Maroc : L’écrivain Ahmed Boukous et deux traducteurs lauréats du Prix Grand Atlas

Le Prix Grand Atlas dans sa 25e édition, initié par l'ambassade de France au Maroc, a été remis lors d'une cérémonie jeudi soir à Rabat, à l'écrivain Ahmed Boukous ainsi qu'aux traducteurs Hamid Guessous et Azzeddine Chentouf. Chercheur et enseignant, M. Boukous a été en effet récompensé dans la catégorie de la fiction francophone pour son roman «Rhapsodies de Tanit la captive», un

Morocco's football league to introduce VAR next season

Morocco's professional football league (Botola Pro) will introduce the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) next season, President of the Royal Football Federation (FRMF), Faouzi Lakjaa, announced Thursday in Skhirate. Speaking at a meeting with referees, coaches and presidents of national professional football clubs, Lakjaa underlined the need to introduce the VAR technology, adding that the next African Cup of Nations, to be held in Egypt, will adopt the technology from the quarter-final stage

Al Jazeera confuses Moroccan actress Loubna Abidar with Saddam Hussein’s granddaughter

Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera published on its Facebook page, Thursday, a photo of Moroccan actress Loubna Abidar, confusing her with Iraqi former President Saddam Hussein’s granddaughter. Alongside the picture, Al Jazeera’s Facebook post contained a series of details revealed by Saddam Hussein’s granddaughter on her family after Saddam’s downfall in March 2003. Al Jazeera’s post was quickly noticed by Moroccan Facebook users who recognized the

Morocco dismantles a terrorist cell close to ISIS

The Central Bureau for Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) dismantled, Friday, a five-member terrorist cell, operating in Safi, reported a communiqué issued by the Interior Ministry and sent to Yabiladi. The members of this terrorist cell are aged between 21 and 36, the same source added, indicating that one of these men had been convicted before for terror-related cases. During the arrest, BCIJ members managed to seize electronic devices and white weapons, as well as manuscripts, hailing

Nasser Bourita misses the anti-Iran conference, attended by Mohcine Jazouli

To Morocco relations with Spain seem more important than the anti-Iran conference in Warsaw, co-chaired by the United States and Poland. Indeed, Nasser Bourita, who was supposed to lead a delegation in Warsaw, stayed in Rabat to discuss means of cooperation with his Spanish counterpart Josep Borrell. The two senior officials co-chaired a joint press briefing Thursday afternoon in Rabat. «The Kingdom sent minister delegate for African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli to the Polish

Once again, Nasser Bourita denies reports on Morocco’s ambassadors in Saudi Arabia and UAE

After telling Russian press agency Sputnik, Saturday, that Morocco did not recall its ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita denied, Thursday, in a conference held in Rabat reports suggesting the same thing. During the conference co-chaired by his Spanish counterpart, Josep Borrell, Bourita stressed that the information published by the American press agency AP, last week, is «unfounded». The Foreign Minister said that Morocco’s ambassadors to

Failing to annul the vote on fisheries agreement, the Polisario mobilizes its supporters

After failing to hinder the vote of the European Parliament on the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement, the Polisario Front mobilized its supporters in both Strasbourg and the Sahara to denounce the adoption of the treaty. On Tuesday, and while the fisheries agreement was at the heart of a plenary session at the European Parliament, pro-Polisario activists from several European cities held a rally. Holding banners and flags, they chanted slogans «rejecting the maneuvers of the European

Lionel Messi would love to play against Morocco, Argentina's Football Association president

After the Moroccan Royal Football Federation announced that Morocco’s national team will play a friendly against Argentina in March, the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) Claudio Fabián Tapia said that Lionel Messi «would love to play against» the Atlas Lions. Quoted by EFE, Tapia said that the Argentinian player who captains the Spanish club Barcelona and Argentina's national team, «would definitely come to Morocco if summoned by

Casablanca : Un cycliste trouve la mort dans un accident de tramway

Un cycliste a trouvé la mort, jeudi à Casablanca, après avoir heurté une rame de tramway, a indiqué RATP Dev, société gestionnaire du tramway de Casablanca. L’accident est survenu au niveau du carrefour situé après la station Cité de Laymoune, sur la Ligne 1 du tramway de Casablanca, précise la même source. «La rame venait de quitter la station et traversait le carrefour à faible vitesse,

Six foreigners arrested in Morocco for alleged links to scam and fraud on social media

National Judicial Police Brigade arrested, Wednesday, six foreigners from Senegal, Nigeria, and Guinea, including two women, for their alleged links to a scam and fraud network on social media, say the national police (DGSN). The network members proceeded through accessing communication and chat websites using fake accounts and aliases, pretending to be European nationals willing to marry Moroccan women. They then send their victims packages supposed to contain valuable gifts, and significant