British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is starring in a new Netflix series that is currently being filmed in Morocco. Directed by Israeli film and television director, Gideon Raff and jointly produced by Canal+ and Netflix, with OCS, the series «The Spy» is based on the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen, known for his espionage work in 1961-1965 in Syria. Despite his serious work that helped Israel win the 1967 six-day war, the spy will be portrayed by Baron Cohen
The number of cars exported to the Gulf Cooperation countries has topped the list of vehicles imported by the union, accounting for 33.62 per cent, reports Asharq al Awsat. Morocco's exports to the Gulf countries stood at 1.08 billion dirhams ($ 114.52 million) in 2017, up 65.4 percent from 2016. Kuwait headed the group being the first country to import car in the region from the Kingdom (60 per cent, followed by UAE (26.6 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (11.6 per cent). In addition to cars,
A Moroccan 19-year-old man was arrested for raping and stealing a 17-year-old girl, Sunday, in Rho, a town and commune in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, reports local online newspaper Rai News. The suspect attacked the girl and raped her after they met occasionally the night before. In a public park, the 19-year-old and after going heavy on drinking, pushed the girl to the ground and sexually assaulted her before stealing her cell phone, says the same source,
Moroccan midfielder Ayoub Abou is joining Spain’s Real Madrid Castilla in a free transfer deal with Getafe, who he joined last month, reports AS Diario on Thursday. The 20-year-old player was playing with Rayo Majadahonda before getting transferred to Getafe. The Casablanca-born midfielder can play also as striker. He debuted his career in Barcelona but left the club because of its problems with the FIFA. He later joined the Porto academy where he played for the Uefa Youth League.
After the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged the European Commission in a letter to help Morocco manage its borders to stop the growing number of migrant arrivals, his Minister of Defense Margarita Robles followed his footsteps. «Morocco is facing an important migration flow (…) The Spanish government believes that the North African country is in the need of EU aids» said the minister in an interview. The senior official is expected Thursday in Paris to discuss
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank financial institution that encourages private-sector development in developing countries, has partnered with Moroccan company Gaia Energy to establish a joint platform for the development of wind power and renewable energy projects in Africa, reports ESI Africa. The new platform will build a pipeline of 22 projects in nine African countries. «IFC’s expertise in financial structuring and mobilization, as well as its
Downstream petroleum company Vivo Energy, known as Shell in Morocco, released on Thursday, 2nd of August, its maiden interim dividend, raising concerns over its activities in the Kingdom, reports Business Day. The group that has more than 1,800 Shell services in the continent reported revenue grew 14% to $3.7 billion in the six months to end-June said its income declined 1% $71 billion. According to the same source, the «risks and uncertainties» section in the company’s
Le groupe Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) a annoncé une hausse de son résultat net consolidé. Une progression portée par la croissance des activités et par l'amélioration significative du coût du risque, indique un communiqué publié sur le site de la Bourse de Casablanca, et repris par la MAP. La progression s’est élevée à prés de deux milliards de dirhams (MMDH) au cours du premier semestre de
«The Minister of Youth and Sports, Rachid Talbi Alami, denied that Morocco would host the 2019 African Cup of Nations», wrote a blog affiliated to French online newspaper Mediapart, claiming that it interviewed the Moroccan minister. The blog also reported that the minister slammed rumors, suggesting that Rabat is preparing for the organization of the regional tournament, replacing Cameroon. «These are false rumors», said Talbi Alami, after several media platforms
After the National Rally of Independents politician Mohamed Boussaid was sacked, Wednesday 2nd of August, by King Mohammed VI, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Aziz Akhannouch said that the sovereign was «only exercising powers guaranteed by the Constitution», reports Arabic-language online newspaper Hespress. The monarch decided on Wednesday to dismiss Boussaid who served for two terms as the Kingdom’s minister of Finance and Economy. The decision was taken two days after
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