A fire broke out, Sunday night in a sauna room (2nd floor) at Sofitel Hotel located in Sidi Belyout district Casablanca. The fire caused a column of smoke that spread to the upper floors of the hotel building. Local authorities said that emergency services intervened to evacuate clients before taking control of the fire which caused minor material damage. According to the same sources, no injuries were sustained. An investigation was initiated by the authorities in charge to determine the
The Moroccan racing driver, Mehdi Bennani, achieved on Sunday 9th April good results with a third-place finish in the world touring car championship race organized at Moulay El Hassan street circuit in Marrakech. Bennani made it through in Marrakech with his Citroen finishing third and led by the Argentinean driver Esteban Guerrieri who came first. The second place was obtained by the Swedish Thed Bjork followed by the Dutch Nicky Catsburg who arrived fourth winning over Tiago Monteiro
Morocco’s national team has dropped on the scale of FIFA's monthly ranking. April’s list puts Morocco in the 53rd position worldwide 10th in Africa’s top ten football nations list. Egypt’s team, who is ranked 19th in the world, tops the African region followed by Senegal second, Cameroon third and Burkina Faso in the fourth place. Nigeria (40th), Congo DR (41st), Tunisia (42nd), Ghana (45th) and Ivory Coast (48th), all made it to the list of the Top 10 football
Directed by Laila Marrakchi, the documentary produced by Ali’N and 2M has been very controversial. Being a subject of critics, one of the people participating in the documentary has claimed this week to media that he was paid to say things and deliver false pieces of information during his participation in the episode entitled «Zwaj El Waqt». In a communiqué reported Friday by Alyaoum 24, Ali’N Production denied «the accusations claiming that one of the
Morocco is ranked 65th in the world by the 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report released on the 5th of April. Published by the World Economic Forum, the index investigates the economic growth and competitiveness of tourism in 136 countries. Morocco tops the North African region’s ranking despite the drop that the recent report sheds light on. The Kingdom’s tourism competitiveness is still struggling with significant shortage in the exploitation of cultural and natural
France former president Nicholas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni visited Wednesday 5th April, the «Africa in Capital» exhibition hosted currently by Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and contemporary art in Rabat, as pointed by Jeune Afrique. «As simple as this, he was on a private trip to Morocco and he heard of our exposition Africa in the Capital», Mehdi Qotbi head of the museum has told the magazine. The latter mentioned an anecdote that marked Sarkozy’s visit :
The third edition of «Jidar, Toiles de Rue» festival will be hosted from the 21st to the 30th of April in Rabat to honor street art artists in the world. For ten days, painters from Morocco, Spain, Germany, Italy, Colombia, Romania, Ukrain, Egypt, and Mexico will decorate 10 walls of the Kingdom’s capital. EAC-L’Boulvard association, organizer of the event, stated in a communiqué that these national and international painters will «put to date the heritage
The recent Global Burden of Diseases report sheds light on tobacco consumption in the world. The study reveals the risks surrounding the practice of smoking among Moroccans through a range of statistics.
After 6 months of post-election deadlock, AKA blockage, members of the recently appointed prime minister’s cabinet were finally appointed by King Mohammed VI. The official procedure took place at the royal palace in Rabat, where 39 ministers and secretaries of state were sworn in. The ministerial posts’ list included familiar names who were able to keep their positions in the new government.
King Mohammed VI named on Wednesday 5th April at the royal palace in Rabat members of a new coalition government. After six months of post-elections deadlock, the king appointed 38 ministers and state secretaries who belong to the 6 political parties that form the coalition. - Mustapha Ramid: Minister of state in charge of Human Rights. - Abdelouafi Laftit: Minister of Interior. - Nasser Bourita: Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. - Mohamed Aujjar: Minister of