The death toll in the Valencia floods among the Moroccan community has risen to eight, after a new body was found on Thursday, December 12. The body belongs to a 59-year-old man from northern Morocco who was discovered in a garbage dump as a result of the floods. The search is still ongoing for the body of another Moroccan woman, the Kingdom's Consul General in Valencia, Said Idrissi Bouzidi, told Yabiladi on Monday. The consul added that procedures are underway to repatriate the
Spending a night or two in a Sahara Desert shelter under the stars or around a campfire has become a popular trend for Moroccans and tourists looking to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Merzouga and the dunes of Erg Chebbi offer guests an exciting program to kick off the year in the heart of nature.
On Sunday night, 96 guests at a wedding in Douar Daijat, a village near El Jadida, suffered from food poisoning. Several attendees developed symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, and colic after consuming chicken, raising suspicions of food contamination, according to media reports. The affected individuals were transported to Mohamed V Regional Hospital in El Jadida for medical treatment, with no fatalities reported so far. The public prosecution has ordered a preliminary investigation into
A group of agricultural associations from Huelva arrived in Morocco on Monday to select around 4,000 new seasonal workers for the strawberry harvesting campaign, joining 11,000 others of the same nationality. According to Asaja-Huelva, one of the associations, the recruitment team will stay in Morocco until December 19 to select 1,204 more workers to complete the quota from last year, which was for 16,000 workers, of whom around 11,000 arrived in Huelva. This year, about 4,000 workers will be
Moroccan-Dutch player Oussama Idrissi, who plays in the Mexican league, helped Pachuca reach the final of the Intercontinental Club Cup. On Saturday, the 28-year-old was one of the teammates who overcame Al-Ahly (0-0) in a semi-final that ended in a penalty shoot-out (6-5). The Egyptian side, featuring the Moroccan trio Yahya Attiat-Allah, Achraf Dari, and Reda Slim, had a two-shot lead. But against all expectations, the Tuzos came out on top. With the bi-national left-winger, Pachuca now
During our investigation, the questions we posed to Unimer on Friday went unanswered. However, 24 hours after revealing the involvement of one of the group's factories in a large drug trafficking operation, a press release was issued in an attempt to clarify the situation ahead of the opening of the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
Morocco turns to Spain to supply its red meat market. A Moroccan delegation has signed agreements with seven Spanish companies in the sector, reports La Razon on Sunday, December 15. «Two 20-tonne trucks of this product have already headed for Morocco. The price on the wholesale market will be between 70 and 80 dirhams», stresses the same source. The use of meat imports was the subject of talks on October 25 in Rabat between the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ahmed Bouari,
OCP continues to expand in the Sahel. Morocco's phosphate giant has signed «a strategic memorandum of understanding with the Government of Niger under the aegis of the World Bank», its subsidiary OCP Africa announced on Saturday. This partnership enables «soil mapping, the implementation of advanced fertilization models, the opening of agricultural service centers to offer farmers holistic support, facilitating access for small-scale farmers to customized fertilizers
It's now official. Morocco is interested in a permanent seat on the Security Council. This announcement was made on Saturday, December 14, in Rabat by the Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Omar Hilale. «The Kingdom is eligible to become a member of the Security Council because, quite simply, the fundamental criterion for membership is to contribute to peace and security in the world, in particular by contributing to peacekeeping forces», he said
In the 1590s, Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur appointed Spanish military leader Judar Pasha to lead a campaign, conquering the Songhai empire in West Africa. Thanks to his army, Morocco took control of gold and salt trade routes.
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