Morocco has imposed a tariff of 27 percent on apparel and other textile items imported from Turkey despite the Morocco’s Turkey free trade agreement (FTA), wrote textile news platform Fibre2Fashion. According to the same source, the new tariff, effective from January 1, will affect companies importing apparel and textile items from Turkey. The tariff will affect Turkey’s textile imports to Morocco until December 31, 2021. For the record, Morocco and Turkey signed in 2004 a free
Morocco is planning to spend 115 billion dirhams on a water supply program for the period between 2020 and 2027, wrote Reuters, quoting the country’s state news agency. The new project was announced in a royal statement following a working session chaired, Tuesday, in Marrakech by King Mohammed VI. The new plan dubbed program for drinking water supply and irrigation 2020-2027 will include the construction of dams, the act of managing water development in agricultural field,
Moroccan internationals Achraf Hakimi and Hakim Ziyech were chosen to be part of Africa’s Best 11, a list announced, Tuesday, in Egypt at the CAF Awards for 2019. Hakimi and Ziyech, who play for Borussia Dortmund (Germany) and Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) respectively, have been selected for their good performances with their clubs and within the Morocco national team. Hakimi was also awarded as the African Youth Player of the Year. ?? @AndreyOnana?? @Serge_aurier?? Joel Matip??
Rabbi Yehouda Ben Attar was a famous jeweler who lived in Fes during the 17th century. The saint was the city’s Av Beit Din and rose to fame for his special relationship with lions.
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, to stand trial again at the Meknes Appeal court. His lawyer Hasnaa Alaoui told TelQuel that his appeal hearing has been scheduled for January 20. During his trial, the young man will be supported by the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), which will hire its lawyers to defend the high schooler. Arrested in December, the 18-year-old
A court in Tetouan sentenced, Monday, a young man to two years in prison and fined him 5 000 dirhams for publishing a video on social media in which he insulted the king, government officials and doctors at the Saniat El Rmal hospital. The young man was found guilty of «insulting the emblem and symbols of the kingdom, officials and of disrupting public order», Arabic-language newspaper Al3omk reported. He was arrested on December 20, 2019, after he
Born in Morocco, former Israeli politician and ambassador to France and the United Nations, Yehuda Lancry addressed ties between Israelis of Moroccan Jewish descent and their country of origin. To him, normalization with Morocco depends on the Palestinian question.
The Beckham family is having a fresh start for the new year in Morocco. After hosting a lavish Christmas party back home, David Beckham his wife and their three youngest children flew to the Kingdom to enjoy the sun. On their social media accounts, the couple have been documenting their trip, posting photos of their children enjoying their 2020 first vacation, wrote the Sun. In one of her stories, Victoria Beckham made fun of her hotel’s Christmas decoration with a caption saying
Moroccan-French footballer Soufiane El Moudane has joined Ittihad Riadi Tanger known as Ittihad Tanger (IRT), the Tangier-based club announced in a Facebook post. IRT said that it signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the 25-year-old player who used to play for a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín. According to Transfer Market, El Moudane started playing for Ittihad Tanger on January 1, 2020 as a midfielder. El Moudane was born in Saint-Etienne in
The Gambia will open, Tuesday, a consulate in Dakhla. According to diplomatic sources, several Gambian and Moroccan officials will attend the inauguration of the new consulate, announced in December 2019. Last month, the Union of the Comoros inaugurated a consulate general in Laayoune, following in the footsteps of Cote d'Ivoire. In June 2019, the West African country opened an honorary consulate in Laayoune to cover the regions of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab. «At
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