German club Dortmund confirmed, Monday, that Moroccan international player Achraf Hakimi suffers a metatarsal break and won’t be able to play for the rest of the season, AS reports. The footballer will be transferred to Madrid to undergo a surgery, teh same source said. For the record, the Real Madrid right-back has been loaned for two seasons to Borussia Dortmund. He joined the new team in July. Achraf Hakimi, 20, felt pain this weekend during a game against German club Wolfsburg.
Muslim scholars’ associations have criticized the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of Imams for hosting a performance that included a call to prayer and church songs. The performance was staged, Saturday, before King Mohammed VI and Pope Francis.
Moroccan energy firm Neo Themis signed a partnership agreement with Nigeria’s Kingline Development to build a $600 million gas-fired power plant in Akure, Nigeria. The project is going to include «one of the world’s lowest cost gas-to-power facilities», Global Construction Review reports. «Kingline offers compelling advantages for the Federal Government of Nigeria given its extremely competitive pricing, availability of peripheral gas and transmission
An Italian-Moroccan national has admitted that he killed Stefano Leo, an Italian young man who was found stabbed to death near the River Po in Turin in February, prosecutors said on Monday. According to the Italian press agency ANSA, the 27-year-old suspect said he murdered the man for «the sole reason that he wanted to kill someone». «I chose to kill that young man because he looked happy. And I couldn’t stand his happiness», the suspect, identified as Said M.,
It is one of the most significant images that marked Pope Francis’ visit to Morocco. While in the Kingdom, the head of the Catholic Church kissed the hand of father Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last monk who survived the Tibhirine massacre. After the ceremony that took place at Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Rabat, Pope Francis met the monk who lives in the monastery of Tibhirine, AFP reports, adding that it was a «very important moment». Jean Pierre Shcumacher has
Germany-based company Fresenius Medical Care has admitted that it paid bribes to public health and government officials in Morocco and in other countries to obtain business. According to the US Justice Department, the firm will be paying $231 million to avoid prosecution.
After he was appointed as Algeria’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Ramtane Lamamra’s name is not on the list of the new government appointed Sunday. Lamamra’s dismissal was announced while he was in Tunisia, attending the Arab League summit. In Tunis, he held several meetings with senior officials, including Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Lamamra’s sacking
The Arab League rejected, Sunday, the United States’ recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. During a summit held in Tunisia, Arab leaders condemned the American decision, stressing that it is a «serious violation of the UN Charter». Arab leaders indicated in a final statement that followed Sunday’s summit that the US decision will not change the legal status of the Syrian Golan, which Israel occupied in the 1967 war. The summit also condemned
Moroccan international player Adel Taarabt has played for the first time for Benfica, almost four years after signing with the club, BBC reports. Taarabt joined his team in a match against Portuguese club Tondela on Saturday. It was the first time that Taarabt plays for Benfica, after joining the club in June 2015. After spending seven months with the reserves, Adel Taarabt joined Benfica's first-team training, in February. Taarabt, who was loaned to Italian club Genoa for 18 months, was
Melilla councilor for Social Welfare Daniel Ventura said the statements of Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, regarding the collaboration between the Spanish government and the Moroccan authorities for the repatriation of unaccompanied minor migrants arriving in Spain, are «typical of an election campaign», Europa Press reports. «We have never seen a real effort by Morocco to repatriate its minors», Daniel Ventura said. He further mentioned he did not give much