State Secretary for Sustainable Development Nezha El Ouafi signed on Tuesday, February the 19th, in Brussels, on behalf of Morocco, the Brussels Declaration on Ocean and Climate Change. This declaration, which has been signed be several environment and sustainable development ministers, aims to encourage countries to protect oceans and include national measures related to that. The signing of this declaration took place on the sidelines of the first high-level Conference on Climate Change and
According to Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri, Europe faces «no burning crisis» over migrant arrivals. Speaking to reporters in Brussels on Wednesday, Leggeri said that more people are trying to enter Europe through Morocco, reports the Associated Press. «Right now, we are not in the middle of a migration crisis at the external borders but, of course, we do see that there is still a pressure», Fabrice Leggeri said. «[Spain] is in fact, in absolute figures, the route
Les éléments de la police judiciaire de la ville de Jerada ont arrêté, mercredi matin, un individu âgé de 33 ans, aux multiples antécédents judiciaires, pour son implication présumée dans une affaire de séquestration, coups et blessures ayant entraîné la mort d'une personne, indique un communiqué de la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN). Selon les
The National Basketball Association (NBA), a men's professional basketball league in North America, has announced that it is launching a basketball league in Africa in 2020, reports CNN. Collaborating with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), NBA’s new African basketball league will include 12 teams from the continent, including Morocco, Tunisia, Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa. In a statement made public by the same source, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that «the
Moroccan-Dutch football Oussama Idrissi has finally made his mind. The winger, who currently plays for Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, has decided to join the Atlas Lions, reports Voetbal International. The latter recalls that the Dutch-born player had to choose between the Netherlands and Morocco. In November, the 22-year-old winger accepted an invitation to take part in Morocco’s training camp, without making a final choice. Now that he has opted for the Moroccan national
French-Moroccan-Canadian comic Gad Elmaleh has allegedly asked Twitter to remove the tweets made public by the anonymous channel that published the videos, accusing him of allegedly copying the routines of American stand-up comedians. On its Twitter account the channel in question, known as CopyComicVideos, posted a message for Gad Elmaleh. Entitled «shocking», CopyComic alleged that Gad Elmaleh ordered «his lawyers to censure the tweets that contained the channel’s
Le Conseil des administrateurs du Groupe de la Banque mondiale a approuvé, mardi, un nouveau cadre de partenariat avec le Maroc, qui permettra de guider le programme d’assistance financière et technique du groupe dans le royaume au cours des six prochaines années. Le cadre de partenariat-pays (CPF) 2019-2024 vise à soutenir l’ambition du Maroc de renforcer son avantage concurrentiel dans l’économie mondiale tout en promouvant une
The World Bank (WB) Group's Board of Executive Directors endorsed, Tuesday, a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with Morocco, which will guide the financial and technical assistance program over the next six years. The 2019-2024 CPF aims to support the Kingdom’s ambition of sharpening its competitive edge in the global economy while boosting shared prosperity among its population, says a statement of the World Bank. In alignment with the new CPF, the Board of Directors also
La secrétaire d'Etat chargée du Développement durable, Nezha El Ouafi, a signé, mardi dans la capitale belge, au nom du Maroc, la Déclaration de Bruxelles sur le changement climatique et la préservation des océans. Cette déclaration, qui a été signée par plusieurs ministres de l'Environnement et du développement durable, vise à encourager les pays à prendre des initiatives et des actions pour
Le Maroc a été élu président-adjoint du bureau exécutif de la Fédération mondiale des anciens combattants (FMAC) qui vient de clore les travaux de sa 29e Assemblée Générale tenue, du 16 au 18 février, à Paris. Dans une déclaration à la MAP, à l'issue de ces travaux lundi soir, le Haut-commissaire aux anciens résistants et anciens membres de l’armée de Libération,