King Mohammed VI held, Thursday, a telephone conversation with Tunisian President Kais Saied, the royal cabinet said in a statement relayed by MAP. «This phone call, at the initiative of HM the King, was an opportunity to recall the strong historical relations between the two brotherly Maghreb countries and to agree on an exchange of visits, soon, between the two Heads of State», the same statement added. This is the first time that the two leaders hold a telephone conversation,
Moroccan teenager Ayoub Mahfoud, sentenced in December to three years in prison and fined 5 000 dirhams for a Facebook post about a rap song, was granted provisional release, Thursday, pending trial, AMDH member Khadija Riadi told Yabiladi. The student still has to stand trial at the Meknes Appeal court after his appeal hearing has been scheduled for January 20. During his trial, the Moroccan Association will support the young man for Human Rights (AMDH), hiring its lawyers to defend
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) launched, Thursday, its new line to china, connecting Casablanca to Beijing through three weekly flights. A large delegation of senior Moroccan officials flew to Beijing to inaugurate the new route, including Royal Air Maroc’s CEO Hamid Addou, as well as the head of Morocco's National Tourist Office (ONMT), Adel Al Fakir, said RAM in a press release sent Thursday to Yabiladi. Thanks to this new route, the national company
School violence in Morocco has made headlines recently with several cases that raise questions about our educational system and methods applied within classrooms. To experts, using violence is a major communication failure that begets similar practices.
«It is shameful to see that Spain entrusts Morocco with the mission of curbing the flow of migrants», Ceuta’s president Juan Vivas said. Quoted by the Spanish news agency Europa Press, Vivas told reporters during a meeting that he «was supposed to have a relationship of friendship and good neighborliness with [Morocco]», adding that Spain cannot count on the Kingdom. Moreover, the elected representative of the Spanish People's Party warned
While the Venezuelan Socialist Party declared allied legislator Luis Parra as head of parliament, allowing Nicolas Maduro to control the institution, Morocco reiterated support for Juan Guaido who declared he was acting President of Venezuela in 2019.
US defense contractor and industrial corporation Raytheon has been awarded a $9 million delivery order to repair and sustain services for high-speed anti-Radiation missiles, known as HARM, for the US Air Force, the government of Morocco and that of Turkey, the US Department of Defense said on Wednesday. In a press release, the Department of Defense indicated that the agreement is expected to fund repair and sustainment services for 155 HARM missiles currently owned by Morocco, Turkey and
Fashion SVP, a UK's leading sourcing show that presents buyers with over 100 leading global apparel producers, is expected to host the first ever Moroccan Pavilion, a fashion platform reported on Thursday. The Moroccan Pavilion will be offering a «different view of manufacturing in Morocco», Fashion United UK said. The show, to take place on 29th and 30th January 2020 in Olympia London, will allow visitors meet fashion manufacturers from the Kingdom of Morocco and have an idea
Pressured by the Cyril Ramaphosa government, South Africa’s Football Association (Safa) decided to pull out of the scheduled 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations (Afcon), which will be hosted in Laayoune.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Moroccan marathon runner Al Mahjoub Dazza after he was suspected of using prohibited substance, Inside the Games reported on Wednesday. The athlete’s name was featured, Friday, in a list that includes the latest cases that have been dealt with under the jurisdiction of, or overseen by, the Athletics Integrity Unit. According to the sports platform, AIU has found «anomalies in the in the 28-year-old's athlete