Morocco has rejected a proposal made by Egypt to create an African Force to fight terrorism in the continent. «A vision within which African forces operate together is preferable than forming a unified African military force», wrote Middle East Monitor, quoting Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita. Interviewed by Russian news agency Sputnik on the sidelines of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Bourita said that «Morocco is one of the oldest
Arab states, mainly from the Gulf, are said to be planning to sign a «non-belligerence agreement» with Israel. While a former Prime Minister of Qatar says that Morocco is reportedly one of the countries to sign the deal, Rabat refuses to break its silence on the matter.
The United Kingdom has appointed a new ambassador to Morocco in succession to Thomas Reilly. The announcement was published, Monday, on the United Kingdom's public sector information website. «Simon Martin CMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco in succession to Mr Thomas Reilly», read the statement. The new ambassador, who served from 2015 to 2019 as the UK's ambassador to Manama, Bahrain, is expected to take office in September 2020. The
Moroccan UFC feather fighter Youssef Zalal, also known as the «Moroccan Devil», made, Saturday in Texas, his first Octagon win at UFC 247, MMA Fighting wrote on Monday. The Casablanca-born fighter defeated Austin Lingo with a unanimous decision to open the preliminary card at UFC 247 in Houston. After his fight, Youssef Zalal told media that «it felt amazing to make [his] UFC debut in Houston, opening up a pay-per-view event». «I started as a kick-boxing kid in
The Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (FRMA) announced this week that the Regional Anti-Doping Organization has suspended two of its athletes for violating anti-doping rules. On its official website, the body explains that Badr El Jalaoui has been suspended for four years starting from July 26, 2019, while Abdelkrim Boubker has been suspended for five years by the same organization since May 6, 2019. The two Moroccan athletes are thus prohibited from participating in any sporting activity.
In a series of tweets, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Morocco Thomas Reilly took to Twitter to denounce the delay of his two RAM flights. On social media, he complained about the company’s «lack of information”.
Has France managed to keep Spain away from building submarines for Morocco ? Spanish shipbuilding firm Navantia denied in a recent press release reports claiming that it was building submarines for the Kingdom.
The Polisario Front announced Sunday that «at the request of the United Nations Secretary-General», Brahim Ghali met Antonio Guterres, in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, which is hosting the 33rd edition of the African Union Summit. The official agency of the separatist movement has argued that Ghali told Guterres that the «Sahrawi people have lost their confidence in the UN», stressing that «the Sahrawi party will not take part in any process that does not
South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan has welcomed the Moroccan government for investing in football infrastructure, referring to Mohammed VI complex in Rabat. According to IOL, Jordaan, who is also vice president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), attended an infrastructure symposium at the facility alongside 200 administrators from Africa, CAF executive members and Fifa president Gianni Infantino. During this symposium, Jordaan said that African
A Moroccan national who pretends to be a holy healer had been reported to the police for allegedly defrauding a 60-year-old woman in Italy, Italian news agency ANSA wrote on Saturday. The 57-year-old man told the woman in question that he is capable of healing physical and psychological illnesses, receiving from her 26,000 euros. The woman who believed that she suffers from depression said that the Moroccan man, who presented himself in the beginning as a vendor, approached her and said that