King Mohammed VI is expected to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, April 23rd, in a royal tour. According to Le360, which quotes well-informed sources, the sovereign may be visiting Saudi Arabia and Jordan this week. The same source indicate that the King may be flying to Jordan on April the 26th. «The two countries are preparing to receive the King of Morocco for talks related to the latest developments on the Arab political scene, including the Libyan crisis and the Arab-Israeli
After the Casablanca Appeals court upheld, earlier in April, prison sentences against Hirak activists, MPs in the Netherlands urged Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok to summon Morocco’s ambassador to the country. On Sunday, Blok commented on MPs’ call, stressing that «it is inappropriate to summon the Moroccan ambassador on this matter because the Kingdom’s authorities are already aware of the Dutch opinion in this regard since September», Dalil Rif
The US Department of State has warned, in a revised travel advisory, against «terrorist groups» carrying possible attacks in Sri Lanka, where 290 people were killed and 500 others injured in a series of terror attacks that targeted churches and hotels on Sunday. According to Reuters, the US Department of State said that terrorists «may attack with little or no warning». These possible attacks may target tourist locations, transportation hubs, shopping centers, hotels,
In 2018, Morocco received $7.4 billion from its nationals living abroad, the World Bank revealed in a report published in April. The survey ranks Morocco among the top remittance recipients in MENA region.
Moroccan-Dutch heavyweight kickboxer Badr Hari has been suspended for breaching anti-doping rules, international kickboxing promotion company Glory kickboxing announced. In a press release relayed by Fightsports, Glory said that the Moroccan athlete alongside three other kickboxers «have anti-doping violations and sanctions against them». Hari received a «19-month suspension after tests on samples provided by GLORY 51 Rotterdam indicated a violation of Doping Athoriteit
By the end of this morning in Rabat, thousands of protesters joined a national march hosted to support the Hirak detainees. The rally was called for by trade unionists, political parties and human rights associations.
At least 200 people were killed in a series of attacks that targeted three churches, hotels and police agents in Sri Lanka.
Moroccans and others knew her from a Moroccan cooking show that she hosts on OSN Al Youm. Hanane Ouaddahou has, since then, become a culinary arts consultant and a businesswoman who is planning to launch a range of Moroccan products.
A court in Tangier has sentenced the members of a network that facilitate irregular migration and that promoted their services on Facebook to prison sentences, Arabic-language newspaper Al Akhbar reported on Friday. The members of the network, known as the «Facebook Band», were sentenced for forming a criminal gang and for promoting irregular immigration. Media sources explain that the first suspect admitted to having created a Facebook page, in which he attracted potential
French rapper Maître Gims and Colombian singer Juan Luis Londono Arias, known by his stage name Maluma, have just shot their new music video in Marrakech. «The filming of this music video took two days», Gims told MAP news agency. The star said that the song features Maluma, a very popular singer who is very famous in the United States, Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries, and will be part of his new album that will be released on April 26th. «I wanted to