Gabonese President Ali Bongo Odimba paid a surprise visit on Monday (July 24th) to the Museum of Mediterranean Cultures in Tangier, Jeune Afrique said. «This is the first time he has visited this newly renovated museum. He was pleased with the quality of the scenography,» said Mehdi Qotbi, president of the National Museum Foundation (FNM). Accompanied by his wife Sylvia and his younger son, the Gabonese president is currently on holiday in Tangier where he was spotted several
The «Face à Picasso» exhibition, held from the 17th of May to the 31st of July at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI) in Rabat, will open its doors for visitors freely starting from Thursday. This decision was taken by the National Museum Foundation to celebrate the success of the exhibition «Face à Picasso», which already attracted more than 32,000 visitors. However, the MMVI will be closed on the 30th of July to celebrate the
Bank Al Maghrib (BAM) has released a series of videos entitled «Let me know», focusing on the basic concepts of the exchange rate regime in order to educate people and raise awareness among Moroccans who are not familiar with the step. «For example, when a company wants to import a material that is needed for its production, or when Mouna wants to pursue a higher education abroad and who has to pay tuition and living expenses in the country to which it travels, or
A Morrocan national has been arrested in northern Spain for sharing ISIS propaganda on the internet, reports the Chinese news agency Xinhua. The Spanish Interior Ministry has stated on Wednesday that the 22-year-old Moroccan suspect was «maintaining direct contact» with «Islamic State» fighters in Syria while sharing on his Facebook account photos about what they sent him. According to the same source, the young man was also publishing on his social media posts
Two Moroccan UN peacekeepers were killed on Thursday in an attack southeastern Central Africa report the French news agency quoting the MINUSCO. «The MINUSCA (peacekeeping mission) regrets to announce the deaths of two more blue helmets yesterday afternoon in Bangassou», stated the mission in a statement, explaining that the two Moroccan soldiers «were killed in an ambush by suspected anti-Balaka fighters, while another peacekeepers was slightly injured». The incident
Le Maroc et le Fonds koweïtien pour le développement économique arabe ont signé, mardi à Rabat, deux conventions relatives au financement de la deuxième tranche du projet de la Ligne à grande vitesse (LGV), pour un montant de 15 millions de dinars koweïtiens, soit l'équivalent de 474 MDH. Ces deux conventions de prêt et de gage ont été signées par le ministre de l’Économie et des finances,
David Serero, a French baritone opera singer will perform on Monday 31st of July in Washington D.C during a ceremony attended by Lalla Joumala, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in the USA and organized to celebrate King Mohammed VI 18th anniversary of enthronement, BuzzFeed reports. Speaking to the same source the singer stated that «Princess Lalla Joumala lives in the heart of every Moroccans in the United States and is a symbol of modernity and peace» adding that
La commission de justice, de législation et des droits de l'homme à la Chambre des représentants a adopté, lundi à l'unanimité, le projet de loi n°69.19 complétant l’article 4 de la loi 39.08 portant Code des droits réels. Ce projet de loi, qui vise à barrer la route à la spoliation immobilière, soumet, à cet effet, les procurations à la même
Abu Wa’el Dhiab, a Syrian national who was previously detained in Guantanamo has been deported from Morocco back to Uruguay, Washington post reports today. The ex-Gitmo who was resettled in the Uruguay after being released arrived to the country on Saturday after being expelled for carrying a false passport. «Dhiab declared that he wanted to travel to Turkey, but when he made a stop in Morocco and tried to leave the airport, they caught him with a fake Tunisian passport,»
An exchange program entitled «Campfire» has brought students from Morocco, Jordan and the USA to boost global citizenship, empathy and action-oriented initiatives, reports Jordan times. The program organized by the Global Nomads Group (GNG), an NGO committed to fostering dialogue and understanding among the world's youth, has been working for «finding solutions to problems in the educational systems» for four years. «Despite the lack of resources at many