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King Mohammed VI offers tea ceremony in honor of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and Princesses Lalla Meryem and Lalla Hasnaa, offered, on Monday at the Royal Residence in Sale, a tea ceremony in honor of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his spouse Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, currently on a visit to the Kingdom. On this occasion, the Duke of Sussex handed the King a written message from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Earlier today, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited

Fifteen Moroccan nationals arrested in Italy in an anti-drug raid

Fifteen Moroccan nationals were arrested, Monday, during an anti-drug raid led by the Carabinieri di Avezzano, in Eastern Rome. The suspects are accused of drug trafficking, reports Italian online newspapers Qui Quotidiano and Corriere Quotidiano. The operation took place following investigations that allowed the Carabinieri to arrest three of these individuals in a vehicle. These three people were selling cocaine to young people between Avezzano and Luco dei Marsi, according to the same

Morocco : An 11-year-old talented programmer mocked by a girls' Facebook group

In December, 11-year-old Idder Moutii made headlines for being the youngest English-speaking programmer in Morocco. He participated to the DevFest Festival, held in Agadir on the 9th and 8th of December at the Ecole National des Sciences Appliquées by GDG. The self-taught programmer who is fluent in English, participated to a coding and debugging workshop. On Friday, he was invited, alongside Mariam Amjoun who won the 2018 Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai, to a weekly

Muslims in Quebec to abide by Alexandre Bissionnette’s sentence

After the Muslim community in Quebec denounced the sentence handed down to Alexandre Bissionette, its leaders announced that they would respect the decision of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, reports Le Journal de Quebec. «We take note of the sentence and we respect the judicial system of our country; we will respect the decision of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions; we want to get back to normal life and protect our children», said the Islamic

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a taste of Moroccan cuisine

On their last day in Morocco, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the Royal Moroccan Equestrian Club Dar Essalam, located in Rabat. The royal couple arrived in the club casually dressed to attend a horse-grooming session, «before watching a riding demonstration and meeting trainers and instructors», reports Hello Magazine. In the club, Harry and Meghan discovered how young people are benefiting from working with horses. Later in the Villa des Ambassadeurs, the Duke and Duchess

Royal Air Maroc loses the luggage of three British royal family’s photographers

After a Royal Air Maroc flight, that was carrying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, couldn’t make it, Saturday, on time to Morocco, the national carrier lost the luggage of the British royal family’s photographers. Three British photographers, who were assigned to take photos of the royal couple while visiting the Kingdom, reported on Twitter that they lost their suitcases while flying with the Moroccan airline. Royal photographer Mark Cuthbert wrote, Sunday, that Royal Air Maroc

Gad Elmaleh's alleged plagiarism : Twitter lifts the ban on CopyComic’s videos

After it removed the tweets that contained CopyComic’s videos on Gad Elmaleh alleged plagiarism, citing copyright, Twitter decided to put them back on the platform, reports French-language newspaper L’Express. The anonymous channel, known as CopyComicVideos, announced Saturday on Twitter, that the latter lifted the ban on the two tweets that had two videos, accusing Moroccan-French-Canadian comic Gad Elmaleh of copying the routines of American stand-up comedians. «When the

US Senator James Inhofe leads a Congress delegation in the Tindouf camps

After visiting the Tindouf camps in 2017, US Senator James Inhofe is back again. The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee arrived Sunday in the camps, heading a Congress delegation. The American delegation is composed of 17 personalities including six (6) elected, headed by Chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, and Finance Committee Chairman Enzi Michael Bradley, reports SPS. This visit was planned by Algerian lobbyists in Washington, especially the Keene

Ali Bongo to return to Morocco after chairing a meeting in Gabon

Gabonese President is back again to his country after staying in Morocco to continue his treatment. On Sunday, Ali Bongo flew to Gabon where he is expected to chair a cabinet meeting, reports Turkish press agency Anadolu quoting local media. Bongo will be returning again to Morocco, where he spent a couple of weeks as part of his medical treatment, the same source added. It is the second time that the President returns, shortly, to his country to reassure the Gabonese people. In January,

Prince Harry and Meghan meet Moroccan women entrepreneurs and athletes with special needs

Prince Harry of England, Duke of Sussex, and his spouse Princess Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, met Sunday evening in Rabat, with several Moroccan women entrepreneurs and athletes with special needs, at a traditional reception hosted by the British ambassador to Morocco. Prince Harry held talks with members of the Moroccan Paralympic team that took part in the London 2012 Summer Paralympics. For her part, the Duchess of Sussex met with women entrepreneurs who stressed, on this

Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in Asni to encourage girls' education in rural areas

After they were greeted Saturday evening in Casablanca by Prince Moulay Hassan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived Sunday in Morocco's Atlas Mountains where they met rural girls from the region, reports Reuters. The British royal couple met girls at a boarding house in Asni, a small town near Marrakech, run by NGO Education for All. Greeted by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, girls «from the boarding house waved the flags of Morocco and Britain», the same source

Algeria : Anti-Bouteflika protesters use a Casablanca Raja football club song

After the announcement of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's candidacy for a fifth term at the presidential election on April 18, protesters massively took to the streets, February 22, to express their refusal of this decision, especially as the head of state suffers from serious health problems. #فبلادي_ظلموني من الحراك الشعبي بالشقيقة #الجزائر ??#حراك_22_فيفري pic.twitter.com/xpMr20Ai5p — La Gazzetta della RAJA (@GazzettaRaja)

Moroccan athelete Hicham El Guerrouj is pessimistic about national athleticism

A week after the loss of the 1,500m indoor record held by former Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, Yahya Saidi, a specialist in sports regulations, put his two cents in the matter by suggesting on social media that the list of national athletes would not be so good if they did not engage in doping. The allegations made the Ministry of Youth and Sports react by rejecting any attack on the «sporting history of Moroccan champions». «The statements do not emanate from the

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrive in Morocco after a delay caused by RAM

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived, Saturday evening, at the Casablanca airport after a one-hour delay, reports Map news agency. Their Royal Air Maroc flight couldn't make it on time to the Kingdom, revealed the Kensington Palace in a communiqué relayed by Hello Magazine and the Daily Star. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive in Rabat for #RoyalVisitMorocco!???? pic.twitter.com/5sXqyAeZtF — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) February 23, 2019 p>The two sources

UNESCO might include Gnawa music in its cultural heritage list

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to consider including Gnawa music in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in December 2019, indicates a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. After Morocco submitted a file in September 2018, the UN body will make its decision at the 14th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage to be held in Bogota,

Morocco's midfielder Adel Taarabt to join Benfica's first-team training

After spending seven months with the reserves, Moroccan international player Adel Taarabt joined Benfica's first-team training, the club's manager Bruno Lage told the BBC. Taarabt, who was loaned to Italian club Genoa for 18 months, was unable to «break into» the Portuguese club's team. After returning to the club, in 2017, he was put at Benfica's reserve. According to the BBC, Taarabt's future changed due to his new coach, who joined the club in January. «He [Taarabt]

A Belgian council endorses Malika El Aroud’s expulsion to Morocco

Moroccan national Malika El Aroud, sentenced in 2008 for terror-related offences, will be expelled to the Kingdom. The decision was endorsed after authorities in Belgium concluded that she wouldn’t be «subjected to torture» if deported to Morocco, reports Le Soir. Delivered on Friday, the ruling pronounced by the Aliens Litigation Council stated that the El Aroud can be taken back to her country of origin, after she appealed against her expulsion, stressing that she might be

Australia’s Costa Group opens a berry packing facility in Morocco

Australia's largest horticultural company Costa Group has opened a new berry facility in Morocco, reports Fresh Plaza. The new plant will be a berry packing platform that is «at the forefront of berry exports to the European Union, the United Kingdom, Russia and Asia», the same source said. Located in Larache, northern Morocco, the 10,000 square meter facility will be the biggest berry packing place, targeting the European market. It has a capacity of up to 12,000 tonnes of