ENI, an Italian multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Roma and the operator of the Rabat Deep Offshore license has reportedly «secured the Saipem 12000, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drillship, for a drilling programme to include a one-well drilling slot in Rabat Deep Offshore in Morocco», as indicated by Your Oil and Gas News, a news website focusing on industry. The same source indicates that ENI is «currently anticipated that the rig will arrive on
As we announced in July, the Court of Justice of the European Union examined a complaint against Morocco filed by an English association, the Western Sahara Campaign. The hearing at the CJEU's headquarters in Luxembourg, which lasted four hours, was attended by the lawyers of the complainant, the European Commission, France and Spain. The coordinator of the Front with MINURSO was also present, indicates a media of the separatist movement. At the end of this first hearing, the Court deferred
Two men, aged 36 and 47, were arrested yesterday in Kremlin Bicêtre, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, for having 100 grams of Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) explosives in their apartment. A third suspect was arrested afterwards as reported by EFE which quotes official sources. The French Interior Minister, Gérard Collomb said today in an interview with France Info that it is «possible» that this cell had been in contact with the terrorists that carried out
20 years after his death, Mobutu Sese Seko is still buried at the Christian cemetery of Rabat. He was the military dictator and President of Zaire, known nowadays as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mobutu went into temporary exile in Togo but lived mostly in Morocco where he died on the 7th of September 1997. Visiting his grave in Rabat, the cemetery’s caretaker, Abu Fida, told AFP that «a lot of people come to visit the tomb. There are at least a dozen every day»
Le roi Mohammed VI a subi ce mercredi une intervention chirurgicale au centre hospitalier d’ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingt à Paris, au service du professeur Jean Philippe Nordmann, indique un communiqué co-signé par le professeur Nordmann, chef de service et le professeur Abdelaziz Maaouni, médecin personnel du souverain. Le roi Mohammed VI présente un ptérygion de l’œil gauche qui s’étend sur la cornée.
Le Bureau central d'investigations judicaires (BCIJ) relevant de la Direction générale de surveillance du territoire national (DST) a procédé, mercredi, au démantèlement d'une cellule terroriste composée de cinq membres partisans de l'organisation terroriste dite «Etat islamique», dont un espagnol d’origine marocaine résidant à Melilla. La cellule s’activait dans la région de Beni Chiker dans la
La situation de la maladie du charbon bactéridien qui affecte les animaux est "totalement maitrisée" à Imilchil et Taznakhte, dans la région de Drâa-Tafilalet, assure la direction régionale de l'Office national de sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires (ONSSA) à Errachidia. En 2017, la totalité du cheptel au niveau de ces deux "foyers limités" a bénéficié d’une opération de
La sélection marocaine de football et son homologue malienne se sont quittées sur un nul vierge, mardi soir au stade 26 mars à Bamako, en match comptant pour la 4è journée (groupe C) des qualifications à la coupe du monde 2018 en Russie. Les hommes d'Hervé Renard ont raté ainsi une occasion en or de s'emparer des commandes de leur groupe, après le revers surprise de la Côte d'Ivoire qui s'est inclinée à domicile
Le Conseil communal de la ville de Rabat a approuvé, lors d'une récente session extraordinaire, le projet d'appel d'offre et la convention relative à la gestion déléguée pour la création et la gestion de parkings souterrains dans la capitale. Ces parkings seront construits aux places Bab El Had, Bab Chellah (Centre) et Abou Bakr Seddik (Agdal) et sur l'avenue Laalou (quartier Hassan). Ce projet s'inscrit dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre
Moroccans are now free to travel to Qatar without visa requirement. The information was confirmed on Tuesday by the Qatari Interior Minister, Abdallah bin Hamad Al Thani during the visit of Habib El Malki, President of the Moroccan Parliament and the Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, Moulay Hafid Elalamy to Qatar. The two politicians represented attended the inauguration of «Hamad Port» on the behalf of King Mohammed