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Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan plans to invest in Morocco

Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate (DAAR), a Saudi Arabian property development company and one of the largest developers by market value in the Asian country, is considering investing in Morocco ; its president Youssef al-Shelash told the British news agency. Headquartered in Riyadh and founded in 1994 by six families operating in the business community, the company is aimed at meeting the increased housing demand of the Saudi population. The real estate firm has a portofolio of 800 million dollars,

Hirak : 18 Riffian activists held in preventive detention 

The Moroccan police held 18 Riffian activists in preventive detention on Tuesday, 12th of December, including 12 minors, for allegedly committing acts of public disorder last night in the city of Imzouren, reports EFE news agency. Rioting broke out after the police intervened to disperse a social protest in the Ait Moussa Omar district, a security source told the news agency. The police operation resulted in the arrest of 33 people, 15 of whom were released later, said the source. For

One Planet Summit : King Mohammed VI takes part in lunch hosted by the French President

King Mohammed VI, accompanied by the Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, took part on Tuesday, 12th of December, in the lunch hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in honor of the heads of State and delegations attending the «One Planet Summit», held in Paris. On his arrival at the Elysee Palace, the sovereign reviewed a detachment of the Republican Guard that paid the honors before being greeted by the French President, reports MAP news agency. The king was also greeted by UN

African Entrepreneurship Award honors 12 winners from 9 African countries

Twelve entrepreneurs from 9 African countries will share a $1 million award to launch and scale their business ideas with the help of the African Entrepreneurship Award, a competition powered by BMCE Bank of Africa.  The first prize ($ 100,000) was for Louise Williamson (South Africa), who founded Sustainability Professionals to solve cooking needs for rural schools and communities. Allen Kimambo from Tanzania received the second prize for creating Zaidi General

Egypt’s Edita signs an agreement with Dislog to establish a joint venture in Morocco

Edita Food Industries, a leader in the Egyptian snack food market signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday, 10th of December, with Dislog Group to establish a joint venture in Morocco, the company said in a press release reported by Reuters news agency. The Egyptian firm present in the market since 1996 is planning to form «Edita Food Industries – Morocco», a joint venture that will «leverages Edita’s manufacturing and technical industry experience and

Terrorism: Abdelhak Khiame proudly outlines the BCIJ's record

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) has managed in 2017 to dismantle nine terrorist cells, neutralize 186 suspected terrorists and arrest 20 «returnees», people who have returned to Morocco after staying in conflict zones. In fact, the Central Bureau have dismantled 49 cells since its creation. 21 of them were stopped in 2015, 19 in 2016 and 9 others in 2017. The results of the fight against terrorism in Morocco, especially for 2017, is a Moroccan success story,

Heavy rains : Lydec is doubling its efforts

Lydec, an agency that manages potable water, electricity and liquid sanitation services for the city of Casablanca, announced on Monday that its teams are alerted and strengthened to intervene any time, following the heavy rains that the region is witnessing lately. The agency in Casablanca said in a statement, that 386 agents, including executives and intervention operators specialized in sanitation as well as 116 agents specialized in electricity works are ready to rapidly intervene. Lydec

King Mohammed VI to attend the World Climate Summit «One Planet Summit»

King Mohammed VI will take part in the World Climate Summit «One Planet Summit» on Tuesday, 12th of December in Paris, France, the Ministry of Royal the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced in a statement reported by MAP news agency. According to the United Nations Environment website, the summit is expected to be attended by local, regional, national leaders and the ones working in the public and private finance sector. During this meeting the attendees are

Melilla : A Moroccan national arrested for trying to smuggle a sub-Saharan migrant

The Spanish Civil Guard arrested on Friday, 8th December, a 65-year-old Moroccan national who was trying to smuggle a Sub-Saharan teenager in his car to Melilla, reports the Spanish daily newspaper, El Pais. Aged 12, the young man from Guinea-Conakry was stuffed inside a tiny space between the engine and the passenger seat. The arrest occurred during a checkpoint in the Beni-Ensar border crossing. Once the vehicle, a BMW X5, arrived in the crossing border, the police asked the driver to show

Saadeddine El Othmani is the new PJD Secretary-General

The 8th PJD Congress was unsurprisingly concluded. Saadeddine El Othmani was elected Secretary General of the Justice and Development Party with 1006 votes against 912 for Driss Azami. After leading the party between 2004 and 2008, El Othmani took over the helm of the Islamist party preceding Benkiran’s 9-year-long term. Abdelilah Benkirane congratulated his successor for his victory, which El Othmani owes essentially to the support of the Reform and Unity movement. The latter rejected

SDX Energy makes a new gas discovery in Morocco

SDX Energy, a British oil company operating in both Egypt and Morocco, announced on Monday, 11th December, that it made a new gas discovery in the Sebou permit onshore. According to Proactive Investors, «the well, which was drilled down to 1,896 metres, has encountered some 14.2 metres of net conventional natural gas pay in the Hoot formation». The company also indicated that the new well is expected in 30 days to be connected to the closest production infrastructure. Meanwhile it

Netherlands : Belgian-Moroccan kick-boxer Jamal Ben Saddik defeated by Rico Verhoeven

The Belgian-Moroccan kick-boxer Jamal Ben Saddik lost to his Dutch opponent Rico Verhoeven on Saturday at the Rotterdam's Palais des sports, reports the Dutch channel Rijnmond. The latter successfully defended his world title in the heavyweight category, taking revenge on the Belgian-Moroccan athlete, who had beaten him six years ago. Last May, Rico Verhoeven defeated the Dutch-Moroccan boxer Ismael Lazaar in the Dutch Glory 41 tournament in Den Bosh, The Netherlands. In December 2016, he

Canada : Jamal Eddine Naji elected head of a UN research Chair

Professor Jamal Eddine Naji was elected on Friday, December 8, to chair the Orbicom International Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communications, by the 300 members of this international non-governmental organization, meeting in general assembly. This UN network was created in 1997 at the initiative of UNESCO and the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), where it sits. It has nearly 40 Chairs and over 270 Associate Members, spread across 72 countries, including academics, researchers, media

Denmark : Young Moroccans use Martial Arts as an integration tool

Moroccans living in Ringsted, a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand, are at the heart of a success story, practicing Martial Arts which is for them an affective tool to integrate in the Scandinavian country. These Moroccans who are originally from the southern provinces of the kingdom, have distiguished themselves by playing Muai Thai, K1, Kickboxing and full-contact. «Out of nine athletes that have participated to the latest championship played on the 2nd of December

Nasser Bourita in Cairo to discuss the consequences of Washngton's recent decision

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, arrived Saturday, 9th of December, in Cairo, Egypt to attend a minestrial meeting organized to discuss consequences of Washington's decision to move the US embassy in Israel to occupied East Jerusalem, reports Egypt Today. The Mauritanian Foreign Minister, Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih, is also attending the same meeting intended to shed light on the «repercussions for the region» after the American

Club World Cup : Wydad defeated by Pachuca

The Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) has lost to Pachuca, a Mexican professional football team based in Pachuca, Hidalgo (0-1) on Saturday 9th of December at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Sports City Stadium. Mexican midfielder Érick Gutiérrez scored a goal during the extra time after the two teams playing at the semi-finals of the Club World Cup coudn't score during the regular time of the match. The Wydad were reduced to ten men after 69 minutes, when captain Brahim Nekkach collected a

Moroccans held in Libya have finally arrived in Casablanca

The 235 Moroccan nationals who were held in a center in the city of Zouara have finally been repatriated. They arrived last night in the kingdom, an authorized source from the Ministry for Moroccans Residing Abroad and Emigration told Yabiladi on Friday. «This operation» was carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation with the help of the Directorate of social and consular affairs and the competent authorities. They went on scene to identify the

Judo for orphans : An IJF delegation visits Bab Ghmat orphanage

On the eve of the World Championships Open 2017, that took place in Marrakech from during the 11th and 12th of November, Marius Vizer, President of the International Judo Federation (IJF), Ilias Iliadis, a Georgian-born Greek judoka, Teddy Riner, a French judoka  visited a Moroccan orphanages. In a video published on the 7th of December by the Federation’s Youtube channel, Khalid Hajji, Judo coach spoke about the special project created in Moroccan orphanages. «There are more