On Sunday, the Mauritanian electoral commission announced that Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won presidential election with an absolute majority. Speaking to Yabiladi, politicial analysts from Nouakchott said that they expect the new president to learn from his predecessor’s mistake and strengthen ties with the Kingdom.
A gunman in a motorcycle opened fire, Monday, outside one of Ceuta’s biggest mosques, local newspaper El Faro de Ceuta reports. Four gunshots were heard outside Moulay El Mehdi mosque at around 3.30am on Monday, the same newspaper said. The man, who was riding a motorcycle, escaped right after firing the shots. Fortunately, no one was harmed. An investigation was opened by the police to determine the reasons behind this shooting and to identify the gunman.
Morocco national football team’s coach Hervé Renard complained about the absence of any water breaks during the game against Namibia (1-0), AFP reported. Renard said that he was «unhappy» about the lack of water breaks, especially as the Africa Cup of Nations’ organizers were expected to adopt an «extreme heat policy» in Egypt. «Why were the players not allowed to drink during the first half and the second half ? How is it possible ?»
Mauritania’s former defense minister Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won presidential election with an absolute majority, the country’s electoral commission announced on Sunday. Ould Ghazouani who represents Mauritania's ruling party Union for the Republic, a political party created by Ould Abdel Aziz, won the presidential race with 52% of the vote. The four candidates, who were running for president, held a closed meeting during the same day, rejecting the results of
The Atlas Lions have dominated the game against Namibia’s Brave Warriors, Sunday, in Egypt’s Al Salam stadium. It was only after a series of missed opportunities, that a goal was scored by Namibian striker Itamunua Keimuine, allowing the Moroccan team to win the match.
Algerian rapper Soolking was at the heart of a new controversy after raising the flag of the self-proclaimed «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic» (SADR) during a concert in Bilbao, Spain. The singer was performing his song «Liberté», when he carried the separatist flag. Criticized by his Moroccan fans on social media, the singer felt that he had to explain himself. «I did not know it was the Western Sahara flag, I thought it was that of Palestine»,
On June 25 and 26, Jordan and Egypt will be participating to the Bahrain conference on the economic portion of the US Palestinian-Israeli peace plan, known as the «Deal of the Century». In Cairo, the spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that his country will attend the meeting in Manama, France 24 reported. Egypt will send its Deputy Minister of Finance to Bahrain. On the same day, Amman confirmed that it is also attending the Manama meeting.
She is the first female pianist to win the 2019 Cortot Prize and the Princess Lalla Meryem International Piano Competition. 20-year-old Nour Ayadi is a talented Moroccan student who lives in France. In addition to the many awards she has won, Nour was selected earlier in June to participate in French Academy of music.
The United States is closely examining the situation of religious freedom in Morocco. According to a new report by the US Department of State, the US embassy in Rabat is engaged in meeting «members of religious minority and majority communities throughout the country».
Former vice president for the United States Joe Biden, who is running for president, has refused two donations made by a lobbyist for Morocco and Qatar, California-based daily Mercury News revealed on Friday. Biden’s presidential campaign has «refunded» a total of $2,800 donated by Jay Footlik, who operates as a lobbyist for the Moroccan and Qatari embassies. Quoting a report filed by Footlik’s firm with the Department of Justice, the same source indicates that the