Morocco is not having direct negotiations with the Polisario, announced this afternoon the Minister of Relations with Parliament, and the government spokesman during a press briefing. On the same line as Nasser Bourita, Mustapha El Khalfi said «no meeting is scheduled,» reports Alyaoum24. The Polisario Front declared that it supports the relaunching of direct negotiations with the kingdom under the United Nations’s auspices. For the record, the first direct negotiations
The Al Hoceima court of first instance sentenced on Thursday Hirak lawyer, Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui, to 20 months in prison. The latter explained to Yabiladi the circumstances surrounding such a verdict.
Muhammed Ali, a British boxer of Moroccan descent who qualified to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics that was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has blamed Moroccan meat after he failed to pass a drugs test. The 21-year-old boxer who has been banned for two years tested positive for «the anabolic steroid Trenbolone during the World Series of Boxing in Morocco in April last year», reports the BBC sports. Defending his position, the boxer said that he was
Many villages were cut off by snow drifts in the Midelt province, while schools and roads were closed for days.
Morocco's National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM) signed a petroleum agreement with «Shell Exploration et production du Maroc» (GmbH) and Repsol exploration Tanfit covering the onshore area named «Tanfit» which spans over 9990 km². «Following the results of a reconnaissance survey carried out in this area by Shell, in partnership with ONHYM under a reconnaissance contract, Shell and Repsol have decided to continue their works under a permit for
King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to the concerned governmental sectors and services to remain mobilized and redouble efforts to alleviate the negative impact of snowfall, heavy rains and sharp drop in temperatures in some prefectures and provinces of the Kingdom, and to take steps to open up the affected areas and provide assistance and support to their populations, the Ministry of Interior said Wednesday in a statement. The sovereign also ordered the continuation of efforts
The Morocco A' national football team, the local national football team of Morocco open only to domestic league players has won the competition of the 5th African Championship of Nations (CHAN 2018), after their victory against Nigeria with 4 goals to nil on Sunday evening at the Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca. The first goal was delivered by Zakaria Hadraf few seconds before the end of the first half-time. Walid El Karti scored the second goal at the 61st minute of the game, while Hadraf
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant Morocco a two-billion dollars aid over the next two years, announced on Friday in Rabat, Bank Vice President in charge of Regional Development, Regional Integration and Services Khaled Sherif, who is on a working visit to Morocco. «We informed the Head of Government that the AfDB will provide two billion dollars in aids to Morocco over the next two years,» Sherif said in a statement to the press after his talks with head of government
The Morocco A' national football team, the local national football team of Morocco open only to domestic league players, scored on Wednesday, 31st of January, 3 goals defeating Libya which was fighting for its place in the African Nations Championship semi-finals, reports Chaine International radio which broadcasted the game played in Mohammed V stadium. The Moroccan team’s victory will allow it to get qualified for the CHAN’s final. Ayoub El Kaabi was the star of the
On Friday, FIFA warned its 211 member federations against showing any support for the 2026 World Cup bidders.