity government aimed at ending deep divisions between Libya's opposing sides, the country remains mired in crisis with no solution in sight. The UN-brokered agreement signed in Morocco in December 2015 establishing a Government of National Accord (GNA) brought hopes of an easing of chaos that followed the 2011 revolution. But LibyaRead more

Benabdullah stresses his right to run

Casablanca - Rashida Lemelahy

Secretary General of the Moroccan Progress and Socialism party (PSP) Mohamed Nabil Benabdullah stressed that he has the legal right to run for his party’s presidency for a third term, saying that what was published over amending the laws as false news. He added that it is not the right time to announce his decision whether to participate in theRead more

Saudi ACWA Power Starts Operating Wind Field

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power Group has announced the operation of Khalladi wind power plant, located at the top of Jbel Sendouq, 30 km from Tangiers. The Khalladi wind power plant is the first ACWA Power project to be developed within the framework of Law 13-09 on renewable energies. The law encourages the development of renewable sources in order to promote energy securityRead more

Libya's Sarraj stresses continuation of his government

Tripoli - Fatima Al Saadawy

The head of the Libyan National Accord Government, Fayez al-Sarraj, stressed on Monday the “continuation of the work of his government,” in response to the declaration by the Libyan National Army commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Sunday, that the two-year-old Skhirat Agreement has expired. This will eventually lead to the dissolution of the government. “Those who set obstacles willRead more