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Moulay Hafid Elalamy to chair Morocco’s 2026 World Cup bid committee

As part of the preparation for Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Chairmanship of Morocco’s Bid Committee has been assigned by King Mohammed VI to My Hafid Elalamy, reports MAP news agency. Elalamy’s work consists in providing all the necessary support to the Moroccan Royal Football Federation (FRMF) and the specific division created within the FRMF, in accordance with FIFA guidelines and specifications. He will act as the Government’s interlocutor for

Morocco : Jbel Irhoud registered as a national heritage site

Jbel Irhoud, an archaeological site located just north of the locality known as Tlet Ighoud, about 50 km south-east of the city of Safi in Morocco, has been registered as a national heritage site, announces AFP. The area is known for the rest of the world by the Hominin fossils that have been found there in 1960. The specimens discovered in Jbel Irhoud were later assigned to Homo sapiens and have been dated to over 300,000. This decision was made public in January by the Moroccan Official

NGOs and public personalities show support for Helena Maleno

Human rights organizations and several personalities support the Spanish journalist, Helena Maleno, accused of being involved in facilitating illegal immigration, believing that she is helping migrants enter the Spanish territory. The 47-year-old activist is to be heard, Wednesday by the judge in Tangier, reports AFP. Helena Maleno has for several years been able to locate migrants in difficulty off the coast of Spain. She has been living in the northern city for about fifteen years

A Moroccan woman dies in Cairo airport suffering a heart attack

A Moroccan national died on Tuesday, 9th of January, at the Cairo International Airport suffering a heart attack as she was preparing to fly to Casablanca. The deceased, Naima I. (66 years old), succumbed to her condition in the boarding lounge, while she was planning to get in a Royal Air Maroc flight to Casablanca. The woman was on a vacation to Egypt, said the Kingdom’s embassy in Cairo. As soon as it was informed by the Egyptian authorities of her death, the Moroccan embassy began

After the meeting in Abidjan, the South African foreign minister is in Rabat

The South African Minister of Foreign Affairs is in Morocco. Nkoana Mashabane is taking part in Rabat in the Ministerial Conference for an African Agenda on Migration, Bourita said the role of Morocco and South Africa remains pivotal regarding issues related to peace, development and migration. Speaking to MAP news agency, Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation, follow the important and historic meeting which took place late November in Abidjan, on the

Las Vegas : Nine Moroccan startups participate to the International Consumer Electronics Show

Morocco is participating for the first time in the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), to be held from the 9th to the 12th of January in Las Vegas, Nevada, says the Foundation MAScIR (Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation & Reserarch) in a statement sent Tuesday to Yabiladi. Two prototypes developed by the Foundation's researchers will be presented at the CES : the first one is a LAB ON CARD developed by the Center for Medical Biotechnology, which has succeeded in

SDX Energy expected to put one of its recent wells into production

SDX Energy, a British oil company operating in both Egypt and Morocco, announced on Tuesday, 9th of January, that its KSR-16 well, located at the Sebou project onshore Morocco, has been put into production, reports Proactive Investors. According to the same source, the well’s production rate is estimated at 8.43mln cubic feet of gas per day, considered as the company’s best results of the three recent new wells at the project. SDX is planning after this achievement to drill at the

Yasin Ben El-Mhanni allegedly bullied by Newcastle’s coach

Yasin Ben El-Mhanni, an English professional footballer of Moroccan descent who plays as a winger for Newcastle United, has claimed that he was bullied by Peter Beardsley, the current manager of the British club. According to Press Association, a multimedia news agency operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Ben El-Mhanni has lodged a complaint against Beardsley. As reported by the Dailymail, Beardsley has allegedly made racist comments to one of his players during a trip to Go Ape, an

Visa to launch contactless payment cards in Morocco

Moroccans can now use contactless visa cards to pay for their purchases, reports Verdict, an online newspaper based in London covering global business issues with speed, accuracy and intelligence. The technology is finally going to be introduced in Morocco allowing consumers in the North African Kingdom to process transactions in an easy and smart way. Speaking to the same source, Sami Romdhane, general manager of Visa international Morocco indicated that «contactless technology is

Vinci signs a 284 million-euro contract to build a hydroelectric plant in Morocco

Vinci, a French concessions and constructions company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d’Entreprises, has signed a 284 million-euro ($341 million) contract for the construction of a hydroelectric plant in Morocco, the company announced on Tuesday, 9th of January, reports Fox business. This agreement goes hand in hand with the Kingdom’s plan to develop renewable energy. The French company, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, is intending to start a joint

Morocco and Malawi to strengthen bilateral cooperation in agricuture

Secretary of state for Rural Development, Water and Forests Hamou Ouhelli held, Monday, talks with Malawian minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Emmanuel Fabiano, on means to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture. Ouhelli told MAP said that this meeting, which is part of South-South cooperation in accordance with the African vision of King Mohammed VI, was an opportunity to examine ways to promote bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture, adding that at

FEPEX : Morocco is Spain’s main supplier of fruits and vegetables in 2017

Morocco consolidated its position as Spain's main supplier of fruits and vegetables in 2017, with exports worth 462.3 million Euros until last October, said the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX). These imports from Morocco increase by 36% over the same period of 2016, FEPEX said in a statement, noting that the Kingdom continues to strengthen, year after year, its position as Spain's main foreign supplier of

Austria : A Muslim newborn criticized on social media because of her mother’s hijab

An Austrian infant, the first newborn baby in the country in 2018, was the subject of racist comments on social media because of a photo posted on Facebook of her veiled mother, reports to the French daily CNews Matin. Hateful comments that the Catholic NGO Caritas, who assists refugees and migrants, has strongly denounced. «Hate on the internet has reached a totally new dimension by targeting an innocent newborn», said Klaus Schwertner, the head of Caritas. He denounced «the

Badou Ezzaki to manage the Algerian club JSK

The Moroccan retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current coach, Ezzaki Badou, is expected to manage Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive (JSK), and Algerian professional association football club based in Tizi Ouzou. The JSK leaders have offered Badou Ezzaki an 18-month contract. «In principle, both parties agreed, but there should probably be a final round of negotiations in Tizi Ouzou, this Thursday or Friday, during which the two parties will set the duration of the contract and

Guerguerate : Brahim Ghali wants to meet Kohler in Europe

Trying to profit from the actual Guerguerate crisis, the Polisario’s leadership is working on convincing Horst Kohler, Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, to meet with Brahim Ghali, leader of the separatist movement, in the coming weeks, probably at the end of January. This was announced to media by Bukhari Ahmed, the Front’s representative to the United Nations. A European capital is expected to host the meeting, adds the same source. The Guerguerate crisis, according to Bukhari,

RAM Casablanca-New York flights canceled or rescheduled due to weather conditions

Due to poor weather conditions in New York since January 4, and following a warning from the airport authorities in New York City regarding repeated ad hoc closures at JF Kennedy International Airport, flights from all airlines are subject to major disruptions, says Royal Air Maroc in a statement. The company had to cancel or reprogram some flights between Casablanca and New York (in both directions). «However, Royal Air Maroc is sparing no effort to find deferral solutions on scheduled

Algeria : A Moroccan national found murdered

A Moroccan national was found murdered Friday in Tiaret (center), in an apartment in the city AADL-500 housing Kaïd Ahmed, according to El Watan. According to the Algerian newspaper, the victim, probably a plasterer, was stunned with the help of a blunt object, which would be a hammer. No information has yet been provided on the motive of the crime. The investigation was handed over to the federal police.

More than 200 Sub-Saharan migrants crossed the borders entering Melilla

More than 200 African migrants have crossed Saturday the double border fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the Spanish authorities have indicated, adding that several of them and a policeman were injured, according to AFP. A total of 209 people from sub-Saharan Africa forced their way into Spain by climbing the fence overnight, the central government's representative office in Melilla said in a statement. A policeman was injured after being «attacked by an