Casablanca’s Ain Diab beach has hosted the first beach Sambo competition, according to Inside the Games, a website specialized in bringing the latest news about the world of Olympics, Commonwealth and Paralympic Games. The game was attended by 60 athletes with different age and weight categories. «Almost from the very beginning of the competition, fans from all over the beach began to draw to the site where they passed», said Dalil Scully, president of the Royal Moroccan
After spending holiday in Tangier, the Sudanese president returned to his country. Omar Hassan Al Bashir will presume his political activities by holding a meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn, expected this Tuesday in Khartoum. A very important visit for both countries. Al Bashir’s visit to Morocco has angered several human rights activists. They have called El Othmani’s government to arrest him according to the two international warrants
Moroccan authorities have rejected all accusations set by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) claiming that they blocked international reporting in the Rif region, AFP news agency reported today. The international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press, has announced earlier in July through a report that Morocco has prevented journalists from covering the event that took place in Al Hoceima city. «The situation
The Moroccan journalist and writer, Abdelkarim Ghallab passed away on Sunday night in El Jadida at 98, his family said on Monday. The deceased was a political journalist, a novelist and a cultural commentator. He was a well-known and distinguished figure of the national movement where he fought as a militant, an intellectual and journalist. Abdelkarim Ghallab, who headed Al Alam newspaper for several decades until early 2000's, is the author of five novels and three collections of short
The 7th Digital Earth Summit 2018, a global initiative aimed at harnessing the world's data and information resources to quantitatively describe and represent our planet, is to be held in El Jadida, Morocco from 17th to the 18th of April 2018, according to International Society for Digital Earth. The annual event will be hosted and co-organized by Chouaib Doukkali university and the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) in partnership with the African Association of Remote Sensing of
A delegation of the «Saharawi Committee for Human Rights», an official organization of the Polisario, went to the buffer zone of Tifarity to visit the group of 19 Moroccan detainees suspected of drug trafficking, indicates a media of the separatist group. «Prisoners had never been subjected to inhuman, degrading or ill treatment ... and they are in good health,» the organization said in a statement. Mustapha El Khalfi said on 27th of July during a press briefing that
Moroccan athlete Fouad El Kaam was qualified on Friday in London for the 1500m final at the London 2017 World Championships. El Kaam earned the 5th place in his series with a time of 3 min 38s 64 / 100th, while his compatriot Abdelaati Iguider was eliminated after crossing the distance in the first series in 3: 40.76. Moroccan athlete Soufiane El Bakkali won the silver medal of the 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships held in the British capital until 13 August. El
Amnesty International, a human-rights non-governmental organization, has published an article on its official website on the 11th of August, reporting accounts of several Hirak detainees who have claimed that they were allegedly tortured by the police while held in custody. According to Amnesty, around 66 people who were arrested amid the Hirak demonstrations held in the city of Al Hoceima reported that they were «heavily beaten, suffocated, stripped naked, threatened with rape and
The former Secretary General of the Commonwealth Emeka Anyaoku has urged the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari to refuse Morocco’s bid to join the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS), reports today ThisDay, the Nigerian national newspaper. According to the same source, Anyaoku announced that yesterday, 10th of August, in Lagos Nigeria’s largest city during the second annual Akintola Williams Foundation’s lecture. For the senior official, allowing Morocco
One year ago, Brahim Ghali triggered the Guerguarate crisis by establishing his troops and shutting down his enemies. However, a year later, his endeavors were put down and he lost the bet.