Morocco’s high-tech city Tanger Tech Mohammed VI is expected to create 100,000 jobs and attract investments worth $10 billion, head of the northern Tangier-Tetouan-Alhoceima region Ilyas El Omari told Reuters on Monday. The city is expected to see light after Moroccan bank BMCE Bank signed a memorandum of understanding, in April, with engineering company China Communications Construction (CCCC) to build the city, located in Tangier. The agreement comes after Chinese Haite Group withdrew
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana lost, Monday, to Morocco’s Atlas Lions, after Mbarek Boussoufa managed to score a goal only minutes before the end of the game.
Saadeddine El Othmani arrived, Sunday, in Panama to attend the inauguration ceremony of the country’s newly elected President. The Polisario’s leader Brahim Ghali is invited to the same event, taking place in Panama City.
Three intact eggs of North African otrish were discovered by a group of researchers near Bir Anzarane, a rural commune in Morocco’s Oued Ed-Dahab province. The discovery relayed three days ago by Maghreb Ornitho, was conducted in May by ‘Nature Initiative’ member Mohammed Fathi. Found in Tagherzimt, the three eggs were in good condition and were buried in the soil, the same source said. «This is the first time they (researchers) found unbroken ostrich eggs with this
The Spanish police dismantled, Sunday in Madrid, a network that sends stolen vehicles to Morocco. The network’s members used to transfer these vehicles to Malaga and near Gibraltar before selling them to Moroccan citizens, local online newspaper El Faro de Ceuta reports. The nine arrestees, who are Polish, have also used stolen cars for drug trafficking purposes in Morocco Spain and Poland. Spanish police seized two SUVs in the province of Malaga, where they were driven by chauffeurs
In an article dedicated to the healthcare situation in Morocco, Fitch Solutions concluded that the pharmaceutical market is expected to flourish by 2028. The agency, however, listed the challenges that would weigh on the attractiveness of the sector in the Kingdom.
American online marketplace and hospitality service brokerage company Airbnb has announced that it started luxury listings in Morocco, Menabytes reported on Sunday. Last week, the San Francisco-based firm said that its new listings, Airbnb Luxe, will include luxurious villas, castles, private islands, and entire villages across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. These listings can reach an average price of $1,000 per night and go as high as $20, 000 per night, the same
Ahead of his third Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) game, French coach Hervé Renard, who currently manages Morocco’s Atlas Lions, said Sunday in a conference held in Egypt that he was contacted before by the South African Football Association (SAFA). The coach revealed that SAFA wanted to hire him to manage Bafana Bafana, South African newspaper Times Live reports. «Of course, I'm not cheap», Renard said with a smile on the face. Renard turned to Saudi Arabian-based
In Germany, right-wing activist organization Nordkreuz is suspected of having drawn up a list of left-wing figures and migrant and refugee rights militants, with the intent to kill them. According to the Guardian, the list includes mostly political leaders affiliated with the Social Democratic Party, the Greens, Die Linke and the Christian Democratic Union of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The information would have been gathered by Nordkreuz due to an access to police databases. Weapons,
In Italy and in Denmark, the highest averages at the baccalaureate were won by girls, who are of Moroccan descent. Indeed, Soumia Daoudi and Jihane Ouarkziz, both 17 years old, obtained respectively 20/20 and 21/20. Living in Denmark, the former had the highest mark on the baccalaureate exam in the literary section. Since yesterday, she has been sharing her joy through social networks, with her family living in Morocco. As for the latter, she successfully graduated, even exceeding