A excursion bus carrying cruise passengers plunged into a ravine in northern Morocco (Castillejos) today and killed nine Portuguese tourists. 14 cruise passengers were injured. 44 passengers were aboard the bus when it crashed during foggy and rainy weather. Some news sources
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Trivia Question
Which country was the first to recognize the United States of America?It was the Kingdom of Morocco, in 1777. Morocco also has the oldest treaty still in force with the United States — the 1786 Treaty of Friendship.Hat tip to…
La nouvelle loi marocaine de l’arbitrage interne et international
Le Dahir n° 1-07-169 du 30 novembre 2007 portant promulgation de la loi n° 08-05 est venu abroger et remplacer le chapitre VIII du titre V du Code de procédure civile relatif à l’arbitrage dont la réforme était devenue urgente.
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La médiation au Maroc
Suite au vote de la loi n° 08-05 sur l’arbitrage et la médiation conventionnelle, le 27 juillet 2007 par le Parlement marocain , le Ministère de la Justice, l’Ambassade britannique de Rabat et l’ONG Search for Common Ground (SFCG) ont
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Western Sahara Human Rights Defender wins 2008 RFK Human Rights Award
Aminatou Haidar is the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureate. Ms. Haidar is being recognized for her courageous campaign for self-determination of Western Sahara from its occupation by Morocco and against forced disappearances and abuses of prisoners of…
Abortion Becomes Less Taboo in the Middle East
L.A. Times: Number of Abortions Rising in Middle East, experts say, by Borzou Daragahi:BEIRUT — Unmarried and pregnant, Ranya gathered up her courage and confided to a friend that she was considering a drastic step: an illegal abortion. She…
Agreement on African Immigration
European and African officials have agreed toa series of joint measures to stem the flow of illegal immigration toEurope during an unprecedented, two-day meeting Morocco. Plan mixestougher security with incentives to stem to the exodus from Africa.The action plan agreed…
From the Mailroom: Immigration from North Africa
Abdellah Elabdallaoui offers a comment entitled “Lost Flocks”:Concerning the problem of immigration between Morocco and Spain; I can tell you that it is not a Moroccan-Spanish problem But a continental one as well. It is an Afro-European problem. As you…
Polygamous Marriages Show Small Decline In Morocco
By Family Law
The Moroccan Justice Ministry has announced that the number of polygamous marriages in that country dropped from 904 in 2004 to 841 in 2005. The drop was attributed to the introduction of family law in that country in 2004, which…