Henri Michel, a former French footballer and coach known for managing the Moroccan football team for five years passed away on Tuesday, 24th of April, Lino Bacco co-founder of Sports-focused radio channel Radio Mars tweeted this morning. Born in October 1947 in Aix-en-Provence, the coach started his career as a midfielder for AS Aix between 1964 and 1966. He moved later to FC Nantes and played for the club until his retirement in 1982. Football en deuil Henri MICHEL nous a quitté ce
Ivry-sur-Seine mayor Philippe Bouyssou wants to help the wife of a Sahrawi prisoner, wishing to visit her husband who is detained in Morocco. He is planning to visit the Betz Castle on Tuesday «hoping to be received by King Mohammed VI», said the daily newspaper Le Parisien. The mayor wants to discuss the «desperate situation» of Claude Mangin, a 61-year-old French woman and the wife of Sahrawi activist Naama Asfari, imprisoned in the Kingdom. The latter was
L’athlète marocain Salaheddine Bounasser a remporté, dimanche, le marathon de Vienne. Il a exprimé sa grande joie d’avoir pu, seul contre tous, réaliser cette performance sous les couleurs du drapeau national, mettant ainsi fin à la domination des Kényans qui comptent à leur actif 14 victoires dans les 34 précédentes éditions. Le jeune athlète marocain remporte donc le 35e marathon viennois dès
Two construction workers were seriously injured Monday, 23rd of April, in Casablanca after a huge crane fell on passersby, said MAP news agency. The machine was used to lift and lower materials in a construction site located in Al Fourat neighborhood, in the Maarif district, said the same source, stating that the incident occurred around 2.30 in the afternoon. Eyewitnesses present on-site told Yabiladi that at least two people were allegedly killed in the same incident. Meanwhile, residents
The 10th meeting on Agriculture opened, Monday in Meknes, under the theme "Youth, the main engine and beneficiary of agricultural development". Chaired by minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Waters and Forests, Aziz Akhannouch, this edition tackles the role of youth in agricultural development and the solutions provided by the Green Morocco Plan (PMV) for rural youth. Organized since 2008 by the ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Waters and Forests, this
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture will allow the entry of Moroccan sheep and goats through the Bni Nsar border crossing from the 1st to the 22nd of August, said El Faro de Melilla, quoting Cope radio. It is a temporary measure followed by strict conditions. Importing animals from Morocco and other North African countries will be strictly limited, fighting against Hand-foot-and-mouth diseases. The current initiative also prohibits importing animals that belong to species
In an interview with the French news agency AFP, head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) believes that «Europe must vote for Morocco». For Ahmad «it’s a matter of interests for Europe», adding that «we, we are saying to Europe, vote for us, we will vote for you next time. It’s clear, it’s democracy». Many are the strong points the Moroccan bid presents, according to the CAF president, no visa, proximity, times zones,
French professional golfer Alexander Levy won, Sunday 22nd of April, the Hassan II Trophy, a golf tournament in Morocco hosted by Prince Moulay Rachid. Levy finishes a 2-under 70 defeating by one shot Spanish golfer Alvaro Quiros, said Associated Press. «One off the lead overnight, Levy made two of his four birdies in his first five holes to hit the front and stayed ahead for the rest of the final day at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course», said the same day. Levy will leave
Salah Abdeslam, a Belgium-born French national of Moroccan descent accused of involvement in the attacks in Paris on 13th of November 2015, and Tunisian accomplice Sofian Ayari, were found guilty f the attempted murder of police officers in a shootout in Brussels in March 2016, Monday 23rd of April in Brussels, said FranceInfo. They were both sentenced to 20 years in prison, as requested by the prosecutor’s office in February. On March the 15th, 2016 Belgian and French police
In an updated version of Scott Pruitt’s Moroccan calendar sent by the Environmental Protection Agency to ABC News, it is indicated that he attended only one meeting on the first day of his trip to Morocco. The document was modified after a first calendar showed earlier this month blacked out sections hiding the rest of the activities the Republican did when in the Kingdom. In fact, the new calendar and which parts of it were hidden previously show the details of a meeting held in