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Hervé Renard : Atlas Lions need to improve their performance for the 2018 World Cup

Hervé Renard, the current manager of the Morocco national football team spoke yesterday at a press conference the night before the friendly match between Morocco and Uzbekistan. According to him, the Moroccan national team «must improve its performance in order to compete with the other teams at the World Cup in Russia,» reports EFE. Hervé Renard believes that the European players «are faster» than their Moroccan counterparts, and the

Moroccan navy takes part in the multinational maritime exercise Obangame Express

The Royal Moroccan navy is participating, from the 21st to the 29th of March, to the multinational maritime exercise, «Obangame Express» in the Gulf of Guinea. This year, Navies and maritime security forces will gather in Douala Naval Base of the Navy in Cameroon. These operations are supported by the United States through Africom. Their aim is to combat human and drug trafficking, and piracy in the sub region. The Moroccan Navy is taking part in this exercise alongside

10km pour la paix : The second edition of Morocco's 10km peace run

The Diplomatic Circle for Charity is back for the second year in a row with a peace run. On April 8, the second edition of the «10 km pour la paix», a 10km peace run ,will take place in Rabat. The event gathered during the 1st edition «thousands of runners,» said a press release issued by the association. Now the «10 km for peace» will become a recurring race, taking place on the «first Sunday after April the 6th, the International Day of Sport for

Tangier : A Moroccan-Dutch national arrested in connection with the Hirak

A Moroccan-Dutch national was arrested in Tangier, Friday 23rd of March, for carrying «suspicious books», reported Dutch online newspaper NL quoting NOS. The man was released the day after a seven-hour long interrogation. Visiting his sick father in Morocco, the Moroccan-Dutch national was arrested while in Tangier to leave for Europe. He was told by the police that he had «suspicious books» with him but later realized that it was not the case, said the same source. In

Wanted in Germany, two Moroccan nationals arrested in Melilla

Two Moroccan nationals were arrested by the Spanish police at the borders between Melilla and Morocco. Their arrest is related to an extradition request issued by Germany, reported Europa Press. An arrest warrant was issued against the two men suspected of cocaine trafficking and believed to be part of a burglary network. The arrest of the two individuals, aged between 35 and 38, took place at the Beni Ansar border crossing, the Spanish police said in a statement issued on Sunday, 25th of

Horst Köhler to visit Laayoune for 4 days

Horst Köhler plans to pay Laayoune a four-day visit on the first week of April. Officials at the MINURSO’s headquarters are getting ready to receive the German mediator, and walls are being painted preparing for this visit. During his stay in the city, the Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara will have to tour the area by plane, visiting the MINURSO’s 4 Team-Site installed on both sides of the security wall. In Laayoune,

Portugal : A Moroccan national charged with terrorism offenses

A Moroccan national was arrested in Germany and extradited to Portugal, the Portuguese prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, reported AFP. The Portuguese public prosecutor has charged the individual of several counts : «joining a terrorist organization, another of forgery for the purpose of terrorism and four crimes of using fake documents for financing terrorism», said the Portugal news. The arrestee is identified as Abdessalam Tazi, a 64-year-old man accused also of

Italy : 23 Moroccans arrested for sextortion

Twenty-three Moroccan nationals have been arrested for sexually extorting several Italian citizens, reports Corriere della Sera. An investigation has enabled the authorities to identify the data used by these individuals, including names and nicknames, payment addresses, e-mail addresses, the number of transactions made and the identities of the accused in different countries. Some of the ones who demanded money were in Morocco. Asking for money, young girls from what appears to be a

A religious minorities meeting boycotted by Moroccan Christians

Once again, religious minorities in Morocco are making their voices heard. On Sunday, 25th of March, they organized a consultation meeting in Rabat to set up a legal framework for their situation. An objective that faces several obstacles. Yesterday, representatives of Moroccans converted to Christianity and Ahmadis refused at the last minute attending the meeting. Jaouad Hamidi, coordinator of the Moroccan Committee for Religious Minorities, pointed out that they were «pressured by the

Boxing : Ahmed El Moussaoui and Mohamed Rabii celebrate a new victory

The French-Moroccan boxer Ahmed El Mousaoui celebrated on Saturday, March 24 in Marseille, his 28th victory after defeating Hungarian boxer Gabor Gorbics, announced El Moussaoui on his facebook account on Sunday. The 28-year-old boxer is one of the best welterweight boxers in Europe. He is originally from Nador. On October 14, 2016, he won his unanimous fight against a former IBF World Champion, Mexican Carlos Molina. On March the 31, 2017, he defeated Igor Faniyan. Meanwhile, Moroccan

King Mohammed VI condemns hostage-taking in Trèbes and Attacks in Carcassonne

King Mohammed VI strongly condemned the hostage-taking that took place on Friday in a supermarket in Trèbes as well as the attacks that preceded it in Carcassonne, expressing his support and solidarity to French President, Emmanuel Macron. In a message sent to President Macron, the sovereign said he learnt with great emotion of the tragic hostage-taking in Trèbes and the "odious attacks" that preceded it in Carcassonne. He expressed, on behalf of the Moroccan people and in his

France attack : The police arrests two of Radouane Lakdim's friends

A friend of Radouane Lakdim, the hostage-taker who killed 4 and injured several people in a terror attack, was put in custody on Friday for around 19 hours for belonging to a terrorist organization, said Le Monde. On Friday night, a second individual was also arrested for the same count, informed the Paris prosecutor. According to a source close to the file, he is a minor born in 2000 and a friend of Radouane Lakdim. Investigations are underway to determine how the assailant got the gun he

Morocco beats Serbia 2-1 in a friendly

Morocco's national football team defeated, Friday, Serbia 2-1 during a friendly match hosted by Turin, Italy. Hakim Ziryech, a Moroccan mid-fielder, scored a goal. He also helped Khalid Boutaib score a second goal. Meanwhile, Serbia managed to score one goal losing in front of the Atlas Lions qualified for the 2018 World Cup scheduled this summer in Russia. This friendly was a way for the two nations to build up for the international competition. The Atlas Lions are expected to play against

195 Nigerians in Moroccan prisons for drug-related crimes, says a Nigerian diplomat

195 Nigerians are imprisoned in Morocco for drug-related crimes, said on Friday Baba Garba, the Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom, reports the Nigerian News Agency (NAN). «We have the menace of Nigerians that come from Latin America, transiting Morocco that are carriers of drugs», said the Nigerian ambassador insisting : «we have a number of them in prisons purely for drugs; I send the figures officially to government, there are 195 of them in prisons». According to

USA : The funds destined for Morocco to cover the Sahara

The FY 2018 appropriations bill passed on Thursday by US Congress requires that funds appropriated under title III of this Act for Morocco shall be made available for assistance in the Moroccan Sahara. Last October, Senators Lindsey Graham (Republican) and Patrick Leahy (Democrat) had introduced a proposal requesting to «consult» the MINURSO first before sending aids to Western Sahara. An initiative that was blessed by Senator James Inhofe. In 2017, the Kingdom managed to ensure

The majority of the LGBT asylum seekers in Spain are Moroccans

The Spanish Refugees Aid Commission (CEAR) has published its 2017 data, indicating that Spain has accepted 595 asylum applications, almost twice the number of what was accepted in 2016 (355). According to CEAR, Palestinians, Eritreans and Moroccans are the most to seek asylum in the country. From 595 requests, 55 were granted to Moroccans. «The vast majority was related to the sexual orientation of the applicants,» reports the news agency EFE. Betty Lachgar from the Alternative

Mustapha El Khalfi : Amnesty’s report on Jerada «lacks fairness»

Minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, government spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi reacted to the note published by Amnesty International, on the 16th of March, concerning the Jerada Events. During a press briefing held on Thursday the minister stated that the report «lacks fairness and does not include real data». Mustapha El Khalfi said that «last week's events in Jerada did not hinder the ongoing implementation of the government's

France : Two killed and a policeman injured in a hostage situation

A man is holding several people hostage in a supermarket in Trèbes, a city in southern France, BBC reports on Friday. The man inside had earlier opened fire on policemen who were jogging and injured one of them in the shoulder. The police rushed to the supermarket where the gunman was hiding. LCI announced that 2 people were killed and 12 are wounded. Officially, the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office in Paris confirmed that two people were, indeed, killed in this