Moroccan lender CFG Bank is planning to expand operations in French-speaking countries in West Africa through Ivory Coast or Senegal, says Bloomberg. The bank founded in 1992 wants to begin «strategic alliances» in one of the above-mentioned countries by 2019, Laureen Kouassi-Olsson, the regional head of Western and Central Africa at Amethis Finance, a private-equity which acquired a 13-percent stake in CFG told the same source. «We’re looking at these two countries
Last year, an Israeli TV channel and Al Masdar, an online newspaper, shed light on the history of North African Jews who immigrated to Israel between 1956 and 1962. They revealed the operations carried out by the Mossad through cells established in Morocco, to especially facilitate and secure Moroccan-Jews’ trips to the «Promised Land». History.
Two different reports on fuel prices have been leaked to media a few days before the Finance and Economic development Committee meets at the House of Representatives. While an anynomous source confirmed to Yabiladi that the two documents were made public by a member of the committee in charge of providing information on fuel prices, other sources have claimed the opposite.
Daughter of a Moroccan mother and a Portuguese father, actress Sahar Perles has been exposed to diverse and multiple cultures. Born in Paris, the young woman debutes her acting career in Morocco.
Moroccan rapper Taoufik Hazeb aka Don Bigg has released a new track, inspired by U.S. big hit «This is America». Bigg's «Hada Houa l'Maroc», released Friday 11th of May, is a remix of the American song released on the 5th of the current month by actor and rapper Donald Grover. In his version of the viral track, Don Bigg rapped in Moroccan Arabic criticizing the current situation in Morocco and the boycott campaign, converting his anger into words. Taoufik Hazeb's rap
Mauritanian president Ould Abdel Aziz has seized all oportunities to send significant messages to the Moroccan authorities. On the 25th of December he sent a military delegation to take part to one of the Front's military exercises. On the 27th of February and May the 10th, he received two of the Polisario's emissaries.
A demonstration has marked the 45th anniversary of the Polisario’s creation. Festivities were reportedly interrupted by a wave of anger targeting the Front’s leadership.
The Marrakech appeal court sentenced, Thursday, the man who sexually assaulted a girl in Benguerir to 10 years in prison. The 21-year-old man was arrested in March after he appeared in a viral video trying to rape a young girl.
Dr. Samad Benalla aka «Doc Samad» was assaulted in his office located in Casablanca, reports Kifach, citing a photo published by the sexology expert on his Facebook account. On the photo, Doc Samad appeared to have bruises on his face. Next to the photo, Doc Samad wrote that he left Morocco to «thoroughly think» about his future and «rearrange» his thoughts. «I am not giving up. I am a Moroccan and I love my country. Experience is the key to
In one of its recent statements, FIFA said that U.S. governed territories are entitled to vote in June. The decision comes as Morocco raised questions about potential conflicts of interest in the context of the voting procedure.