Moroccan-Belgian professional footballer Mehdi Carcela received, Monday, for the third time the Belgian Lion Award, a football award in Belgium given annually to the best Arab origin player in the Belgian First Division A. Carcela was granted the same award in 2018 and in 2015, reports Belgian newspaper DHnet. The midfielder was handed the award by State Secretary of the Brussels-Capital Region Fadila Laanan. In January, 29-year-old Carcela was ranked second by the Belgian Golden
Scheduled for May 3rd, 4th and 5th, the Triestete Running Festival is making headlines in Italy, after its organizers refused to let African athletes register for its half marathon. Accused of racism, the sports event’s organizers said that they have «excluded African athletes to avoid their exploitation». Speaking to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, organizers said that these measures were taken to make sure that African athletes are «not underpaid», compared to
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-thani, has named Fahad Ibrahim Al-Hamad Al-Mana the country’s ambassador to Morocco, the Qatari News Agency (QNA) announced on Monday. The designation of Qatar’s new ambassador to Rabat was announced six days after Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani received his predecessor Abdullah Bin Falah Al-Dosari at the end of his diplomatic mission in Morocco. سمو أمير البلاد المفدى يصدر
In the 1920s, American Colonel Charles Sweeny proposed to the French to form a squadron to «support France’s war effort in Morocco». The squadron bombed Chefchaouen in a move that was condemned by the U.S. Department of State.
Morocco is Ryanair’s biggest market in the Middle East, wrote Reuters Monday, quoting the Irish low-cost airline’s head. Speaking about expanding the firm’s routes to Jordan, Ryanair’s Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said that the firm is planning to fly 150 million passengers in 2019, with «the vast majority on routes in the European Union and in non-EU countries, including Israel and Morocco». According to the same source, Morocco tops the list of
American actress and businesswoman Jessica Alba has blown her birthday candles in Marrakech during the weekend, British tabloid Daily Mail reported on Monday. With her husband Cash Warren, who is an American film producer, Alba shared her birthday photos and videos from her trip to Morocco on Instagram. «The beauty, the colors, orange blossom, spices and most importantly the people in Morocco -it’s almost too much beauty to absorb», she captioned a series of photos and video
As in 2008, Spanish voters chose to vote for the center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Pedro Sanchez has all cards in hand to form a new government. Would PSOE’s victory reassure Morocco ?
Moroccans are among the angriest populations in the world, according to a report conducted by American analytics and advisory company Gallup. According to the Gallup 2019 Global Emotions Report, «more than four in 10 residents in Morocco (…) said they were angry a lot the previous day». Based on ten questions, the report gave an overview of the angriest and most stressed populations in the world. Moroccans, for example, are ranked 11th in a list that includes countries with
German-Russian socialite Anna Sorokin, who has been leading a double life for years, has been convicted for «defrauding people out of thousands of dollars», Tech Times reported on Sunday. Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, was found guilty by a court in Manhattan of a «total eight counts of theft of services, grand larceny and attempted grand larceny», the same source said. The Russia-born woman, who managed to scam several people in the United States and in
Angry Sahrawis, in the Tindouf camps, have been protesting for weeks against the restrictions imposed on the movement by Algeria. On Saturday, Sahrawi protesters blocked for several hours access to a road that leads to the Rabouni camp. The Polisario leadership used force to disperse the protest, deploying tanks and military vehicles, pro-Polisario news platform Futuro Sahara reported. Urgente : Fuerte represión en estos momentos en Rabuni contra los manifestantes que reinvindican
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