Morocco is to be backed by the International Finance Corporation to widen its infrastructure investment.
Lawyer Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui has decided to settle down in the Netherlands for reasons that he explained to Yabiladi.
In the 1960s, Brian Jones, the founding father of the Rolling Stones, was inspired by a small village in the Moroccan Rif. Gaston Carré has just published a book edited by Erick Bonnier and entitled «Un Rolling Stone dans le Rif, sur les pas de Brian Jones au Maroc», following the journey of this artist in the kingdom. On TV5 Monde and in a video uploaded today to YouTube, the writer tells the story of this musician who had a unique personality that made him quickly have
At the national level, growth would have accelerated to 4 percent in 2017 and is forecast to reach 3.3% in 2018, Bank Al-Maghrib (Morocco's central bank) said on Tuesday. «At the national level, growth would have accelerated to 4 percent in 2017, driven by a rebound of 14.8 percent in agricultural value added while non-agricultural activities would have grown by merely 2.7 percent,» the source added in a release following the first quarterly meeting of the year held by the bank's
After the closing of FCB Escola in Casablanca, it is finally in Rabat that the Catalan club will open a new school, the third one in Africa, reports this Monday the Fox Sports website. The same source spoke about an agreement reached, to be formalized in the coming days, between the football club and the Marita group, headed by entrepreneur Boulgoute Rahhal. This initiative is part of the entrepreneur's own will, «who wanted to give a gift to his sons (fans of Barça), but grant
In one of its latest statements, the Polisario told El Pais that it supports the Moroccan bid to host the 2026 bid as an «African country».
The UN Security Council will hold a session on Wednesday, 21st of March, devoted to the Sahara issue. The meeting will be held in a closed session, with two briefings : The first one will be written by Horst Köhler, recalling the meetings he held with the various parties related to the file, while the second briefing will cover the signature of the new MINURSO’s head, Colin Stewart. The German envoy, before travelling to New York, visited Stockholm where he met with
Five Hirak detainees from Jerada have just been heard at the Oujda’s Appeal Court. «The judges have again decided to postpone the examination of the file to March the 26th,» said a source present in court. They have also rejected the lawyers’ request for provisional release. Today's hearing was attended by the detainees' families and several representatives of the Hirak movement in the city of Jerada. Groups of students from the University of Oujda also attended the
In an article entitled «the Most pointless piece of skill in history of football as player in Morocco copies famous Zinedine Zidane move — for absolutely no reason», the British tabloid newspaper The Sun made fun of a Raja football player, referring to his an «insignificant» feint he performed during a match. The video and photos the Sun was making fun of were shot during a game between OCK Khouribga and Raja Casablanca that took place three years ago,
Because of the support Morocco showed lately for Qatar, Saudi Arabia's vote for the 2026 World Cup will be based on what serves its own interest.