Taxi drivers in Marrakech will have a new mobile application for their customers named Chedli taxi (Take me a taxi), The Economist reports today. The new mobile application operates by geo-localizing the customers who can send voice messages to the driver informing them about their destination. The taxi driver then is supposed to accept or decline. «We have developed our own very complex algorithm to offer this unique voice control service adapted to Moroccans,» explains Ali
Following the hurricanes Harvey and Irma which have hit the southeastern coasts of the United States, notably Texas and Florida, the Moroccan Embassy in Washington, and the Consulate in New York, follow with concern, the situation of Moroccans in the disaster areas. The latter is heavily resided by the Moroccan community, notably in Houston (Texas) and Tampa, Sarasota and Miami (Florida). «According to information gathered on this date, no victim among our nationals has been
Suite aux ouragans Harvey et Irma qui viennent de ravager les côtes Sud-est des Etats-Unis, notamment le Texas et la Floride, l’ambassade du Maroc à Washington, ainsi que le consulat général à New York suivent, avec préoccupation, l’évolution de la situation des Marocains dans les zones sinistrées. Ces dernières connaissent une forte concentration de la communauté marocaine, notamment à Houston (Texas) et
Ed Beverlry-Jones, a 43-year-old man who lives in Chepstow, a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England will ride his bike all the way down to Morocco following Swallows, a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica, reports South Wales Argus, a local online newspaper. Ed is planning to travel perusing the birds’ autumn journey to Africa passing through England, France, and Spain. «I watch and
Emergency humanitarian aid was sent to Bangladesh on Monday to support the country's efforts to cope with the massive influx of refugees from the Muslim minority of the Rohingyas from Myanmar, states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. «On the very high instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, May God assist him, emergency humanitarian aid was forwarded today to the People's Republic of Bangladesh», the ministry said in a statement. «This
L'ambassadeur du Maroc au Royaume-Uni, Abdesselam Aboudrar, a rencontré ce week-end à Londres la communauté juive marocaine d’Angleterre, qui demeure fière et attachée à ses racines, son héritage et sa culture marocaines. Dans une allocution prononcée à cette occasion à la synagogue Porat Yosef, M. Aboudrar a souligné les liens séculaires entre l'Islam et le Judaïsme au Maroc, ainsi que la
Moroccan authorities have arrested two people after a Kuwaiti national filed a complaint indicating that they are extorting money, the Arab Times reports quoting Al-Anba, an Arabic-language Kuwaiti daily newspaper. According to the plaintiff’s lawyer Ali Al-Kandari, the two Moroccan nationals are held in custody. «The Moroccan judiciary is interrogating the suspects and both men are expected to be referred for a trial», the same source stated. Al Kandari told the same source
Une aide humanitaire d’urgence a été acheminée lundi au Bangladesh en vue de soutenir les efforts de ce pays, pour faire face à l’afflux massif de réfugiés issus de la minorité musulmane des Rohingyas, en provenance du Myanmar, annonce le ministère des Affaires étrangères et de la coopération internationale. «Sur Très Hautes Instructions de Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI, Que Dieu
Back to France, Moulay Hicham is there to talk about his expulsion from the Tunisian territory. Speaking to France 24, a French TV, a 24-hour international news and current affairs television network, based in Paris, the King’s cousin openly accused the Tunisian president of having ordered his expulsion. The prince did not give more details about the accusation. On the other hand, he took is time to praise the revolution that took part on January 14, 2011, considered as a «haven of
Une équipe marocaine ayant participé à la 7e édition du «E-Learning international Contest of Outsanding of New Ages», en Corée du Sud, a décroché le prix du «groupe innovateur» dans le domaine de la technologie pédagogique. L'équipe marocaine ainsi que l’équipe coréenne adversaire se sont focalisées 4 jours durant (du 18 au 21 août) sur un projet leader lié aux