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.
American multinational business magazine Fortune released, on October 21, its 2020 Most Powerful Women International list. The list includes Moroccan-French business executive Ilham Kadri. The CEO, chairwoman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of Solvay, a Belgian chemicals company, is ranked 21st by Fortune. «Kadri took the top job at the 156-year old, Belgium-based multinational in March. The $12.9 billion firm makes advanced materials and specialty
2,526 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 225,070. 2,788 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 187,101. 64 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 3,826. 14 of these deaths were recorded in the Oriental region, 10 in Casablanca-Settat, 9 in Souss-Massa, 8 in
A court in Almeria (southern Spain) decided on Friday to reopen the case related to the death of Moroccan Ilias Tahiri, who died after he was handled by several security guards, on July 1, 2019 in a center for minors in Spain. According to AFP and El Pais, this court is to consider «manslaughter» or «recklessness», according to an order unveiled Friday. Faced with appeals from Tahiri's family and the public prosecutor's office, the Almería Provincial Court
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