Gabonese President Ali Bongo is back again to Morocco to resume his treatment after he flew to Libreville for a two-day visit, reports the Gabonese press agency AGP. Bongo left for Gabon days after the country survived an attempted military coup. The President returned to Rabat on Tuesday night after swearing in 38 ministers for the country’s new government, wrote AFP. «He returned to Rabat to resume his rehabilitation», a source in the President's entourage told the
Une secousse tellurique d'une magnitude de 3,7 degrés sur l'échelle de Richter a été enregistrée, jeudi, dans la province de Driouch, indique l'Institut national de géophysique (ING). La secousse, dont l'épicentre est situé dans la commune M'hajer, s'est produite à 07H44MIN 18SEC, précise l'Institut dans un communiqué. Elle est d'une profondeur de 14km, d'une latitude de 35.163°N et d'une longitude de
Morocco’s economy will grow to 2.9 percent in 2019, the head of the planning agency said Wednesday quoted by Reuters. The grow is, however, slower than what has been registered last year, indicated Ahmed Lahlimi who stressed that the forecasts were based on «prospects for an average crop year and an oil price of $67 a barrel». «Morocco’s growth is still dependent on agriculture and rainfall», Lahlimi explained adding that «an exceptional crop year in
L’émission spéciale MRE, présentée par Mohamed Ezzouak, est le fruit d’un partenariat entre Radio 2M et Yabiladi.com.
La Commission de discipline de la Fédération royale marocaine de football (FRMF), réunie mardi, a sanctionné l’Olympic de Safi, suite aux actes de vandalisme de ses supporters. Les faits remontent au dimanche dernier, lors de son match face au Kawkab de Marrakech au Grand Stade de la Cité Ocre pour le compte de la 14e journée de Botola Maroc Télécom D1 de football. Le club sera ainsi privé de son public lors des
A week after she left her prison cell, Moroccan businesswomen Hind El Achabi is back on track, catching up on pending projects. Arrested in 2016, El Achabi served a prison sentence in Salé for «adultery», after her divorce from Kuwaiti diplomat Sadiq Marafi was not recognized. Her divorce was followed by a second marriage, as she tied the knot with Moroccan entrepreneur Mohsine Karim Bennani. Interviewed by French daily Liberation a few days after she was released from
The Moroccan authorities prevented, Monday January the 14th, Spanish jurist Luis Mangrané from entering Laayoune, reports El Diario Aragon quoting the Aragonese Observatory for Western Sahara. He had arrived in the Moroccan city through the Canary Islands. «Customs at the airport of Laayoune prevented the man from entering the city, considering that he was a persona non grata in Morocco», the Observatory added. Luis Mangrané was expected to visit, as an
Un projet d'une équipe d'une startup dirigée par une étudiante marocaine a emporté, mardi à Doha, la première place dans le cadre de l’initiative qatarie d’encouragement des leaders des affaires (Académie arabe de créativité). Il s’agit du projet Salamati piloté par Chaimae El Mehdaoui (master en biologie du cancer) qui a bénéficié d’un financement permettant à la startup
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will start on Wednesday a two-day visit to Morocco to reinforce relations between Morocco and the EU. During her visit, Mogherini will hold talks with several senior Moroccan officials and representatives of civil society, according to a European source. «This visit is part of reviving relations between Morocco and the European Union, and turn them into a close, deep and ambitious
La haute représentante de l’Union européenne (UE) pour les Affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité Federica Mogherini entamera, ce mercredi soir, une visite de deux jours au Maroc consacrée à consolider la dynamique de relance des relations entre le Royaume et l'UE. Lors de sa visite, Federica Mogherini aura des entretiens avec plusieurs hauts responsables marocains et des rencontres avec des représentants de la