L'athlète marocaine Soukaina Zakour a décoché vendredi la médaille d'or de l'épreuve de lancer du marteau de la 21e édition du Championnat d'Afrique seniors, qui se dispute à Asaba (Nigéria). Elle a été sacrée championne d'Afrique après un jet de 68,28 mètres dès le premier essai. La Nigériane Ogunrinde Temilola a réalisé un jet de 67,39 m au quatrième essai, ce qui lui
L’eurodéputée Rachida Dati a appelé la Commission européenne à entamer le processus de négociations pour la signature d’un accord de coopération en matière d’échange de données entre le Maroc et l’Office européen de Police (Europol). Dans une question adressée à la Commission européenne concernant le calendrier prévisionnel sur ces négociations,
Four years after leaving Caen (France) for the Spanish club Getafe, 30-year-old French-Moroccan midfielder Fayçal Fajr could return to Stade Malherbe Caen club in the next few days, says L'Equipe. Either way, discussions have begun to reach a deal. Le Foot 01 reports, on the other hand, that the Norman club has finalized the transfer of the midfielder and ex-player of the Spanish club Getafe. The latter with the Stade Malherbe de Caen have reached an agreement
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced on his Twitter account that he will be visiting Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria soon. The controversial minister added that he would like Italy to become a «protagonist» again in dealing with migration issues. Furthermore, this regards «a billion-dollar project to support the economy and work in those countries». For the record, the far-right minister was heavily criticized for banning two ships
The agreement reached between Morocco and Spain to promote history, culture and the official languages of the two countries that was signed in 2012, was published in the Spanish official bulletin this Wednesday and will be implemented soon, reports Ok Diario. «The Strategic Association Agreement for Development and Cultural, Educational and Sports Cooperation», provides a privileged status for the teaching of the Arabic language in Spain. The Spanish educational system will
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