On Friday, FIFA warned its 211 member federations against showing any support for the 2026 World Cup bidders.
On the sidelines of the African Union 30th summit, the ECOWAS presidents met in Addis Ababa. Surprisingly, Morocco’s bid to join the pan-African organization did not make it to the meeting’s final communiqué.
It snowed in the provinces of Ouerzazate and Zagora, only to leave the inhabitants of the region struggling with the harsh weather. Several roads were closed due to the snow while other homes made of clay were affected.
A few weeks after Morocco announced the adoption of a new exchange rate regime, the IMF expressed its support for this reform. According to its forecast, the Kingdom is on the right path.
The Moroccan government is planning to get inspired by India’s all-in-one biometric ID system to group all the social assitance services in one single payment.
Ablynx, a Belgian biotech company has seen success because of a Moroccan camel’s blood. On Monday, they have agreed, to Sonafi’s USD 4.8 billion bid.
A 17-year-old Moroccan-Dutch national was killed on Friday in Amsterdam by a stray bullet during a shooting. The criminal incident is one of many liquidation attempts that took place in the same neighborhood, targeting the safety of immigrants in the city.
The long awaited decision of the CJEU on the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the European Union is scheduled for the 27th of February. Surprisingly, on the same day, the Polisario leadership commemorates the 42nd anniversairy of the proclamation of the first «government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic».
Karim Adduchi, a designer, has been named one of the 30 most influential people under 30 by Forbes magazine.
Eugène Delacroix and Henri Matisse have both found refuge in Morocco, in an artistic journey that led to the birth of a number of iconic paintings. Their trips introduced the culture, beauty and simplicity of the Kingdom in the 19th and 20th centuries.