The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is interested in signing Bruno Genesio, the coach of Olympique Lyonnais. Citing well-informed sources, football online newspaper Goal revealed that the Atlas Lions consider Genesio for the «federation’s vacant technical director role». After sacking its former technical director Nasser Larguet, the Moroccan federation is reportedly looking into ways of replacing him with the 52-year-old coach. Quoting Ca Me Dit Sport, Goal reports that
A Spanish terror cell was making money out of tax fraud on chicken, cheese, and chocolate sold in Denmark, to send Moroccan and Spanish fighters to Syria, French news agency AFP reported, quoting an investigation conducted by non-profit European newsroom Correctiv. According to the same source, this cell managed to raise €8 million, to financially support its activities since 2005. In fact, the cell in question recruited 24 Moroccan fighters and sent them to Syria, Mali and Libya to fight
About one fifth of China’s total tea exports in 2018 were sent to Morocco, the South China Morning Post reported, quoting the China Tea Marketing Association. The association revealed that out of the 364,742 tons of tea China exported last year, 77,562 tons were imported by the Kingdom, thanks to the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In addition to imports, Jinli Tea, a Chinese firm headquartered in the Hubei provincial city of Lichuan, is one of the first
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is currently in Marrakech with his partner Georgina Rodriguez and their son Cristiano Jr. On social media, the family posted photos of their visit to the building site of their new Marrakech hotel Pestana CR7. The Juventus forward has also announced that the opening of the hotel to take place in 2020, after it was initially scheduled for 2019, said José Roquettes from Portuguese company Pestana. This new hotel is located at the heart of the
Last week, Bombardier announced that it is selling its Morocco plant, consolidating its aerospace business into a single unit. Monday, in a press conference held in Casablanca, Moroccan Industry Minister revealed that the company will be supplied by the unit in teh Kingdom after sale.
On Monday, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat attended the Third African Union-United Nations Annual Conference, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. During this meeting, peace, security, sustainable development and climate change were among the topics discussed by Faki Mahamat and Guterres. In a joint communiqué, made public on the same day, the UN Secretary-General and the AU Chairperson
According to data made public by the Israel’s Administration of Border Crossings, Population and Immigration, a record number of visitors, form Muslim countries that have no diplomatic ties with Israel, traveled to Tel Aviv in 2018.
A far-right political party, known for demanding the deportation of all Muslims, will be running for general elections in Denmark, the Guardian reports. Stram Kurs, known also as Hard Line, was founded in 2007 and is headed by Danish lawyer Rasmus Paludan. Despite the party’s «racist» opinions, it managed to get the required 20,000 signatures from voters to be on the ballot paper in Denmark, scheduled for June the 17th. Rasmus Paludan is also a Youtuber who is followed,
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Morocco Abdullah Bin Saad Al Ghariri was received, Monday in Rabat, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki. During this meeting, the diplomat reiterated his country's position on the Western Sahara conflict. «Morocco's territorial integrity is a red line and an immutable principle of its foreign policy», said the House of Representatives in a statement relayed by MAP news agency. Al Ghariri took the opportunity to address
Spanish police announced, Thursday, that it had dismantled an irregular migration network, operating in Morocco, Algeria and Spain, American news agency Associated Press reported. According to the same source, the smuggling ring in question, is based in Bangladesh and it «fraudulently obtained visas to Algeria through that country’s consular services in India for at least 350 people from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India». After reaching Algeria, these smuggled