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, 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
Tens of thousands of protesters took the streets today in Rabat to support the Palestinian people and denounce the recent decision of U.S. President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has broken up with the political approach adopted by his peredecessors and recognized Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, sparking a wave of anger in several countries. Many marches took place in different parts of the world dennouncing Trump's decision including Morocco. To take a look at how Palestinians reacted to the U.S. unpredictable announcment,Yabiladi interviewed Abbas Zaki, the former representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization in
The Chinese big automotive company is building a new electric cars' factory near Tangiers joinnig the two French plants already operating in the region. The agreement to this new project was signed on Saturday by King Mohammed VI and BYD's chairman, whose company will also form part of the Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City.
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
After the Friday prayer, Moroccans took the streets in several cities in the kingdom to denounce Donald Trump’s recent decision. The demonstrations held today will be followed by a march scheduled for Sunday in Rabat.
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
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
The U.S. Consulate General and Dar America in Casablanca will have to close their doors on Friday afternoon for security measures, said the U.S. Embassy in Morocco on its official website. After publishing a security message reminding U.S. citizens of the need for caution and awareness of personal security following President Donald Trump’s recent decision, the American Mission in Morocco stated today that «due to possible demonstrations on Friday, December 08, 2017, after