Yassine Lafraiki, an imam in Corella (a municipality located in the province of Navarre), was repatriated to Morocco for «glorifying a Wahhabi and Salafist ideology», reports the regional newspaper Noticias de Navarra. The imam wanted to build an Islamic center in the city, which is home to more than 550 Muslims. However, based on an investigation, it turned out that one of the main investors to contribute to the building of that center is an NGO called «Society of the
Morocco signed on Wednesday an agreement that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), at the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) held in Kigali. The agreement was signed by Head of Government, Saad Eddine El Othmani, who leads the Moroccan delegation to the AU Summit. Speaking at the opening of the summit, AU Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, urged African heads of State and Government to sign this landmark agreement. The Free Trade Area will
Ficosa, a Spanish multinational corporation, devoted to the research, development, production of systems and parts for the automotive industry, inaugurated on Tuesday its first production plant in Rabat. The 50 million-euro facility is expected to offer 700 direct jobs, said EFE. The plant built on a 12 000 m² land is expected to generate a turnover of 150 million Euros in 2022. The company also said that the Rabat plant will produce electric cable sets and products dedicated to the
Morocco is ready to organize the 2026 World Cup, said Tuesday in Rabat, the former French president, Francois Hollande. «The Moroccan bid is a very good one that I strongly support,» said the former French president in a statement to media at a conference he chaired in Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMVI). «The Moroccan football team is excellent, the conditions required to host such an event are met and the needed equipments are perfectly
Le Maroc est prêt à organiser la Coupe du monde de football de 2026, a affirmé, mardi à Rabat, l'ancien président français, François Hollande. «La candidature du Maroc pour l'organisation de la Coupe du monde de football de 2026 est une très bonne candidature que je soutiens vivement», a souligné l’ancien président français dans une déclaration à la presse en marge de la
In the 1960s, Brian Jones, the founding father of the Rolling Stones, was inspired by a small village in the Moroccan Rif. Gaston Carré has just published a book edited by Erick Bonnier and entitled «Un Rolling Stone dans le Rif, sur les pas de Brian Jones au Maroc», following the journey of this artist in the kingdom. On TV5 Monde and in a video uploaded today to YouTube, the writer tells the story of this musician who had a unique personality that made him quickly have
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday, 20th of March, in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), by the anti-corruption office, said Mediapart. He was summoned up after the opening of an investigation, suspecting the fact that his victorious presidential campaign in 2007 was allegedly financed by Libya, said Le Monde. A judicial inquiry was opened in April 2013 and Sarkozy was heard for the first time on these accusations. His custody can last forty-eight hours and he
At the national level, growth would have accelerated to 4 percent in 2017 and is forecast to reach 3.3% in 2018, Bank Al-Maghrib (Morocco's central bank) said on Tuesday. «At the national level, growth would have accelerated to 4 percent in 2017, driven by a rebound of 14.8 percent in agricultural value added while non-agricultural activities would have grown by merely 2.7 percent,» the source added in a release following the first quarterly meeting of the year held by the bank's
La croissance se serait accélérée à 4% en 2017 et devrait ressortir à 3,3% en 2018, avant de s'accélérer à 3,5% en 2019, selon les projections de Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM). «Au niveau national, la croissance se serait accélérée à 4% en 2017, portée par un rebond de 14,8% de la valeur ajoutée agricole, tandis que la progression de celle des activités non agricoles se serait limitée
Five Hirak detainees from Jerada have just been heard at the Oujda’s Appeal Court. «The judges have again decided to postpone the examination of the file to March the 26th,» said a source present in court. They have also rejected the lawyers’ request for provisional release. Today's hearing was attended by the detainees' families and several representatives of the Hirak movement in the city of Jerada. Groups of students from the University of Oujda also attended the
News most...
chargement...
