Meteorites, found in Morocco in 2011 and 2012, have showed evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago. They showed signs of oxidation which could have occurred as water formed, according to scientists.
The World Bank approved, Wednesday, US$150 million in additional financing for Morocco’s Urban Transport Program, international financial institution said in a press release. Said program, which started in 2015, is meant to «strengthen the country's capacity to offer quality service in public transport». The new financing is granted to Morocco to adapt the program to the new priorities of mobility amid the coronavirus health crisis. «The COVID pandemic has highlighted
The first mosque in Greece has finally opened its doors after 14 years of delays, local media reported on Tuesday. The first prayer at the newly opened mosque was held on Monday with a series of protective measures imposed by the health authorities to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus. An administrative committee, assigned by the Greek government to run the mosque, chose Moroccan-born Zaki Mohammed to be an imam for the new mosque. The latter has been an imam «at one of the five
The United Arab Emirates inaugurated, Wednesday, its new consulate general in the city of Laayoune as promised. The new consulate is the 9th diplomatic representation of a foreign country to open in the Sahara. The inauguration, chaired by Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita and his Emirati counterpart, comes after Crown Prince Mohamed Ben Zayed announced the decision in a phone call with King Mohammed VI on October 27. In a statement released by the Royal cabinet, it was announced that
Morocco recorded the highest number of daily infections, with 4,495 new cases. The Kingdom recorded 74 new deaths.
Moroccan women detained in Iraqi and Syrian prisons called on King Mohammed VI to intervene to repatriate them to Morocco, in a series of letters received by the National Coordination of the families of detainees and Moroccans stranded in Syria and Iraq. According to Al3omk, these Moroccan women spoke about their situation and «the injustice of which they were victims», proclaiming their «innocence of any crime or affiliation to a terrorist organization». According to
American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-Term Foreign-Currency and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of three Morocco-based banks. In a statement published, Tuesday, Fitch Ratings announced the downgrade of the IDRs of Attijariwafa Bank (AWB), Bank of Africa (BOA) and Credit Immobilier Et Hotelier's (CIH) to 'BB' with a Stable Outlook from 'BB+' with a Negative Outlook. Fitch Ratings has also «revised down the three banks' Support Rating Floors
In the 1970s, Scottish actor Sean Connery met his French-Moroccan wife Micheline Roquebrune during a golf tournament in Morocco. Throughout the years, he shot several movies in the country.
French people found themselves stranded in Morocco again following the suspension of ferry trips between Sète (Hérault) and Morocco. According to Capital and Midi Libre, this suspension comes as hundreds of vacationers are stranded on the other side of the Mediterranean. These French people went to spend the All Saints' Day holidays in Morocco, explains Midi Libre, which mentions the experience of Sabrine, a Montpellier woman who found herself stuck in Nador with her husband and
On Monday, fife people were killed, including one attacker, in Vienna in a terror attack that targeted one of its busiest areas. The police killed one of the attackers, who is believed to be a 20-year-old citizen of both Macedonia and Austria with a criminal record related to terrorist activity.
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