The new Morocco-EU fisheries agreement, initialed Monday and pending ratification, is believed to have sparked tension in the Polisario Front. Sunday, after the Kingdom and the European Union announced the end of negotiations, Sahrawi newspaper Futuro Sahara criticized the Front’s leadership for the decision taken by the two parties. In an article, the platform close to Mohamed Lamine Ould Bouhali, stated that Brahim Ghali «considers the crisis a victory that everyone should
Moroccan international Mounir El hamdaoui has just retired. The 34-year-old joined on Tuesday Chabab Rif Al Hoceima club and will be operating as a technical director, says Dutch online newspaper Nu Sports. El Hamdaoui was playing for FC Twente before deciding to end his career as a footballer. He was playing for six different clubs, including Ajax, Willem II and Excelsior. He was also part of other clubs in Spain and the Middle East, namely Malaga, Salal and Al-Taawon clubs. Mounir El
Moroccan French midfielder Sofiane Boufal said that joining La Liga, men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system, is a «dream» coming true for him, says IANS press agency. The 24-year-old international has been loaned to Spanish professional club Celta de Vigo, after he played for two seasons with Southampton, making 59 appearances and scoring four goals. «While this past year has not been good for me in England, I also see myself as
Mauritanian media sources reported that Sahrawis from the Tindouf camps, who work as smugglers, kidnapped, Sunday, the son of a Mauritanian mayor. The mother of the victim had been called by the kidnappers for a 12 million ouguiya ransom (318,289 dirhams). They told her about a place in the Algerian city of Zoueirat where the family should bring the money, says Mauritanian newspaper Al Akhbar. The same source confirmed that the young man’s family searched for him
La Chambre criminelle de première instance chargée des crimes financiers près la Cour d'appel de Rabat a prononcé, dans la nuit de lundi à mardi, des peines allant de 5 ans de prison ferme à 6 mois de prison avec sursis à l'encontre de 106 accusés, dont d'anciens éléments de la Protection civile, poursuivis pour corruption et trafic d'influence. Ainsi, la Cour a condamné trois mis en cause à 5 ans de prison
The latest film of American series «Jack Ryan» has been partially shot in Morocco, reports KFTV. The movie’s crew filmed part of the Kingdom as «a range of Middle Eastern story settings». The American film series is based on the character of Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst who has been to a couple of espionage adventures in Europe and the Middle East. Although the movie was produced in Montreal, the crew decided to spend two months in the Kingdom to film in some
Abdeltif Loudyi, ministre délégué auprès du Chef du gouvernement, chargé de l'Administration de la défense nationale a reçu, mardi au siège de cette administration, Robert Karem, Sous-secrétaire américain à la Défense, chargé des Affaires sécuritaires internationales, qui effectue une visite de travail de deux jours au royaume à la tête d'une importante délégation. Un
Abdeltif Loudyi, minister delegate to the head of government in charge of national defense administration, received, Tuesday in Rabat, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Robert Karem, who leads a large delegation on a two-day visit to Morocco. The two officials voiced their wish to further develop these long-standing relationships in the same spirit of friendship, mutual understanding and mutual confidence. During their talks, the two sides exchanged views
Le président de la Fédération royale marocaine de football (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, était l’invité du forum de la MAP, ce mardi 24 juillet à Rabat, organisé sous le thème «bilan de l’action de la FRMF et évaluation de la participation marocaine au Mondial 2018». Concernant, le sélectionneur national, Hervé Renard, selon Fouzi Lekjaa, il est toujours en charge de la gestion des affaires de la
Morocco and the European Union (EU) initialed, Tuesday in Rabat, a new fisheries agreement after a series of negotiations that started in April, says a communiqué sent by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries this morning to Yabiladi. The two parties have found a common ground, discussing ways to finalize a new fisheries agreement. The signed document refers to the zones where EU fleets are allowed to fish, the species targeted as well as restrictions related to the management of