Moroccan teachers' English training at the heart of Moroccan-British talks in London

The training of Moroccan teachers in English was at the center, on Monday in London, of a meeting between Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research Said Amzazi and Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Alistair Burt. During these talks, held on the sidelines of the World Education Forum, in the presence of Director of the British Council John Mitchell and Secretary of State for vocational training

US : Morocco’s Ahmed Charai joins the International Crisis Group

Morocco’s Ahmed Charai has joined the International Crisis Group, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that carries out field research on violent conflict and advances policies to prevent, mitigate or resolve conflict. This membership will allow Morocco to influence the editorial choices of the ICG, headed by American lawyer Robert Malley who served at the National Security Council under Barack Obama from February 2014 until January 2017. As a member of the International

Two of Horst Kohler's collaborators on a mission to the Sahara until January the 25th

Two of Horst Kohler's collaborators visited, on January the 17th and 18th, Laayoune. «In the city, Elfi Klabunde, German, and Hékène Halling, Swedish, met representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees», a well-informed source told Yabiladi. «They then flew to the Rabouni camp. Their stay in the Polisario will come to an end on January the 25th. They are expected to meet members of the UNHCR delegation there», the same source

Imlil killings : Morocco’s ambassador to Norway attends the funeral of Maren Ueland

The funeral of Maren Ueland took place Monday, January the 21st, in Time, a municipality in Rogaland county. The church service was attended by Morocco’s ambassador to Norway, Lamia Radi, Norway’s health minister and several dozen students from the University of Southeastern Norway, where Maren and her Danish friend used to study, reports AFP quoted by the Daily Mail.   Ahead of the service, the Moroccan ambassador told TV2 that «Morocco wanted to be present today to

Coupe de la CAF : Trois clubs marocains dans le groupe A

Les clubs marocains du Hassania d'Agadir, de la Renaissance Berkane et du Raja de Casablanca évolueront dans le groupe A de la Coupe de la Confédération africaine de football (CAF), à côté de l'AS Otoho du Congo, au terme du tirage au sort effectué ce lundi au Caire. Seize équipes, dont huit arabes, se sont qualifiées à la phase des groupes de la Coupe de la CAF et ont été réparties en quatre

A Polish lawyer allegedly deported from Morocco for meeting pro-Polisario students

A Polish lawyer was reportedly expelled from Morocco on January the 16th for «having spoken with pro-Polisario students», reports online newspaper Por Un Sahara Libre. On Wednesday the police «broke into the house of a Sahrawi student involved in cultural activism, where layer Justyna Paulina Wrobel was staying», the same source wrote. The student told the Nushatta Foundation that «law enforcement officers who wore plainclothes stormed his house,

Le Maroc perd un avion de chasse Mirage F-1 dans la région de Taounate

En mission d'entrainement, un avion de chasse Mirage F-1 des Forces royales air (FAR) s’est écrasé, dans la journée du 21 janvier 2019, aux environs de 12h30, dans la région de Taounate. Un communiqué de l'Etat-Major Général des FAR, relayé par l'agence MAP, précise que ce crash a été causé par une panne technique.  Le pilote, qui a réussi à s’éjecter de l’avion, est

Moroccan Air Force Mirage F1 crashes, pilot ejects safely

A Moroccan air force Mirage F1, which was on a training flight, crashed Monday in the northern region of Taounate following a technical breakdown, the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said in a statement. The pilot managed to eject safely, the source added, noting that the plane crashed in an inhabited area and did not cause any collateral damage.

After it was shot in Morocco, producers release «John Wick»’s trailer

After they were spotted in Morocco back in October, the stars of the American franchise movie «John Wick» are in full action in the film’s trailer, released on January the 17th. American Academy Award winner Halle Berry is helping Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician Keanu Reeves escape the bad guys who want to kill him in the franchise’s third installment. In the 2-minute trailer, Reeves is seen running in the streets of New York and then in the Sahara, in

The Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline to face technical and political challenges

The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) is facing new obstacles that might hinder its «delivery date», Nigerian online newspaper the Independent says quoting a recently released report. The latter indicates that the NMGP is exposed to «considerable commercial, technical, legal and financial challenges that make it unlikely to materialize in the shorter medium-term». The Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 2019 could affect the project’s