Morocco

Spain commit to renew EU-Morocco agreement

musiclover — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:29:45 +0000

The head of the Ministry for the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM), Elena Espinosa, has said that the Spanish Government is prepared to do “everything possible” to make sure that the renewal of the fisheries agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco is “not a problem.”

Spain “will try to lend a hand,” said the minister when asked about the agreement, during a visit to the International University of Menéndez Pelayo in Santander.

Spain looks to ease Morocco tension

musiclover — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:02:11 +0000

Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Spain’s interior minister, has sought to defuse a dispute with Morocco over immigration and the alleged abuse of Moroccans by Spanish police, during a visit to Rabat. Morocco has issued five statements in recent weeks claiming police in Mellila, a Spanish enclave in north Africa, beat up visiting Moroccans, as well as More >

Morocco a holding site for Al Qaeda suspects

musiclover — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:24:05 +0000

A Yemeni man implicated in the attacks on Sept 11, 2001, was secretly detained in Morocco after Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives took him there in 2002, American officials have said. While the man, Ramzi bin Al Shibh (picture), was detained in a prison near Rabat, Moroccan officials videotaped several of his interrogation sessions and More >

Morocco sends humanitarian aid to Pakistan

musiclover — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:56:36 +0000

Morocco on Wednesday sent a planeload of humanitarian aid to flood victims in Pakistan, official sources said in Rabat. The aid, ordered by King Mohamed the VI, includes 12 tonnes of medical and pharm aceutical products. The Pakistani government says hundreds of people have died following the floods which have also affected millions of people, More >

Morocco to finance $13M hotel on island

musiclover — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:05:31 +0000

Dominica’s prime minister says Morocco has pledged to help finance construction of a $13 million hotel on the tiny eastern Caribbean island.

Roosevelt Skerrit says the 50-room hotel will be built near the airport on the north side of the island. A construction date has not been set.

Morocco invites bids for solar scheme

musiclover — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:26:56 +0000

Morocco is inviting investors who have expressed interest in phase one of its $9 billion solar power project to submit pre-qualification bids by October 4 at the latest, its solar energy agency said on Thursday. The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) said it will accept bids by individual firms or companies teaming up in More >

Morocco’s madrassas try to shun stereotype

musiclover — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:21:53 +0000

The sun was setting over this southern Moroccan village and in his room above the local mosque, Abderrahim Oulgoum’s thoughts turned to a subject far removed from his Quranic law studies: football.

“It’s the World Cup final today,” said Mr Oulgoum, 34. “The whole village is going to be watching down in the café.”

Morocco: More Human Rights Violations

musiclover — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:29:32 +0000

Moroccan police have allegedly beaten up and verbally abused a female activist from Western Sahara who claimed her right to her passport, seized by the invading Moroccan authorities, so as to be able to travel. Aminetu Ameidan was beaten on the morning of July 13 in El Aaiun, the capital of Occupied Western Sahara. Hillary Clinton, where do you stand?

The Saharawi human rights activist, Aminetu Ameidan, was attacked yesterday morning, July 13, by a group of Moroccan police when she demanded that her passport be handed over at the police headquarters in the Moroccan city of El Aaiun, the occupied capital of Western Sahara, informed the Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations committed by the Moroccan State

Kareena Kapoor loves filming in Morocco

musiclover — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:04:11 +0000

Kareena Kapoor has been speaking about her love for Morocco.

The actress, who is currently filming Agent Vinod with boyfriend Saif Ali Khan in the Moroccan city of Tangiers, revealed that she is enjoying working in the country because of its cultural similarities to India and its love of Bollywood.“Saif and I are at the border of Spain and Africa near Gibraltar. It’s heaven on Earth. Morocco is stunning! The people here are crazy about Hindi movies,” Kapoor told Real Bollywood.

“The little Moroccan girls sing my song ‘Yeh ishq haye’ from Jab We Met in Arabic.

Morocco: the pain of missing out

musiclover — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:22:03 +0000

There was heartbreak in Morocco in 2004 when FIFA announced that South Africa had won the bid to host Africa’s first ever World Cup in 2010. Now the country plans to launch a bid to host the African Cup of Nations in 2016.