The president of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) Walid Sadi revealed on Sunday that he was going to «boycott the CAF Awards ceremony», scheduled for Monday December 11, 2023, in Marrakech. The official explained that he had made this decision, notified according to him to CAF two days ago, in «solidarity with Riyad Mahrez». The latter was set aside from the list of nominees for the title of best African footballer. Atlas Lions goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was also
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Albares is expected to visit Morocco next week, Spanish media reported. The diplomat will meet on Thursday in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, Spanish diplomatic sources told news agency EFE. This visit is the first of its kind after the reelection of Pedro Sanchez as head of the Spanish government. Rabat and Madrid have reaffirmed their commitments to consolidating good relations between the two countries. «We wish to
While nothing destined him to the film industry, Mohamed Khouna has become, over the last twenty years, the designated service provider for the giants of the seventh art as well as independent creators, distributing their films to movie theaters throughout France. Since 2019, he has brought expertise to Morocco, where he is keen to pass on his skills, with the ambition of helping boost the sector.
Morocco joined, Friday, the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), a global initiative to accelerate the fossil-fuel phase out of coal-fired power stations, Reuters reported. Morocco «will work together with the PPCA to develop a plan for phasing (coal) out», PPCA said in a statement. 60 governments have joined PPCA so far. At the COP 28 climate summit, the United States, the UAE, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Kosovo, Malta and Norway joined the body,
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary Joshua Harris met on Friday, December 8, in Algiers with the Algerian foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Attaf and his secretary general Lounès Magramane. The officials consulted «on shared efforts to advance regional peace and security, including intensified cooperation to ensure a successful UN political process on Western Sahara without further delay», reads a post published by the Near Eastern Affairs office on X, formerly known as Twitter.
A mission sent by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Morocco has said that Morocco is «committed to maintaining and strengthening its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety». IAEA said, Thursday, that the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS), which concluded a 10-day mission to Morocco on 6 December 2023, advised the country to take additional measures to «complete the transition from a 1971 law and align the new regulations with IAEA
The head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has named Archbishop Alfred Xuereb as Apostolic Nuncio in Morocco, Vatican News reported. Archbishop Xuereb previously held the same position in South Korea and Mongolia. Archbishop Xuereb succeeds Archbishop Vito Rallo who was the Pope's representative in the North African country for eight years (2015 - 2023). During his stay in Morocco, Archbishop Rallo was awarded the Wissam Alaouite of the Order of the Grand Cordon in November, the highest
Moroccan students from the public educational sector have performed poorly in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which assesses the knowledge and skills of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading and science. The 2022 edition of PISA, which saw the participation of 6,867 students from 178 Moroccan schools, ranked the Kingdom 71st in mathematics, 79th in reading and 76th in science. In this interview, Abdennacer Naji, pedagogy expert and
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) unveiled, Thursday, the names of the African Ballon d'Or finalists. Surprisingly, the list did not include Moroccan goalkeeper and international player Yassine Bounou. The Al Hilal goalkeeper showcased the performance of a lifetime during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He qualified alongside Atlas Lions to the competition’s semifinals. During the same year, he also won the Europa league with his former Spanish club Sevilla FC. For the
The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy Jennifer Bachus attended, Thursday, a meeting on cyberspace and cyber diplomacy with university students from Casablanca. Held at Dar America, the cultural center of the U.S. Consulate General in Casablanca, the meeting was attended by Master’s and PhD students from the Ben M’sik and Ain Chock science faculties. The students had the chance to discuss «the importance of
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