Almost 500 families have been evacuated from the provinces of Larache and Taza. At least 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of woodland have burned since Wednesday night. Civil defence personnel, soldiers, and police officers are battling to bring the fires under control. LARACHE: Hundreds of Moroccan firefighters and troops fought late Thursday to extinguish at least … Read more
Pro-Russian separatist leader says he will not commute death sentences. Denis Pushilin accuses the British Prime Minister of ignoring their fate. Two Britons and a Moroccan have been sentenced to death by a court. A pro-Russian separatist leader in eastern Ukraine said on Sunday that he would not commute the death sentences of two Britons … Read more
Ukraine is doing everything possible to spare three foreign fighters sentenced to death in Donbas, an MP has said. Two Britons and a Moroccan were convicted of “mercenary operations” by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Ukraine is doing everything possible to spare three foreign people sentenced to death in Donbas by … Read more
A rebel court supported by Moscow sentenced two British men and a Moroccan citizen to death. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, both British citizens, were captured fighting alongside Ukrainian forces. Saaudun Brahim, a Moroccan national, was condemned for attempting to overthrow the government. Ukraine is probe into the circumstances in which a rebel court supported … Read more
Moroccan navy rescued 385 migrants on their way to Spain last week. The migrants, who include women and minors, are largely from Sub-Saharan Africa. They were travelling in many inflatable boats in the Strait of Gibraltar, which divides the African continent from Europe. RABAT: Moroccan navy rescued 385 migrants on their way to Spain last … Read more
The Tunisian navy said Saturday that it had rescued 81 migrants, one of whom was a woman, who had set out from Libya on a barely seaworthy vessel for Europe. The damaged boat was boarded about six kilometres (four miles) off Tunisia’s northeastern coast, according to the navy. According to officers, it carried 38 Egyptians, … Read more
According to migrant relief organization Caminando Fronteras, at least 44 migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Western Sahara on Sunday. Helena Maleno of the agency tweeted that 12 others survived the disaster, which occurred when the boat sank off the coast of Cap Boujdour. The survivors were arrested, Maleno wrote. The bodies … Read more
In a case criticized by Amnesty International, a Moroccan court sentenced an activist to two years in prison on Friday for criticizing government officials on social media. Saida El Alami, 48, a vocal human rights activist with regular online posts who was arrested on March 23, was found guilty in a Casablanca court of crimes … Read more
