A Moroccan football agent purchases a British club

Abdallah Lemsagam, a Moroccan football agent based in the United Kingdom, has bought the Oldham Athletic Association, a football club based in the town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, reports the BBC Sport. The takeover has been approved and ratified by the English Football League, after the Lemsagam agreed with Simon Corney, the club’s majority shareholder. «I am not a billionaire, I am taking it step by step, I am here to work hard for the club, with the coach and

Laâyoune : Un individu arrêté pour un lien présumé avec l’homicide d’un enseignant

Le service préfectoral de la police judiciaire de Laâyoune, en coordination avec la Brigade de la police judiciaire d’Essmara, et sur la base d’informations précises fournies par la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire (DGST), a arrêté un individu, ayant des antécédents judiciaires, soupçonné de lien présumé avec un homicide volontaire qui avait coûté la vie à

Germany’s PRETTL to build a € 8 million plant in Tangier

PRETTL, a German company that manufactures automotive sensors and coils and components, announced on Tuesday in Tangier that it is building a new plant in the city, investing 8 million Euros, reports MAP news agency. According to data presented during the ceremony held to lay the foundation stone of the new automotive city, the plant is expected to provide 800 job opportunities, and will have the capacity to produce 30 million pieces in the long term. The first part of this project, which

Industrie automobile : L’allemand PRETTL investit 8 M€ dans une nouvelle usine à Tanger

Le Groupe allemand PRETTL spécialisé dans la fabrication de pièces automobiles a annoncé, mardi à Tanger, la construction d'un nouveau site industriel à Tanger ''Automotive City'' pour un investissement de 8 millions d'euros. Selon les données présentées lors de la cérémonie de pose de la première pierre, cette usine, qui prévoit la création de 800 postes d'emploi, aura une capacité de

There is no utility in renewing the IMF aid, according to Boussaid

Morocco is not renewing its $3.47 billion Precautionary and liquidity Line provided by the International Monetary Fund, said Mohamed Boussaid Minister of Finance, during a conference held in Marrakech. The above-mentioned program known as PLL, is designed to flexibly meet the liquidity needs of member countries with sound economic fundamentals but with some limited remaining vulnerabilities which preclude them from using the Flexible Credit Line(FCL). Morocco has benefited from this

The teenager killed in Amsterdam to be laid to rest in Morocco the end of this week

The 17-year-old Moroccan-Dutch boy, killed on Friday in a shooting at an Amsterdam community center will be laid to rest in Morocco at the end of this week, Abdou Menebhi, a man close to the family told RTL Nieuws as reported by NL Times. «The family is very sad, angry and feels powerless», he told the same source. Meanwhile, minister delegate for Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs, Abdelkrim Benatiq, contacted the deceased's father by phone to offer him the

Rabat : Un ex-policier écope d'un an de prison ferme pour tentative de viol

La Chambre pénale de première instance près la cour d’appel à Rabat a prononcé, lundi, une peine d'un an de prison ferme et d'une autre année avec sursis à l'encontre d'un ex-policier pour «coups, blessures et tentative de viol». La Brigade nationale de la police judiciaire (BNPJ) avait déféré, le 6 octobre dernier, devant le parquet près la même cour, le policier (H.M.) suspendu de ses

Tour International des Zibans : Abdallah Hida wins the tournament

Moroccan cyclist, Abdallah Hida won on Monday the international cycling tournament organized in Zibans (a region in Algeria). Eritrea’s Kifel Abel arrived second, followed by Frenchman Deriaux Florian, reports MAP news agency. The orange cycling jersey was granted to the Algerian competitor Youcef Rekiki. Meanwhile, the Moroccan team, composed of Mohamed Nizar Sayel, Othman l Afi, Hicham Benouza, Abdeadim El Moutaouakil, Abdellah Hida and Badr Ifred, was ranked first in the

Abdallah Hida remporte le tournoi international cycliste des Zibans

Le cycliste marocain Abdallah Hida a remporté hier le tournoi international cycliste des Zibans (centre-nord de l’Algérie), au terme de la quatrième et ultime étape. L’Erythréen Kifel Abel a pu avoir la seconde place au classement général, suivi par le Français Deriaux Florian. Le maillot orange du meilleur cycliste algérien a été décerné à Youcef Rekiki. Au classement par

Spain : Journalists and an NGO denounce the lack of witnesses in Western Sahara

Several journalists and the Association of Friends of the Saharawi People (AAPS) denounced yesterday in Palma (autonomous city), the fact that «Morocco does not want witnesses in Western Sahara in a round table entitled, reports Europa Press. Journalist Ahmed Attanji commented on each of the most recent cases, including the recent expulsion of a British investigator for trying to inform about the socio-economic situation in Western Sahara. Ahmed Attanji mentioned, among other things, the