Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat is ignoring Morocco’s warnings. After a working visit to Algeria, he announced his intention to present a proposal for the settlement of the Western Sahara conflict.
Morocco submitted on Thursday, 15th of March, its fifth bid to host the World Cup to the FIFA in Switzerland, announced the Morocco's 2026 World Cup Bid Committee in a statement sent to Yabiladi. Morocco's file contains 24 segments related to sustainable development as well as technical data concerning the country. It includes pieces of information on the stadiums to host matches, transportation means, training sites and accommodation, said the same source. Moreover, the
Ancient nuclear DNA from 15,000-year-old modern humans discovered in Morocco is the oldest analyzed in Africa. A scientific team found out that these finds had a dual genetic heritage similar to Near Eastern and Sub-Saharan African populations.
A delegation made up of 22 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament will pay a visit to Morocco on March 20-25, Speaker of the ECOWAS parliament, Moustapha Cissé Lo, announced on Thursday. A delegation of the ECOWAS parliament will pay a visit to Morocco on March 20-25 at the invitation of Speaker of the House of Representatives (Morocco’s Lower House), Habib El Malki, Cissé Lo told radio program «Carrefour de l'info» aired on
Despite the ban, the inhabitants of Jerada are taking their anger to the streets at the moment. «They are young people from different neighborhoodsin the city who started walking towards the mine where the brothers Houcine and Jedouane died last December,» said a source in the city. The mine is located in a neighborhood called Ghazi. «For the moment, members of the security forces are just watching the situation and Police vehicles pass by the protesters without
Few days before officially submitting World cup bids to FIFA Chicago and Vancouver withdrew from the US-led bid. The two cities believe that the FIFA’s requirements and conditions would cause them huge and unpredictable costs.
Colombian police announced on Thursday the arrest of a man who was planning a terrorist attack, with the help of a Moroccan national targeting the US embassy staff in Bogotá, reports El Tiempo. The man from Cuba is residing illegally in the country. He was plotting to kill officials from the American embassy using a homemade bomb on the 13th of the current month. The plot was foiled thanks to an alert from Washington. The suspect was targeting a restaurant where American officials from
After the violent clashes that erupted, Wednesday, between protesters and members of the security forces, tense calm prevails in the city of Jerada. «Shops and cafes are closed. We are facing an unpredicted strike, especially because the Hirak did not call for one», said a source in the city to Yabiladi. «The heavy police presence prevented the Hirak committee from meeting last night. Under these conditions, the press conference scheduled for Thursday could be canceled or
The Moroccan football team has retained its 42nd position (694 points), according to the March rankings unveiled Thursday by world football’s governing body (FIFA). At the continental level, the Atlas Lions, qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, still rank 4th, behind Tunisia (23rd), Senegal (27th) and DR Congo (39th). Internationally, Germany is still in the lead with a total of 1,609 points, followed by Brazil (1,489 pts) and Portugal (1,360 pts).
On Wednesday evening, the Interior Ministry through its prefecture in Jerada, reported that violent clashes erupted in the city between members of security forces and protesters. «Despite the decision issued on March 13, 2018, by the local authorities of the province of Jerada on the ban of all unauthorized protests and gatherings, a group of individuals staged, in violation of this decision, a sit-in on the edge of abandoned wells near Al Fath high school, during which some hooded