Morocco and the European Union (EU) signed, on Monday in Brussels, the fisheries agreement that sets out the conditions of access for the European fleet and lays down the requirements for sustainable fishing. This agreement, which covers the fishing area from parallel 35 to parallel 22, namely from Cap Spartel in northern Morocco to Cap Blanc in southern Morocco, was signed by Fouad Yazough, ambassador director general for bilateral relations at the ministry of Foreign Affairs and
In South Africa, General elections will be held in May to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province and will be followed by presidential elections. On Saturday, January the 12th in Durban, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa referred during a speech marking the 107th anniversary of the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) to the Western Sahara conflict. Speaking to the crowds, he said that «the struggle of the Sahrawi people for freedom
Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou expanded his contract with Spanish club Girona until 2021, reports BBC sport quoting La Liga. The player has made 17 appearances with the Spanish club in La Liga. The 27-year-old goalkeeper joined Girona in 2016 and will be extending his stay with the club for two years, the same source added. He was loaned to Atletico Madrid for four seasons and to Real Zaragoza. Born in Canada, Bounou debuted his career as a professional footballer with Wydad Casablanca
Le tirage au sort de la phase finale de la Coupe d’Afrique des nations (CAN 2019) de football, prévue en Egypte, aura lieu durant la première semaine du mois d’avril prochain, a annoncé la Fédération locale (EFA). «Les six stades réservés à la compétition seront remis à neuf à partir du mois d’avril», a affirmé Ahmed Medjahed, membre de l’EFA, cité dimanche par la
Leganés s'est imposé samedi face au club de SD Huesca grâce à un but de l'international marocain Youssef En-Nesyri, pour le compte de la 19ème journée du championnat d'Espagne de football. En-Nesyri a marqué le but de la victoire à la 73ème minute du jeu, permettant à son équipe d'interrompre une série de 4 matches sans succès (trois nuls et une défaite). Suite à cette victoire,
Le Pilote belge Jérôme d’Ambrosio sociétaire de Mahindra Racing a remporté le Grand Prix de Marrakech (Marrakech E-Prix 2019), deuxième manche du championnat ABB FIA de Formule E, disputée samedi, au circuit Moulay El Hassan à la Cité Ocre. Jérôme d’Ambrosio a profité d’une collision entre le pilote portugais António Félix Da Costa et son coéquipier le Britannique Alexander Sims
Two Moroccan nationals were wounded in an explosion that occurred Saturday morning in a Paris bakery, Moroccan diplomatic sources told MAP news agency. The two Moroccan tourists have been transferred to Pitié Salpêtrière University hospital, where one of them is expected to undergo a surgery, the same source said. Moroccan diplomatic officials visited the two wounded Moroccans in the hospital. The two Moroccans, one of whom was accompanied by his wife and child, were
Deux ressortissants marocains ont été blessés dans l'explosion qui s’est produite, samedi matin, dans une boulangerie du 9-ème arrondissement de Paris, apprend-on de source diplomatique marocaine dans la capitale française. Les Marocains blessés, tous deux en visite touristique à Paris, ont été évacués vers l’hôpital universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière où l’un d’eux
Hundreds of people, including Denmark's Prime Minister attended on Saturday, January 12th, the funeral of Danish backpacker Louisa Vesterager Jespersen who was killed, December the 16th, alongside her Norwegian friend Maren Ueland in Morocco, reports AFP. The funeral was held in a small church in Denmark to mourn the 24-year-old student decapitated in a terror attack near Imlil, a small village in the high Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The 45-minute service for Louisa was held, according to the
La brigade de la police judiciaire de Sidi Kacem a déféré, vendredi, devant le parquet, quatre individus, dont trois mineurs, pour leur lien présumé avec un réseau criminel impliqué dans une affaire de vol avec effraction ayant ciblé un logement appartenant à un Marocain résidant à l'étranger (MRE). Les services de sûreté de Sidi Kacem avaient été alertés, dans la nuit du 31