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Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams and teachers amid wariness over 'separatism' risk

World / Social Issues Feb 19, 2020

Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams and teachers amid wariness over 'separatism' risk

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on what he called the risk of "separatism. Macron has so far stayed away from issues related to France's Muslim community, ...

Moroccan court jails journalist on abortion charge that she denies, riling rights activists

World / Crime & Legal Oct 1, 2019

Moroccan court jails journalist on abortion charge that she denies, riling rights activists

A Moroccan court on Monday sentenced a journalist to a year in prison for sex outside marriage and having an abortion, both of which she denied, in a case that has outraged rights activists, who say the charges are politically motivated. Police arrested Hajar Raissouni, ...

Moroccan activists denounce arrest of journalist on abortion charges

World / Social Issues Sep 10, 2019

Moroccan activists denounce arrest of journalist on abortion charges

Moroccan rights activists on Monday demanded the release of a journalist facing trial on charges of abortion and sex outside marriage, saying her arrest was politically motivated. Dozens of activists staged a sit-in outside the Rabat court before the first hearing in her trial, chanting: ...

Morocco and Spain to bolster cooperation to curb illegal EU-bound migration

World / Social Issues Sep 5, 2019

Morocco and Spain to bolster cooperation to curb illegal EU-bound migration

Morocco and Spain pledged on Wednesday to cooperate more closely to curb illegal migration, an issue fueling the growth of far right and populist politics in Europe, following a near halving of migrant arrivals in mainland Spain this year from 2018. The two countries will ...

20 missing from migrant boat after ferry rescues 27 off Spanish coast

World / Social Issues Jun 20, 2019

20 missing from migrant boat after ferry rescues 27 off Spanish coast

Spanish rescue services are searching for at least 20 people missing from a migrant boat found adrift in the Mediterranean after a passenger ferry rescued 27 people still aboard on Wednesday. The number of migrants arriving in Europe by sea, already declining steadily since 2015, ...

Caster Semenya declines Rabat 800-meter race invitation, organizers say

More Sports / Athletics Jun 15, 2019

Caster Semenya declines Rabat 800-meter race invitation, organizers say

Caster Semenya was invited on Friday to run in an 800-meter race in Morocco on Sunday — after previously saying she had been denied the right to participate in the event — but the invitation came too late for her to get there, her ...

Pope hits leaders who build walls to keep migrants out, saying they ultimately imprison themselves

World / Social Issues Apr 1, 2019

Pope hits leaders who build walls to keep migrants out, saying they ultimately imprison themselves

Pope Francis said on Sunday that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out "will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build. The pope made his comments to reporters aboard the plane returning from Morocco in response to a ...

Moroccan suspects in slaying of Nordic trekkers acted alone despite Islamic State vows: official

World / Crime & Legal Dec 24, 2018

Moroccan suspects in slaying of Nordic trekkers acted alone despite Islamic State vows: official

Moroccan authorities believe four suspects in the killing of two Scandinavian women in the Atlas Mountains were acting on their own initiative, even though they had just pledged allegiance to Islamic State, an official said on Sunday. Boubker Sabik, spokesman for the Moroccan security and ...

Morocco links suspect in Scandinavian women's slaying to militant group and probes grisly video

World / Crime & Legal Dec 20, 2018

Morocco links suspect in Scandinavian women's slaying to militant group and probes grisly video

A man suspected in the killing of two female tourists, from Norway and Denmark, in Morocco's Atlas Mountains belongs to a militant group, a prosecutor said on Wednesday, without identifying the group. The women's bodies were found on Monday in an isolated area near Imlil, ...

Two Scandinavian female tourists found slain in Morocco's Atlas mountains

World / Crime & Legal Dec 18, 2018

Two Scandinavian female tourists found slain in Morocco's Atlas mountains

Two female tourists from Norway and Denmark were found dead on Monday in the Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, with both having neck wounds caused by knives, the country's interior ministry said. The women were found in an isolated area on the way to North ...

Pressured by Europe as migrants surge, Morocco imposes entry permit rule for African travelers

World / Social Issues Nov 2, 2018

Pressured by Europe as migrants surge, Morocco imposes entry permit rule for African travelers

Morocco, struggling with an influx of African migrants seeking passage to nearby Europe, on Thursday imposed a new rule requiring such travelers to fill out an online travel form for approval at least 96 hours before leaving home. The procedure on a website carrying the ...

Over 600 migrants rush the fence to enter Spain's North Africa enclave of Ceuta

World / Social Issues Jul 27, 2018

Over 600 migrants rush the fence to enter Spain's North Africa enclave of Ceuta

More than 600 African migrants forced their way through the heavily fortified border fence separating the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, using circular saws, shears and mallets to cut through the wire. Around 800 migrants tried to push through the ...

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