In the 1930s, Pasha Thami El Glaoui asked French watchmaker Cartier to create a waterproof watch for him to wear while swimming. After delivering it, Cartier lost track of the watch and ended up creating a line to honor the unique timepiece and its owner.
Atlas Lions coach Hervé Renard has finally thrown light on reports about leaving the Morocco national football team for France’s Lyon. Invited to «Le Vestiaire», a show broadcast on French sports channel RMC Sport, Renard said that he is not considering a move to the French football club, Goal reported. According to the same source, media reports suggested that Hervé Renard and three other football coaches, namely Jose Mourinho, Patrick Vieira and Claudio
Days after the terror attacks that targeted churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, Indian news agency IANS revealed, Wednesday, that Morocco has «shared sensitive intelligence» with the south Asian country. According to the private news agency, which cites informed sources, information shared by the Kingdom had allowed Sri Lanka to «identify the nine bombers and their handlers in the Islamic State». IANS indicates that the same information was «shared» with
Morocco has been able to establish a very ambitious climate agenda in the last couple of years. However, the country’s plans are faced with a series of challenges that could be avoided, according to a Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy’s study.
The leader of Mauritanian party People Progressive Alliance (APP) Ahmed Ould Iyahi announced, Monday, that he is running for the country’s presidential elections, scheduled for June 22. During a meeting, the politician spoke about his electoral campaign, promising to «find a solution to the Western Sahara issue». «This solution would satisfy all parties», said the politician who was quoted by Emirati newspaper Erem News. Ould Iyahi’s promises will not go
Prince Moulay Hicham is not one of those who praise the authoritarian policy of Mohammed bin Salman. On Monday, he had the opportunity to look with a critical eye at the Saudi Crown Prince’s «2030 vision» launched in 2016.
As announced Tuesday, diplomats from the Russian embassy in Rabat are currently on visiting Laayoune. «On Tuesday, April 23, they held a two-hour meeting with MINURSO head Colin Stewart. The diplomats then held talks with Major General Zia Ur Rehman, Force Commander of MINURSO», a well-informed source told Yabiladi. «In the afternoon, the Russian diplomats went to Smara where they visited a MINURSO base. On Wednesday, April 24, they are expected to accompany
German car manufacturer BMW has announced that it will be buying cobalt, a chemical used in the production of electric vehicles, from mines in Morocco and Australia, the company’s executive told Reuters on Tuesday. The company said that the decision was taken to make sure that electric vehicle (EV) batteries are «not produced by child labor». BMW's decision was announced after the London Metal Exchange (LME), a commodities exchange that deals in metal futures, said it would
Canadian global automotive supplier Magna is expanding its presence in Morocco, building a new facility in Kenitra to «supply global automakers with exterior and interior mirror systems», Nasdaq reports. The new plant is a 61,400-square-foot facility which required a total investment of $11.3 million by Magna. The new plant, which will be operational in 2020, would provide more than 275 job opportunities. «Expanding into Morocco is a strategic move for Magna, as our
Born in Jerusalem, Rabbi Amram Ben Diwan traveled to Morocco in the eighteenth century as an emissary. In Ouezzane, his miracles made of him a saint who showered visitors with his blessings.