French-Moroccan footballer Rachid Alioui joins Angers Sporting Club

French-Moroccan footballer Rachid Alioui has joined Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest shortly before the 2019-20 season, international association football news website Goal reported on Tuesday. The 27-year-old striker has completed Anger transfer after signing a three-year-deal with French club Nîmes Olympique, which moved to Ligue 2. Alioui’s deal with Angers is expected to last until 2022. For the record, Rachid Alioui has made 10 appearances with the Atlas Lions but he was not

Jewish pilgrimage in Morocco #4 : David Ou Moshe and the miracles of Agouim’s saint

Rabbi David Ou Moshe is a Jewish saint who is buried in Agouim, a small village near Ouarzazate. Ou Moshe, was born in Jerusalem, and is known to Moroccan Jews for his many miracles.

Hervé Renard is dissatisfied with the Lions’ performance during the Bafana Bafana game

Although they won the game against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, held Monday in Cairo, French coach Hervé Renard said that he is dissatisfied with the Atlas Lions’ performance. During a press conference, Renard said that the Atlas Lions played for 45 minutes only. «I think we played better during the second half. It means that we played for 45 minutes only today», he argued. Déception de @Herve_Renard_HR après #RSAMAR malgré la victoire 1

Olympique de Marseille opens disciplinary proceedings against French-Moroccan Adil Rami

French club Olympique de Marseille (OM) has announced that it has opened disciplinary proceedings against French-Moroccan player Adil Rami, who reportedly did not show up, Monday, for the first training session after the summer break, TSN reports. In a statement to The Associated Press, the French club explained that «Rami, a member of the France squad that won the World Cup last year, will meet with club officials to discuss the matter», the same source added. The club

The death of a student worries Moroccans studying in Ukraine

On Sunday, a Moroccan student was stabbed to death in Odessa, a city in Ukraine. The tragedy is not the first of its kind in the European country, where some Moroccan students fall for «drugs, alcohol and gambling».

A UK delegation visits Morocco with the goal of opening more British schools

A delegation of 10 representatives from different British schools is visiting Morocco this week to discuss ways of «establishing partnerships» with Moroccan investors, the British embassy said in a communiqué sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. The British representatives will stay in Morocco until the 4th of July and will be meeting during this visit «prospective partners» to «assess the Moroccan market» for future partnerships in the field of education. This

The children of a Moroccan tourist launch a crowdfunding campaign to help their sick father

Haj Mohamed Ajbir’s first trip to Canada to visit his daughter and son and his grandchildren did not go as expected. On the third day of his visit, the Moroccan national felt sick and was transformed to the emergency room in Laval, a city in Quebec. In a video shared on social media, his daughter Samira and son Anas explain that the «doctors couldn’t tell what he was suffering from», adding that after a few days in Laval’s city hospital, they had to transfer him

After signing with a new firm, Morocco's Tanger tech city to attract $10 billion in investment

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

Afcon : Morocco beats South Africa’s Bafana Bafana (1-0), topping group D

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.

Morocco and the Polisario attend the inauguration of Panama’s new president

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.