The ranking of Moroccan schools and universities on the internet is disappointing. Webometrics Ranking of World Universities has released its latest ranking in July. Conducted by Cybermetrics Lab, which belongs to the Council of Scientific Research (CSI), the Spanish public research organization has included more than 8,000 universities on the internet. It also used four criteria to evaluate these establishments, namely : visibility (50%), the number of web pages (20%), number of documents
Following the arrest of the Moroccan Journalist, Hamid Mahdawi, Human Rights Watch, an American-founded international non-governmental organization has issued a report denouncing the charges put against him. Sentenced to three months of prison on the 25th of July 2017, HRW indicated that this «violates his (Hamid Mahdawi) right to peaceful speech». Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa Director at Human Rights Watch declared that «disagreeing with a state policy
The family of a Moroccan navy merchant, believed to be kidnapped by Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, has called the government in a statement to react to the incident that took place a week ago, reports Al Arabiya. According to the same source, the Moroccan online newspaper, Hespress was handed a letter on Monday from the family of one of the two Moroccan sailors allegedly kidnapped. «In the letter the family demanded that the Moroccan authorities intervene through the Foreign
FC Barcelona announced today in a statement the closing of its football academy in Casablanca, FCB Escola, following two years of operations, according to Spanish sports information website Be Soccer. The club did not indicate the reasons behind the termination of its contract with the local company in charge of the management of the academy. It has been disclosed however, that the club did not have, at the moment, any «official sporting project on Moroccan soil», and proceeded to
Morocco and Nepal, a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia, signed on the 3rd of August a Memorandum of Understanding on the formation of a bilateral consultation mechanism, reports the Himalayan Times. Mohmmed Maliki, the Ambassador to Nepal and Shankar Das Bairagi, Nepal’s Foreign Secretary attended a ceremony in the Foreign Ministry where they signed the MoU. The latter, according to Baigari will help «exploring ways and means for further expanding and consolidating
The funeral of Mohamed Ait Saïd, a peacekeeper from the Minusca, who died in the Central African Republic in an armed group attack, took place on Thursday in Ouarzazate. After Al Asr prayer the funeral procession moved to the Tigmi El Jadid cemetery where the body of the deceased was buried. His funeral was attended by members his family, friends and relatives, as well as several senior military and civilian figures. Similarly, the funeral of Master Corporal Zaid Kabouz, also killed in
Royal Air Maroc has set a new traffic record last weekend (29th and 30th of July 2017), the company said in a statement. 57,739 passengers flew with the company on 517 flights (round trip) during these two days. This influx has set an exceptional record at Mohammed V airport, where nearly 42,726 people took 350 flights of the Royal Air Maroc round trip. The Casablanca hub accounted for 74% of the company’s traffic. «This achievement was made possible by the arrangements put by the
Wärtsilä group, a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets, is to source a 22MW base load power plant to Morocco following «an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract», reports the company today. The Moroccan state which will made use of the new engines has insisted on a specific evaluation principle for the plant which will guarantee «a levelized cost of energy
The Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir has arrived to Tangier despite the genocide charges and warrant issued against him. The latter was invited by King Salmane who is currently in a private visit to the northern city.
Islamic banks have started operating in the Kingdom marking the beginning of a new era of finance that Moroccans are unfamiliar with. How do they work and what characterizes their operations and offers is a question that needs to be answered.