Dutch club RKC Waalwijk visits Al Haouz earthquake survivors in Morocco

During their six-day training camp in Morocco, Dutch professional football club RKC Waalwijk visited the area hit by the Al Haouz earthquake, which killed 2,946 people and injured 5,674 others. During their visit RKC Waalwijk players and staff donated clothes and food to the people affected by the deadly earthquake. They have also set up a fundraising campaign for the victims, NOS reported. ?? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ?????????????????Het is nog steeds mogelijk om te doneren

Casablanca authorities to demolish witchcraft houses near beach mausoleum

Erected in anarchy for decades, the substandard housing at the mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane near Aïn Diab (Casablanca) will soon be demolished. The city's local authorities have ordered people residing in these slums to evacuate them at once. These houses are mainly occupied by people who practice fraudulent and dubious medical practices as well as witchcraft. On social media, many have called on local authorities to put and end to the practice. According to consistent

Bayern worried that Noussair Mazraoui would play through injury in Afcon

Bundesliga club Bayern Munich is reportedly concerned that its right-back Noussair Mazraoui would push through his calf injury to play at the 34th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), which will take place from January 13 to February 11. Mazraoui is part of the final squad to compete in the upcoming football competition. The player is currently still in Munich getting the necessary medical assistance and he is expected to join the rest of the

Once again, Algeria attributes to the US Department of State comments on the Sahara

Once again, Algeria attributes comments on the Sahara issue to the American Department of State, following a call between Antony Blinken and Ahmed Attaf.

Moroccan football team first side to arrive in Ivory Coast for Afcon

The Moroccan national football team arrived on Sunday in San Pedro, a city in southwestern Ivory Coast, for the 34th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place from January 13 to February 11. The Moroccan team is the first side to arrive in Ivory Coast to compete in the continental tournament, outside the host nation, CAF said. The Atlas Lions are part of Group F, alongside DR Congo, Zambia and Tanzania. Before arriving in San Pedro, the Atlas Lions

Religious freedom : Morocco absent from Antony Blinken’s blacklist

The US Secretary of State released the list of countries that have «engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom». In a press release, Antony Blinken referred to «Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, the DPRK, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan». Morocco is not on the list. In its 2022 report on religious freedom, the US Department of State noted that in Morocco «Sunni

Diaspo #320 : Exploring the capacity of cinema to innovate collective experiences

Born in Casablanca to a family from Tangier, filmmaker Leila Kilani studied history and economics in Paris before embarking on a career in film. A graduate of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS), she discovered her cinematic calling through the need to question her society, beyond the foreign-grafted media discourse.

Demonstration held in Dutch town after Moroccan family flees home to avoid threats

About thirty people held a demonstration, Friday, outside of the town hall of Urk, central Netherlands, to protest the way authorities had dealt with the threats targeting a Moroccan-Dutch family, NOS reported. The Moroccan family was forced to leave their house in Urk after facing harassment and attacks triggered by a false accusation against their teenage son. The family, consisting of a grandmother, parents and three minor children left their home for more than a month and a half

The Algerian and Mauritanian armies hold talks in Algiers

Algiers hosted, Tuesday, January 2, a new session of the Algeria-Mauritania joint military commission, Mauritanian army said on Thursday in a press release. The military delegation from the southern neighbor was led by General Mohamed Mokhtar Ould El Menni, head of the army, promoted to commander of special forces on December 28, 2023, adds the same source. The session takes place in a particular context, marked by the tense relations between Algeria and its Sahel neighbors, namely Mali and

Sahara : Three people killed in the buffer zone

Three people were killed and another injured in the Sahara buffer zone, reports Mauritanian media. The same source alleges that they were killed by a Royal Armed Forces (FAR) drone. The incident occurred near the locality of «Gleibat El Foula», located east of the Sand Wall erected by FAR, approximately 150 km east of Dakhla, in the Oued Ed-Dahab region. For the record, the Mauritanian government has launched several campaigns to raise «awareness among exploration companies