In an interview with the French news agency AFP, head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) believes that «Europe must vote for Morocco». For Ahmad «it’s a matter of interests for Europe», adding that «we, we are saying to Europe, vote for us, we will vote for you next time. It’s clear, it’s democracy». Many are the strong points the Moroccan bid presents, according to the CAF president, no visa, proximity, times zones,
French professional golfer Alexander Levy won, Sunday 22nd of April, the Hassan II Trophy, a golf tournament in Morocco hosted by Prince Moulay Rachid. Levy finishes a 2-under 70 defeating by one shot Spanish golfer Alvaro Quiros, said Associated Press. «One off the lead overnight, Levy made two of his four birdies in his first five holes to hit the front and stayed ahead for the rest of the final day at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course», said the same day. Levy will leave
Morocco has a medium quality nationality according to the latest edition of the Quality of Nationality Index. The report ranks the kingdom second in North Africa and 123rd in the world.
Moroccan presenter actress and singer Wiam Dahmani passed away Sunday, 22nd of April, in the United Arab Emirates due to a heart attack, reported multiple media sources. The 34-year-old artist was born on August 22nd, 1983 in Kenitra. She debuted her career as a broadcaster for Dubai TV, she then started acting and singing. Wiam participated to many Bollywood movies and starred in Pakistani ones. The Moroccan national worked for Zee Aflam, an India-based satellite television channel owned by
The Moroccan Paralympic champion El Amin Chentouf won, Sunday, the silver medal of the 2018 London Marathon. Chentouf, who participated in the vision impaired events T11/12, covered the distance in 2 hours 29 minutes and 05 seconds. The gold medal was claimed by Spanish athlete Also Alberto Suarez (2h 28min 49s), while British Rae Derek won the bronze medal, finishing the race in 2 hours 36 minutes and 13 seconds. The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, UK as
The U.S. Department of State has been criticized by a Polisario news platform for calling «SADR»'s flag «separatist».
The Asian Decolonisation Collective, an anti-racism body representing people of Asian origin, recently challenged Netflix regarding Gad Elmaleh and Kev Adams' sketch entitled “The Chinese”, according to Asian community-focused online newspaper NextShark. Although the sketch dates back to 2016, its replay on Tuesday, April 17 on the French TV channel W9 brought the controversy back. Through hashtag #GadElmalehOutofNetflix, Netflix has been solicited via Twitter to end its
The U.S. Department of State issued on Friday, 20th of April, its 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which include Morocco, recognizing the positive steps the Kingdom took in 2017 to stregthen its respect for human rights, a communiqué sent to Yabiladi by the U.S. Embassy reported. In its annual reports, the U.S. Department of State highlighted the efforts Morocco made last year to eradicate torture, and improve the independence of the judiciary. It also hailed the decline
Being on stage is a little girl's dream coming true for Narrimane Benaïssa, who lives between France and Morocco. From now on, it is here that the multi-talented artist decides to take her professional projects further.
FIFA task force is to pay Morocco a second visit next week after expressing concerns over «hotel capacity and stadiums» set by the the Kingdom's bid for the 2026 World Cup, said AFP. After visiting five cities to evaluate Morocco's ability to meet the needs of such tournament, FIFA experts «noticed some deviations from the initial planned programme», president of Moroccan bid Moulay Hafid Elalamy told the French news agency. FIFA task force «asked questions