As expected, the Polisario Front’s fifteenth congress, currently held in Tifariti, an oasis town located east of the sand wall, has paved the way for Brahim Ghali to continue leading the separatist movement. According to pro-Polisario platform Futuro Sahara, Ghali, who has been leading the Polisario since July 2016 after the movement’s former leader Mohamed Abdelaziz passed away, is the only candidate bidding to head the Polisario Front.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) unveiled, Sunday, the shortlist for its 2019 awards. The list includes Morocco’s professional footballer Achraf Hakimi, who plays for German club Borussia Dortmund on loan from Real Madrid, Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen. The three footballers will be competing for CAF’s title : African Youth Player of the Year. The contest includes other titles, such as African Player of the Year, African Interclubs Player of the
Moughit El Moutaouakil, known as Guito, is a keen boxer. Neither a fracture, nor his dismissal from certain competitions, made him give up on his passion for boxing. Defeated once, Guito had a total of twelve victories including eight by KO.
The sublime voices of four female figures from the Aïta and the Amazigh musical repertoire of the Rways resounded, Friday evening in Brussels, during a colorful concert organized as part of the Darna Fest - Echoes of Moroccan ceremonies festival. On this occasion, the four artists offered the public performances that represented the cultural diversity of Morocco and recalled the beauty of its natural landscapes. In front of a packed room, the first performance was given by Aïta
OCP, ONCF and the Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development have joined forces to create a national hotel industry pole in Morocco. A press release from the OCP group, sent to Yabiladi on Friday, explains that this alliance aims to promote high-end hotel excellence, a showcase of Moroccan heritage and know-how, at the service of the country's attractiveness and its international reputation. «These measures will allow the public sector to consolidate its investment capacities,
After Algeria, it’s the Polisario’s turn to react officially to the opening of a Comorian consulate in Laayoune. «It is an aggression» and «a flagrant violation of all international covenants, particularly the Constitutive Act of the African Union», the Front said in a statement released in the early hours of Saturday, December 21. The separatist movement is therefore asking the government of the Comoros to «reverse its illegal and immoral
A short-eared owl, which had a satellite tag attached to it when it was reproducing in Scotland, was followed all the way to Morocco, revealing important new information for researchers, The Scottish Farmer reports. Researchers at the British Trust for Ornithology Scotland have conducted research to develop methods of studying these short-eared owls in their breeding areas and tracking their movements throughout the year. While a handful of birds have so far been equipped with tracking devices
When sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah was planning to revive the city of Essaouira, he relied on Morocco’s most competent Jew. Samuel Sumbal was the sultan’s right-hand man, who helped build 18th century Essaouira.
Police in Barcelona arrested three men late Wednesday night for their alleged involvement in the sexual assault of a Moroccan woman. According to El Periodico, the main suspect was caught red-handed while the two others were close to the woman in question during the attack. The arrest took place after passersby called the police, telling them that they saw a woman being pushed by several men to a park. Once there, police arrested three men, while two others managed to flee. The woman was
Arrested on December 17 in Dubai, Moroccan-born criminal Ridouan Taghi is currently held at a high-security Dutch jail. Inez Weski, his lawyer, told media upon his extradition to the Netherlands that he was taken «against his will». To Taghi’s lawyer, her client was «kidnapped» and not «extradited», because the Netherlands does not have an extradition agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Although Taghi was not extradited to Morocco,
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