US Missile Strike in Syria : Morocco prefers to remain silent

Morocco has not yet commented on the United States’ missile strike in Syria that took place on Friday 7th of April. The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign affairs and Cooperation has not reacted to the military order that US President Donald Trump gave in response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. Rabat did not rush to follow its allies of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have all backed the US missile strike in

Morocco condemns the church terrorist attacks in Egypt

King Mohammed VI offered on Sunday his condolences and sympathies to the Egyptian president Abdelfattah Al-Sissi after the terrorist attacks that targeted on Sunday two churches in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria. The King expressed through his message «Morocco’s strong condemnation of these criminal and coward acts that tried in a disparate attempt to threaten the security and stability of Egypt». The Islamic state claimed responsibility over the twin bomb

Guests evacuated after fire at Sofitel Hotel in Casablanca

A fire broke out, Sunday night in a sauna room (2nd floor) at Sofitel Hotel located in Sidi Belyout district Casablanca. The fire caused a column of smoke that spread to the upper floors of the hotel building. Local authorities said that emergency services intervened to evacuate clients before taking control of the fire which caused minor material damage. According to the same sources, no injuries were sustained. An investigation was initiated by the authorities in charge to determine the

Mehdi Bennani finishes third at the WTCC Marrakech race

The Moroccan racing driver, Mehdi Bennani, achieved on Sunday 9th April good results with a third-place finish in the world touring car championship race organized at Moulay El Hassan street circuit in Marrakech. Bennani made it through in Marrakech with his Citroen finishing third and led by the Argentinean driver Esteban Guerrieri who came first. The second place was obtained by the Swedish Thed Bjork followed by the Dutch Nicky Catsburg who arrived fourth winning over Tiago Monteiro

Morocco is at the bottom of Africa’s top ten football nations list

Morocco’s national team has dropped on the scale of FIFA's monthly ranking. April’s list puts Morocco in the 53rd position worldwide 10th in Africa’s top ten football nations list. Egypt’s team, who is ranked 19th in the world, tops the African region followed by Senegal second, Cameroon third and Burkina Faso in the fourth place. Nigeria (40th), Congo DR (41st), Tunisia (42nd), Ghana (45th) and Ivory Coast (48th), all made it to the list of the Top 10 football

«Zwaj El Waqt»: Ali’N Production reacts to the controversial documentary

Directed by Laila Marrakchi, the documentary produced by Ali’N and 2M has been very controversial. Being a subject of critics, one of the people participating in the documentary has claimed this week to media that he was paid to say things and deliver false pieces of information during his participation in the episode entitled «Zwaj El Waqt». In a communiqué reported Friday by Alyaoum 24, Ali’N Production denied «the accusations claiming that one of the

The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness repor t: Morocco’s results turn out lower than 2015

Morocco is ranked 65th in the world by the 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report released on the 5th of April. Published by the World Economic Forum, the index investigates the economic growth and competitiveness of tourism in 136 countries. Morocco tops the North African region’s ranking despite the drop that the recent report sheds light on. The Kingdom’s tourism competitiveness is still struggling with significant shortage in the exploitation of cultural and natural

Sarkozy and wife Carla visit Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

France former president Nicholas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni visited Wednesday 5th April, the «Africa in Capital» exhibition hosted currently by Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and contemporary art in Rabat, as pointed by Jeune Afrique. «As simple as this, he was on a private trip to Morocco and he heard of our exposition Africa in the Capital», Mehdi Qotbi head of the museum has told the magazine. The latter mentioned an anecdote that marked Sarkozy’s visit :

Jidar street art is back to Rabat

The third edition of «Jidar, Toiles de Rue» festival will be hosted from the 21st to the 30th of April in Rabat to honor street art artists in the world. For ten days, painters from Morocco, Spain, Germany, Italy, Colombia, Romania, Ukrain, Egypt, and Mexico will decorate 10 walls of the Kingdom’s capital. EAC-L’Boulvard association, organizer of the event, stated in a communiqué that these national and international painters will «put to date the heritage

Tobacco consumption : 16 % of Moroccans smoke on a daily basis in 2015

The recent Global Burden of Diseases report sheds light on tobacco consumption in the world. The study reveals the risks surrounding the practice of smoking among Moroccans through a range of statistics.