French-Moroccan boxer Nordine Oubaali is on Eurosport’s men of the year list for 2019. Ranked seventh, the boxer is described by the pan-European television sports network as one of the athletes who managed to «achieve a dream this year». It explains that after a series of disappointing results, the French-Moroccan boxer has managed to «get back on track». Indeed, in January, the 32-year-old boxer became the World Boxing Council bantamweight world champion. Born
Nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Morocco, David T. Fischer has finally been confirmed by the Senate.
Turkey has deported a Moroccan national who is suspected of being a terrorist fighter, the Turkish Interior Ministry said in a statement released on Thursday. According to Anadolu press agency, the Moroccan was sent back to the Kingdom alongside a German national who was also deported to his country of origin. The Interior Ministry did not specify which terror group the fighters belonged to, but it said that the decision is part of «Turkey’s ramped-up efforts to repatriate foreign
Six months after her country withdrew recognition of «SADR», the El Salvador Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco arrived in Morocco Wednesday for a two-day visit. In Rabat, the diplomat held talks with her counterpart Nasser Bourita before releasing a joint statement. «The two ministers stressed the importance of developing sectoral cooperation relations between the two countries and coordinating their efforts for this purpose», wrote MAP news
In a press release published, Thursday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry denounced the opening of a Comoros consulate in the city of Laayoune. «It is a violation of international law (…) and an attack against the rules and principles that govern inter-African relations», read the statement relayed by the Algerian press agency APS. The Comoros’ decision «undermines the principles governing the status of non-self-governing territories», the Algerian Ministry
The newly elected Algerian President has not changed his position on the Western Sahara question. Speaking after his inauguration ceremony, held Thursday in Algiers, President Abdelmajid Tebboune said that to him «the Western Sahara question is about decolonization». Tebboune added that the territorial dispute is dealt with «under the auspices of the United Nations and the African Union». However, he hoped that his country’s position «wouldn’t affect
Chaim Ben Diwan is the son of another Jewish saint in Morocco, Amram Ben Diwan. Buried in Ouirgane, near Marrakech, the saint is a mysterious one whose story was overshadowed by his father's.
Arrested Monday in Dubai, Moroccan-Dutch Ridouan Taghi, wanted for suspected involvement in at least ten murders related to Dutch organized crime, was extradited on Wednesday to Amsterdam, wrote Belgian newspaper Sud Info, quoting the Dutch prosecution. Taghi, who is also known as one of the leading figures of Dutch criminal network Mocro mafia (Moroccan mafia), is wanted on an international arrest warrant issued by Amsterdam. He is also suspected of plotting the 2017 Café la
American billionaire John Paul DeJoria has led a long court battle against a Moroccan company after a failed oil project he promised to launch in the Kingdom. Lobbying to change a Texas law, he escaped a $123-million Moroccan settlement.
The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has reportedly been warned by Morocco about the plots of Anis Amri, a Tunisian terrorist who carried out the 2016 Berlin Christmas market truck attack, German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reports. Quoted by French-language newspaper Medias24, Der Tagesspiegel said that a few weeks after the tragedy, the Berlin criminal police discovered that BKA knew about the plots of the terrorist before he moved to action. The information
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