As announced by the Vatican earlier this year, Pope Francis is visiting Morocco in March. In the Kingdom he will have a busy schedule, according to the agenda made public by the Holy See. In Morocco, Pope Francis will hold talks with several officials and he will visit a couple of historic and strategic locations. The Pope is expected to arrive on the 2 pm (Moroccan time) in the international airport of Rabat Salé, where he will be received by senior officials, reports Aciprensa. An
Two officers of the Royal Armed Forces contingent in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) were decorated on Friday in Kinshasa for their precious services rendered to the mission. They are Colonel Mohamed Treha and Commander Rachid Briech, according to a statement by the Moroccan embassy in the DRC, noting that the tribute paid to the two Moroccan officers took place on the occasion of the medal ceremony for the Ghanaian
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita denied on Saturday reports, suggesting that Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Speaking to Russian press agency Sputnik, Bourita stated that the information, reported by American news agency Associated Press, was «unfounded». For the record, AP reported, citing government officials from both Morocco and Saudi Arabia, that Rabat has ceased military operations with the Saudi-led coalition
Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner will be touring Arab countries at the end of February to promote peace projects in the region. Accoridng to Israeli media, Kushner is expected to tour Arab countries at the end of February, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Oman and probably Morocco. For the record, the kingdom has not been invited yet to the round-table of the «Strategic Alliance for the Middle East (MESA)», convened by
Alexandre Bissionette, the Quebec mosque shooter was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday, with no parole for forty years, reports BBC. The accused pleaded guilty to «six counts of attempted murder, including one count for the 35 people who were present in the mosque at the time of the shooting but who were not injured», the same source wrote. On Monday, the government of Quebec awarded several medals at the National Assembly to the victims and heroes of the 2017 City mosque
La XIème édition de la Journée de la Création d'Entreprise, rendez-vous économique phare qui clôture annuellement le concours «Tremplin Maroc», s’est ouverte samedi à Paris en présence de nombreux chefs d'entreprises, startuppers et intervenants. Organisée à l'initiative de l’association Maroc Entrepreneurs, sous le thème : «Europe-Méditerranée-Afrique : quel partenariat
The investigation conducted by the national judicial police brigade into the Iraqi national, arrested on 6 February in Casablanca, revealed his involvement in the collection and subsequent illegal transfer of large amounts of money in foreign currency outside Morocco. The suspect opened several bank accounts in Morocco, in parallel with the creation of fictitious companies and the opening of exchange offices to receive money in exchange for foreign currency, say the national police (DGSN) in a
The mortal remains of the young Moroccan woman who died in a deadly apartment building fire in Paris was repatriated to Morocco on Friday evening, says a consular source. The repatriation operation, carried out from the Parisian airport of Orly on board a plane of the Moroccan national carrier (RAM), was preceded by a quiet ceremony at the medical-forensic Institute of Paris, in the presence of members of the deceased's family and the consul general of Morocco in the French capital, Mustapha
L'enquête menée par la brigade nationale de la police judiciaire, en coopération avec la Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire national, au sujet du ressortissant irakien arrêté le 6 février à Casablanca, a révélé son implication dans la collecte puis le transfert, de manières illicites, d'importantes sommes d'argent en devises en dehors du Maroc. Le suspect a ouvert plusieurs comptes
Le Raja de Casablanca a été éliminé de la coupe arabe des clubs malgré sa victoire, vendredi à Sousse, par 1-0 au match retour des quarts de finales au détriment de l'ES Sahel. Dans une déclaration à la presse, Patrice Carteron, entraîneur du Raja, s'est déclaré «déçu» suite à cette élimination de la coupe arabe «malgré le bon match que nous avons livré