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Morocco and China to strengthen strategic ties

Morocco and China have agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership as the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita met with the Chinese State Councilor, Yang Jiechi Friday in Beijing, reports Xinhua, the Chinese News agency. During their meeting, the Chinese official who is also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee stated that the 19th CPC National Congress has set China «on a new journey» towards a modern socialist

Salah Abdeslam’s recent letter to his cousin reveals his obsession with Islam

Salah Abdeslam, the Belgium-born French national of Moroccan descent who is accused of involvement in the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, has recently sent a letter to his cousin, breaking finally the silence. According to L’Express, Abdeslam’s letter has revealed how obsessed with Islam he is. On the 19th of July, the alleged terrorist wrote a two-page letter to his cousin from his cell, where he mentioned Allah 17 times in 31 lines. «How many of us have passed away

Morocco and France sign five conventions in the fields of finance and transportation  

Morocco and France have strengthened cooperation in the financial and transportation fields, by signing on Wednesday in Rabat, five conventions on financing the extension of the tram lines in Rabat-Salé and Casablanca, transport and risk management. These conventions were signed as the French Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, is on a working visit to Morocco to co-chair alongside his counterpart, Saâdeddine El Othmani, the 13th edition of the Morocco-France

Abdellah Chakroun, a known figure in the fields of theatre and journalism dies at 91

Abdellah Chakroun, a leading figure in the fields of theatre and journalism in Morocco, died on Thursday 16th of November in Casablanca at 91, reports MAP news agency quoting the deceased’s family. He will be buried on the same day at Arrahma cemetery in Casablanca after the prayer of Al-Asr.

Rabat : Morocco and France collaborate to provide museum trainings

A partnership agreement, on training and scientific research in the museum field, was signed Thursday in Rabat, as part of the official visit to Morocco of the French delegation, led by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Signed by the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Françoise Nyssen, the President of the National Museums Foundation, Mehdi Qotbi, the Director of the French Institute of Morocco, Jean-Marc Berthon and the head of the National Heritage Institute, Philippe

2018 World Cup : The Moroccan Federation is making big efforts to bring El Haddadi back

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has called the Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international quasi-judicial body established to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration, to grant Munir El Haddadi a go-ahead to change his allegiance in international football from Spain to Morocco, reports EMC Sport. Playing previously at the Alavés club owned by Barca, the Spanish striker and son of Moroccan parents has represented La Roja in an official match, which prevents

Moroccan migrants held in Libya to start a hunger strike demanding their repatriation

The Moroccan authorities said on Wednesday that they are working on repatriating a large number of Moroccan migrants who claim to be stuck in Libya after trying to enter Europe clandestinely, reports the Associated Press.   In a video that went viral on the internet, a man who declared he is Moroccan said that around 232 of his fellow countrymen are kept in a migration center in Tripoli. The man complained saying that other migrants of different nationalities were repatriated by

Hervé Renard would like to see Morocco face France at the World Cup

Hervé Renard, the current manager of the Atlas Lions, would like to see Morocco face France in the World Cup. «I came to Morocco get the team qualified for the World Cup (...) By signing in for Morocco, I measured the ups and downs. I think that almost two years ago, we were very far from this level,» said Hervé Renard last night at a press conference held after the victory of Morocco against Côte d'Ivoire (2-0 ). Hervé Renard, le sélectionneur

Morocco's qualification for the World Cup : Celebrations turned violent in Brussels

Celebrations in Brussels, Belgium to mark the qualification of Morocco national football team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia turned violent. Fans clashed with policemen in the city center the police told the Belga press agency, reports AFP. Riot police fired water cannons to control a crowd of about 300 people. Several cars were burned and stores were looted, according to the Belgian police, who announced that 22 policemen were injured. Agression inacceptable ds centre BXL. Le

Morocco is qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

The Morocco national football team is qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Atlas Lions have successfully defeated the Ivorian Elephants on Saturday 11th of November in Abidjan. Scoring two goals, Morocco has secured a ticket to Russia. Nabil Dirar scored during the the first half time, Mehdi Benatia did the same minutes later. Morocco was topping its group before flying to Ivory Coast. It is the fifth time that the Moroccan national football team gets qualified for the

Morocco voices its concerns regarding the selection of the new Minurso’s head

«After the departure of Kim Bolduc, the United Nations Secretary-General has proposed to appoint Colin Stewart, a Canadian, to head the MINURSO», said a source from the Sahara. «For the moment, Morocco has voiced its concerns regarding the candidate proposed by Antonio Guterres,» adds the same source. It is not surprising; Minurso's new organization chart is led by the Canadian Gilles Brière, the head of support missions to the UN». As for Kim Bolduc, she

Who’s the biggest fan of the national football team ? [Street-interview]

The Moroccan football team will face this Saturday its Ivorian counterpart in Abidjan, a crucial match for Al Mountakhab, which might grant Morocco a ticket to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On this occasion, Yabiladi went on the streets of Casablanca asking tricky questions about the history of the national football team to know who Al Montakhab’s biggest fan is. Surprisingly even those who claimed that they know everything about the Atlas Lions failed to answer all the questions. These

Brussels : Morocco attends the defense ministers of the international coalition against daesh meeting

Morocco took part, Thursday in Brussels, in the meeting of defense ministers of the international coalition against daesh. The Moroccan delegation sent to the meeting was led by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration. The meeting was chaired by US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and attended by the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. It was also attended by about thirty defense ministers from the countries that are members of the

Sahara : After phosphate and fisheries, the Polisario is denouncing Morocco’s wind farm projects

After accusing Morocco of exploiting the natural resources of Western Sahara, the Polisario is denouncing the Kingdom’s wind farm projects. In a survey issued on Friday by «Western Sahara Resource Watch», a network of organizations and activists close to the Front, the Separatist movement claims that the «Moroccan wind energy projects in the occupied Sahrawi territories are systematically violating the decisions of the European Court of Justice and the United

Gulfsands to close down operations in Morocco

Gulfsands Petroleum PLC, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company incorporated in the United States, announced on Friday that it is no longer perusing Moulay Bouchta Petroleum agreement in Morocco, reports Reuters news agency. The company is planning to immediately sell off the group’s activities in Morocco, stating that this would help it «focus its management and capital resources in Levant region». According to the same source, Gulfsands Petroleum PLC

USA : A teacher suspended after filming herself taking off a student’s hijab

A video that went viral on the internet, this week in the United States, shows a student wearing a hijab and someone taking off her scarf while exposing her hair, reports WSMV on Thursday, an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Nashville, Tennessee. The video, which was uploaded on the social media app Snapchat with the caption «pretty hear», shows other students touching the girl’s hair while she was covering her face. Another video of the same girl emerged

Mauritania and Algeria signed an agreement to create a border crossing

It's official now. The Algerian Interior Minister and his Mauritanian counterpart signed on Wednesday, November 8th, in Nouakchott an agreement to create of a crossing point between Zouirate and Tindouf, reports the Algerian news agency. This project, if implemented, will help boost trade between the two countries, especially if the 800km long road connecting Zouirate to Tindour, would be paved. «The border crossing will have no impact on the smuggling activity carried out between

A Moroccan national expelled from Italy for allegedly financing ISIS fighters

A Moroccan national was expelled from Italy on Tuesday, November 7, for inciting the internal security of the state, reports on Thursday Secolo d’Italia. His deportation order was signed by the Italian Interior Minister, Marco Minniti. The suspect is a «40-year-old Moroccan national living in Pavia», a town and commune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, according to the Interior Minister. He was reported in 2015 after «working to obtain a large sum of money for