FIFA president announced this week that 22 Arab teams have confirmed their participation in the Arab Cup, which Qatar will host next year. Gianni Infantino said during his visit to one of the 2022 FIFA World Cup stadiums in Qatar that the Arab Cup matches will take place in a number of venues that will host the World Cup. He added that the Arab tournament will bring together more than 450 million Arabs from across the region, expressing confidence that this competition will increase
Algerian journalists have created a body to «fight against the media blackout imposed by Morocco on the situation in Western Sahara, especially after the resumption of armed action on November 13», the Algerian news agency APS reported. The creation of the body named «The Association of Algerian Journalists in Solidarity with the Sahrawi People» was planned on October 22 on the «national press day» in Algeria. The Polisario Front in a letter by Brahim
In 1994, the Atlas Lions had the privilege to play against Diego Maradona in Argentina in a friendly match. The football legend visited Laayoune years later to play a game on the Green March anniversary.
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University announced, Thursday, the launch of its «School of Computer Sciences» (UM6P-CS), an engineering school specializing in computer sciences. The UM6P-CS will be hosted in the Benguerir Data Center, which will be a living laboratory of the new school, wrote UM6P in a press release sent to Yabiladi. The new establishment «is a new addition to the polytechnic and multidisciplinary curriculum of UM6P, by addressing the digital needs of the 21st
After the Spanish Interior Minister visited Morocco earlier in November, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson is expected to fly to Rabat in December for a work trip. Johansson will be meeting Moroccan officials to authorize the repatriation of migrants that have recently arrived to the Canary Islands. «The fight against human traffickers is a priority (…) but we must also repatriate those who are not entitled to international protection. It is for this
4,979 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 336,506. 5,220 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 284,496. 70 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,539. 22 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 12 in Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, 8 in
With the support of the UN and world powers, the Mauritanian head of diplomacy is leading mediation between Morocco and the Polisario. Officially, only Algeria is missing from Nouakchott's contacts.
A primary school security guard was recently arrested in Nador over claims of rape of five students, according to the organization Touche pas à mon enfant. Mohamed Tayeb Bouchiba, the national coordinator of the organization, confirmed the information, explaining that «the investigation is still ongoing after the arrest of the suspect». He said the NGO will come back to this case, once the investigation is over, referring to «the confidentiality of the
The Spanish national police arrested, this week, two people linked to jihadist terrorism, as part of an operation, carried between Madrid and Toledo. According to Vozpópuli and El Español, who cite anti-terrorism sources, the detainees are a citizen of Syrian origin and another of Moroccan origin. They will appear before the National Court on Thursday. The operation took place on Monday and Tuesday in the city of Fuenlabrada and Yuncos in Toledo, where the two suspected
Algeria did not comment on the support provided by Arab countries and by the general secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the FAR operation in Guerguerate. On the other hand, Algiers chose to speak up against the Organization of the Islamic World for Education, Science and Culture for expressing the same position.