A 16-year-old Moroccan girl was beaten Friday in Ostend, Belgium, by a man who torn off her scarf, reported RTL Info on Tuesday. The girl who was on a school trip to the city said the man called her «vuil Marokkaans» (bloody Moroccan) before assaulting her. «My daughter and her friend were walking near the beach», said the mother of the victim to a reporter from the same channel. Furthermore, she said that the man pushed her daughter violently and when she turned around
The United Nations does not take sides in the Sahara issue, said, Tuesday in New York, UNSG spokesman Stéphane Dujarric. «The UN does not take sides. The MINURSO reports what it observes. The mission has to cover a very large zone. It goes and reports what it sees,» he said at the daily press briefing, answering a question on allegations by some media outlets on this issue. «Again, it is not a matter of taking sides. It is a matter of reporting what we see, as will do
Le ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, Mohamed El Aaraj a reçu, lundi à Rabat, les membres de la commission chargée de superviser l’opération de l’élection des représentants des journalistes professionnels et des éditeurs des journaux au conseil national de la presse. Un communiqué du ministère indique que conformément à la loi 90.13 sur la création du Conseil national de la presse,
The Saudi's Sports Authority's chairman Turki a-Sheikh, close to Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salmane, has been sending a clear message regarding the Morocco's bid to host the 2026 World Cup. At the end of a meeting he held with Carlos Cordeiro, an American soccer administrator who is currently chairman of the United States-Canada-Mexico bid committee, Turki al-Sheikh praised the North American bidding file, calling it a «strong» one. Cordeiro was on a visit to Ryad to get the
Ahmed Boukhari, Polisario representative at the UN, died Tuesday in a clinic in Bilbao, Spain. His death was confirmed by the Saharawi news agency that also «decreed an official mourning of 7 days, starting on April 4» in the Tindouf camps. Ahmed Boukhari - same as Mhamed Khaddad - had managed to hold a position in New York, despite the changes that affected the leadership of the Front. He is also the brother of Haj Ahmed, a former «minister»
Following an article relayed by the national media about Hervé Renard’s exit after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Atlas Lions’ current manager shut down the rumors in a statement reported by RMC Sport. «In order to immediately cut short the unfounded rumors and speculation reported by certain medias today, I say calmly but strongly: 'I am very, very well with Morocco!», responded the French coach and former football player. These rumors have gone viral only
A deux milliards de dirhams, le résultat net part du groupe (RNPG) de BMCE Bank of Africa aura maintenu une stabilité au titre de l’exercice 2017. Un résultat lié à la performance non-récurrente des activités de marché, enregistrée en 2016 au Maroc. L’annonce de ces résultats a été faite lundi à Casablanca par Brahim Benjelloun Touimi, administrateur directeur
Unlike expectations, a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), the continental governing body for association football in North America, which includes Central America and the Caribbean region, has publically announced that it is supporting the Moroccan bid to host the 2026 World Cup, reports The Inside World Football on Tuesday. St Lucia’s decision was made public by its Development and Sports Minister Edmund Estephane last
The trial of a Moroccan national believed to be Abdehamid Abaaoud’s alleged informant (the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks in 2015), was opened Tuesday in Katowice, Poland, said the PAP news agency, relayed by Paris Match. The accused is identified as M. T., a 28-year-old Moroccan man who has been detained in Poland since 2016. The latter is tried for «belonging to a terrorist organization» from December 2014 to September 2016. He faces an eight-year
A 21-year-old woman has been tried on Tuesday, 3rd of April, after being accused of posting more than 230 photos and videos on social media justifying terrorism, reports the Spanish TV channel Antena 3. The Moroccan national also broadcast texts praising the holy war. She is facing a seven-year sentence. Since 2014, this young woman was objected to «an intense process of religious radicalization,» said the prosecutor, María Antonia Sanz, in the indictment, together