UK : A teenager stabbed near a mosque in Birmingham

A 14-year-old teenager was stabbed in the neck and head around 1 am on Saturday near a mosque in Birmingham, BBC reports. The boy, who was member of the congregation at the place of worship, was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. According to the Guardian, the police in West Milands, a metropolitan county in western central England, said they arrested a 29-year-old man on Saturday morning on suspicion of attempted murder and is held under custody. The police insisted that the

Boussaid outlines draft bill on Bank Al-Maghrib status

In line with structural reforms aimed at strengthening and modernizing the financial system, the outline of Bill 40-17 on the status of Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) was presented on Thursday in Rabat by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Boussaid. «Reviewing the current status of Bank Al-Maghrib, which was initiated in 2006, follows the evolution of both the legal and institutional environment of the central bank, particularly after the adoption of the 2011 Constitution and the recent

South Korea to play a football friendly with Morocco

South Korea confirmed on Friday 29th of September that its national football team will play with Morocco in an international friendly scheduled for October. Morocco will play against South Korea on the 10th of October in Switzerland, most precisely at the Tissot Arena in Biel, said the Korean Football Association. «The KFA originally planned a friendly with Tunisia for Oct. 10, but the African side pulled out of its commitment Sept. 22 citing internal reasons.«In Tunisia's stead,

 Morocco : Controversy erupts as a film festival invites an Israeli filmmaker

Anti-Israel groups are once again angered by the participation of an Israeli filmmaker to one of Morocco's most known festivals. Organizers of the International Women Film Festival of Sale invited Simone Bitton, an Israeli-French documentary filmmaker of Moroccan descent.

Was Morocco vs. UAE game canceled because of Qatar ?

The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) canceled a friendly set for the 10th of October against Morocco, according to Inside World Football. Accordingly, an alleged political decision was behind pressuring Morocco to support the Emirates in the crisis of the Gulf. The United Arab Emirates said the game was canceled while the country sought a replacement for the national team manager, Edgardo Bauza, who left to manage the Saudi team for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The United

EU-Africa-Morocco : A forum to fight against terrorism is in the making

An EU-Africa-Morocco forum to fight against terrorism was examined by the binomial in charge of security issues in the Morocco-Union European Joint Parliamentary Committeee (CPM). This is what announced Anderrahim Atmoun, member of the binomial and co-chairman of the joint Moroccan commission, said in a statement. «This meeting will have an ambitious roadmap including the fight against terrorism in all its forms,» said the co-chairman of the joint commission. Before adding :

The Guardian reacts to the expulsion of its journalist Saeed Kamali

The Guardian, a British daily newspaper headquartered in London, has confirmed the expulsion of its journalist, Saeed Kamali, from Morocco while reporting on the Hirak popular movement. According to AFP, the Guardian issued a statement reacting to the incident. «Saeed Kamali Dehghan is safe and well, and has returned to London», wrote the newspaper. «We are surprised that a respected Guardian correspondent reporting in Morocco was told to leave the country, and we are looking

Planeta group to open two schools in Morocco

Planeta, a Spanish media group based in Barcelona and operates in Spain, Portugal, France, and Latin America announced on Thursday in Rabat that it would open two schools in Morocco in the fields of tourism and management. It is Ostelea School of Hospitality & Tourism, specializing in tourism and hospitality management, and Eslsca Business School Paris, a business school with a strong reputation in finance and market intelligence. The two schools will start operating by the beginning of

The Moroccan Center of Conjuncture : A potential for sustained economic growth exists

The Moroccan Centre of Conjuncture delivered yesterday in Casablanca the findings of its exploratory study on the emergence of the Moroccan economy. An analysis that focuses on the challenges of the following objective : maintaining sustained and regular economic growth. 

Saeed Kamali, a journalist working for the Guardian was allegedly expelled from Morocco

Saeed Kamali Dehghan, a journalist who works for the Guardian, was expelled from Morocco on the 28th of September while making reportage on the Hirak in Al Hoceima. He was indeed taken to Mohammed  V airport in Casablanca to fly to London, after being arrested by the authorities, on September the 27th, in Al Hoceima, reports TelQuel. The Iranian-born journalist arrived in Morocco on the 25th of September to cover Women in Africa Forum, bringing together influential women from the African