The news fell like a bombshell. Central Danone listed in the Casablanca Stock Exchange has just issued a profit warning, advising the stock market that profits will be lower than expected in 2018. The Moroccan subsidiary of the Danone Group (which owns 99.68% of its shares) has witnessed, since the start of a boycott campaign on April the 20th, a decline in its consolidated turnover of about -50%. It also indicates that its net income will drop by -20% in the first half of 2018, which accounts
Une secousse tellurique d'une magnitude de 4,8 degrés sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistrée lundi dans la province de Midelt, indique l'Institut national de géophysique (ING). La secousse, dont l'épicentre est situé dans la commune En-Nzala (province de Midelt), s'est produite à 22H 11min 43sec (GMT), précise le Réseau national de surveillance et d'alerte sismique de l'ING dans un bulletin d'alerte sismique. La
Morocco defeated Slovakian national football team 2-1 in a friendly played Monday, 4th of June, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Atlas Lions, to face Iranian squad on 15th of June in Russia, succeeded in scoring two goals through Berkane forward Ayoub El Kaabi (64 minutes), and the Galatasaray French-born Moroccan player Younés Belhanda (74 minutes). C'est terminé à Genève. Grâce à des buts inscrits par Ayoub El Kaabi et Younès Belhanda, le Maroc
On Monday afternoon at the House of Representatives in Rabat, Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Mohamed Yatim stuck to his guns when answering questions related to Moroccan women working in strawberry farms in Huelva, Spain. «I have never said that there were no cases reported», said the Justice and Development Minister during a weekly oral session held today in the parliament, when asked about the alleged sexual abuses these women claim being subjected to. However,
Yassine Ghallam, le globe-trotteur marocain parcourant l’Afrique depuis Janvier 2017, s’est fait dérober son vélo à la ville de Jeffrey Bay, située au Cap oriental de l’Afrique du Sud. L’incident s’est produit vendredi, pendant que l’aventurier, tout juste arrivé de Port Elizabeth, effectuait sa prière au sein d’un centre islamique de la ville. «J’ai déposé et attaché mon
Morocco’s national coach Hervé Renard announced, on Monday, the final list of 23 players selected to play in the 2018 World Cup, which will take place from 14 June to 15 July in Russia, said a statement by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF). Placed in Group B, the Atlas Lions will begin the finals of the World Cup on 15 June in St Petersburg against Iran. Five days later, they will play their second group match against Portugal (20 June) at the Luzhniki stadium in
Nine Moroccan female workers have reported to the Spanish Civil Guard alleged sexual and labor abuses when working in a strawberry farm in the Huelva province in Southern Spain, reports EFE on Monday. These Moroccan women, working temporarily in Spain, were seen in front of the Labor Inspectorate in Huelva with Podemos deputy Diego Cañamero, who told media that complaints were filed Sunday before the Civil Guard. Four of the above-mentioned Moroccan women said that they were sexually
Yassine Ghallam, a Moroccan national who has been touring Africa since January 2017, has had his bicycle stolen in Jeffrey's Bay, a town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, the adventurer told Yabiladi. On Friday, and after he arrived from Port Elizabeth, Yassine headed to an Islamic center located in the city to pray. «I dropped my bike in a yard next to the Islamic center, I locked it, time for me to put my luggage inside», the globe trotter, also known as
Emmerson (EML.L) has successfully raised 6 million pounds by issuing 200 million shares to expand a Potash project in Morocco, says Reuters. Emmerson had to close its Potash mine in Morocco after prices increased and supply was limited. «The project’s advantages, it said, include shallow, cheap-to-exploit resources and a location in Morocco, where demand for potash is expected to climb, and access to Europe and other major markets is straightforward», says the same
Two people, aged 33 and 42, died Saturday, 2nd of June, after the partial collapse of a traditional lead gallery in the commune of Sidi Boubker (Jerada province), said the local authorities. The bodies of the victims were recovered from inside the gallery by a group of their companions. According to the same sources, one of the victims, who was still alive, was urgently evacuated to Oujda’s university hospital. The man was placed in the intensive care unit before passing away,