The FIFA Ethics Committee announced Friday that there was «no substance» to back a complaint lodged against the global football body’s general secretary Fatma Samoura, says Reuters. Samoura was accused of having an alleged undeclared family-link with former Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf, who currently serves an ambassadorial role for the Moroccan 2026 World Cup bid. «The investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee has decided to close the case»,
Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriquez Zapatero has announced the weekend that he is backing Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup, EFE says. Zapatero stated that «hosting the international tournament will be a huge achievement for Morocco, adding that he is working with Morocco to fulfill that». Football federations from Africa, Asia, Europe and even the Americas have shown support for the Moroccan bid. For the record, Morocco is the only nation
A Moroccan-Belgian woman has claimed that she has been in a relationship with Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan for five years, Europe 1 reported on Thursday. The woman identified as Majda Bernoussi says she was one of Ramadan’s victims from 2009 to 2014. She stresses that she has been under psychological influence of the famous lecturer and reveals she has accepted his «financial support to keep quiet», says the same source. «We are really dealing with a predator, an
La sélection nationale marocaine de Kick-boxing a décroché quatre médailles d'or et une d'argent lors des championnats d’Afrique, disputés à Yaoundé, au Cameroun, du 23 au 28 avril, a annoncé la Fédération royale marocaine de kick-boxing, muay-thaï, savate et disciplines assimilées. Les quatre médailles d’or ont été obtenues par Nabil Zouine (-51Kg), Mohamed Meghri (-67Kg),
Le pacte du lancement de la Charte de mobilisation nationale pour l'autonomisation des jeunes, «Moumk'in», qui s'inscrit dans le cadre du plan national de promotion de l'emploi, a été signé, vendredi à Rabat, en présence du Chef du gouvernement, Saâdeddine El Othmani. Ce document a été signé, d'une part, par l'Etat, représenté par les ministères de l'Intérieur, de l'Economie et des finances,
The United Nations Security Council has just adopted a new resolution on Western Sahara. As planned, the council's fifteen members extended the MINURSO's manadate for another six months. Out of the Security Council's fifteen members, twelve have voted in favor of the draft resolution submitted by the United States while three others have chosen to abstain, namely Russia, Ethiopia and China. To justify the country's choice of abstaintion, the Chinese representative said that the text did not
Adidas has revealed Friday, 27th of April, the official uniform the Atlas Lions will wear on the 2018 World Cup, to be hosted by Russia in June, reports sports-focused radio station Radio Mars on its official page on Facebook. The white jersey has red stripes on the shoulders and is very different from the previous designs. The uniform bears the logo of the producing company and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.
Two alleged jihadists arrested in 2017 are accused of having joined a cell located in the El Príncipe district of Ceuta, which housed weapons, planning to reproduce the 13-November attacks which targeted Paris, says the newspaper La Gaceta. During the last session of the trial of Abdelilah CB, a Moroccan national, and Hicham AM, Prosecutor Susana Landeras maintained her request for twenty years in prison for the two men, for being part of a terrorist organization and the
Former Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane finally reacted to the viral boycott campaign, targeting three major companies in Morocco. Speaking to Arabic-language daily newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, the PJD politician said he was «surprised» that the campaign is including mineral bottled water producer Sidi Ali, and diary company Centrale Laitière while their prices have not been increased. On the other hand, Benkirane said he «understands» the reasons
King Mohammed VI is expected to sign a number of investment agreements in the Congo Republic, said Bloomberg Thursday quoting the Congolese Environment and Tourism Minister Arlette Soudan-Nonault. According to the same source, the Moroccan sovereign is to attend a summit of leaders, hosted by the Central African nation on the 28th of April, to discuss the Congo Basin Blue Fund, an initiative designed to help the countries of the Congo Basin finance a shift in their economies from reliance on