The Moroccan football team has retained its 42nd position (694 points), according to the March rankings unveiled Thursday by world football’s governing body (FIFA). At the continental level, the Atlas Lions, qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, still rank 4th, behind Tunisia (23rd), Senegal (27th) and DR Congo (39th). Internationally, Germany is still in the lead with a total of 1,609 points, followed by Brazil (1,489 pts) and Portugal (1,360 pts).
The Dutch-born Moroccan footballer, Ismail H’Maidat has been behind bars since March the 13th, according to the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, quoted by So Foot magazine. The international player is suspected of having participated in five armed robberies near Turnhout (Belgium). The events took place on New Year’s Eve and on January the 6th, said Sud Info. For now, he is the only one that got arrested. The police are still investigating whether other accomplices are
On Wednesday evening, the Interior Ministry through its prefecture in Jerada, reported that violent clashes erupted in the city between members of security forces and protesters. «Despite the decision issued on March 13, 2018, by the local authorities of the province of Jerada on the ban of all unauthorized protests and gatherings, a group of individuals staged, in violation of this decision, a sit-in on the edge of abandoned wells near Al Fath high school, during which some hooded
La sélection marocaine de football (dames) a pris le meilleur sur son homologue du Sénégal sur le score de 3 buts à 2, mercredi soir au Centre de développement technique Jules François Bocandé de Toubab Dialao (département de Rufisque), au sud de Dakar. Les réalisations des Lionnes de l'Atlas ont été l’œuvre d’Ibtissam Jraidi (54è), Ghizlane Chebbak (85è) et Meriem Bouihed
Teknia Group, a Spanish company in the industry of automotive technologies, has opened a new production plant in Tangier, which replaces its previous facilities in the region, opened in 2010, said the manufacturer in a statement quoted by Europa Press. Teknia has thus inaugurated a 2,700-square-meter factory in the Tangiers free zone, with the aim of providing better services to its customers and increasing the plastic injection and assembly capacity of auto parts. This new facility adds to
Farid Hilali, a Moroccan national who has been accused of being an al-Qaida member, is seeking 1.8 million Euros in compensation after being jailed wrongly for five years, reports the Guardian on Monday. According to El Pais, Hilali filed a complaint against the Spanish and the British authorities in December 2017 for accusing him of transmitting messages to an al-Qaida cell leader connected to the New York 9/11 attacks. In fact, the Moroccan national was detained in the UK after being
Moroccan scientist Mustapha El Bouhssini has received the prestigious «Lifetime Achievement Award 2018» for his research in the field of plant resistance to insects, during the International Congress on Insect Resistance, held on March 6-9 at the Rothamsted Research Center in Harpenden (England). The prize is awarded every two years by the International Association of Plant Resistance to Insects, to researchers who have made major scientific contributions and breakthroughs in the
Le scientifique marocain Mustapha El Bouhssini a reçu le prestigieux Prix d’Excellence à Vie-2018 (Lifetime Achievement Award-2018) pour ses recherches dans le domaine de la résistance des plantes aux insectes. Cette consécration a eu lieu lors du congrès international sur la Résistance des plantes aux insectes, tenu du 6 au 9 mars au centre de recherche Rothamsted à Harpenden, dans le comté de Hertfordshire, en Angleterre. Ce prix
Moroccans can, if so they wish, watch the games of the Atlas Lions during the Russia World Cup in Arabic, thanks to the national Israeli TV channel. A team of Arabic-speaking journalists and analysts are intending to comment on the Moroccan, Tunisian, Saudi and Egyptian teams' matches throughout the duration of the World Cup in Russia. The Israeli TV channel bought the rights to broadcast the competition for 6 million Euros. This offer can also benefit Moroccans residing abroad, especially
The city of Dakhla is to host from the 15th to the 20th of March a new edition of the Crans Montana Forum. Once again, the Polisario conducts a campaign against the organization of the annual event. Brahim Ghali has already asked the African Union in a letter sent to its president, Paul Kagame, to intervene and stop the organization of the forum. Meanwhile, his representative in Brussels is calling for the same thing. In New York, a journalist was mandated to ask the spokesman of the UN