Announced by a television report broadcasted by Al Ghad TV channel, Morocco’s army has set up a field hospital in Gaza. The decision was taken in May, following the instructions of King Mohammed VI in an attempt to provide civilians in the Gaza strip with the necessary assistance. The hospital will be managed by 97 people, including 13 doctors and 21 nurses. The facility contains 30 beds and 30 others that can be added in emergency cases. «The blockade imposed on Gaza
On its Facebook page, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that a Moroccan delegation that includes engineers, movie directors, writers and businessmen is currently visiting the Jewish state. Members of the group will meet Israeli officials and visit a series of Islamic holy sites.
Moroccan-Dutch forward Mounir El Hamdaoui has joined Ittihad Tanger football club for two seasons. The international footballer returns to the Kingdom to be part of the Moroccan championship «Botola» after playing with FC twente. His contract with the Dutch team reached an end. The 33-year-old previously played for Tottenham, Fiorentin, Ajax Amsterdam and Malaga. Transfert. Mounir #Hamdaoui ?? s’engage avec l’Ittihad de Tanger pour une durée de deux saisons.
King Mohammed VI, and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed Sunday, 10th of June, in the royal palace in Rabat three cooperation agreements, including an agreement on the Nigeria-Morocco onshore/ offshore gas pipeline, says MAP news agency. «The Nigerian and Moroccan parties have worked effectively and constructively to ensure that the feasibility study for the pipeline», said Farouk Garba Said, General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and Amina
It is hard to believe that during his visit to Rabat, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union did not talk to Moroccan officials about the Sahara conflict just three weeks before the Mauritania summit.
The Moroccan national football team arrived Sunday morning in Voronezh, a city located 446 km south of Moscow, ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Upon their arrival at Voronezh International Airport, the team was welcomed by Morocco's ambassador to Russia, Abdelkader Lachheb. Morocco will compete in Group B along with Spain, Portugal and Iran, with a campaign set to begin on 15 June against Iran before facing Portugal on 20 June and finally Spain on 25 June.
Morocco national football team defeated on Saturday, 9th of June, the Estonian team 3-1 in a friendly held ahead of the 2018 World Cup. The first goal was scored by French-born Moroccan professional Younes Belhanda 11 minutes after the game started. The second Moroccan goal was signed by midfielder Hakim Ziyech 27 minutes later. During the game’s second half, Youssef Naciri scored the Atlas Lions’ third goal. Four minutes later, Estonian player Ats Purje. The game is a way for
The African Development Bank (AfDB) loaned Morocco 200 million euros (around 2.2 billion dirhams) to fund the support program for agricultural industries' inclusive and sustainable development, said the ministry of economy and finance. The loan agreement was inked, on Friday in Rabat, at a ceremony chaired by economy and finance minister Mohamed Boussaid, in the presence of Leila Mokadem Farah, resident representative of AfDB national bureau in Morocco and Nezha El Ouafi, secretary of
On the 9th of June 1966, Morocco decided through a royal decree to apply conscription. A decision that forced all Moroccan men to undertake 18 months of compulsory military service. 40 years later, mandatory military service was abolished as it was hard to be carried properly.
The first instance criminal chamber for terrorism affairs at the annexe of Salé's appeal court handed, Thursday, verdicts ranging from 6 to 20 years in prison to 11 suspects sued in terrorism-related cases. The court sentenced two defendants to 20 years in prison, seven accused to 15 years, and two others to six years, who had been prosecuted for «forming a gang to prepare and commit terror acts as part of a collective project aimed at seriously undermining public order and