The United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is currently visiting the Maghreb region. On Wednesday, the American official is expected to held talks with Tunisian President Kais Saied and his Defense Minister Ibrahim Bartagi, AFP reports. On Thursday, October 1, Esper is expected to visit Algiers and meet President Abdelmajid Tebboune to discuss ways of «strengthening cooperation with Algeria on key regional issues», AFP wrote. Esper's visit to Algeria comes just a week after
After spending two days at the headquarters of the 2nd military region of Doukj, several Polisario vehicles headed on Monday to Guerguerate. The operation, planned by the Polisario Front, is meant to block the Guergeuerate border crossing, separating Morocco from Mauritania. On Saturday September 26, the UN Secretary General called on the Polisario not to block the passage of El Guerguerate.
The government delegate in Melilla Sabrina Moh announced, Tuesday, that all Moroccans stranded in the Spanish enclave will be repatriated soon. Quoted by El Faro de Melilla, she added that the repatriation operation will be carried out through several days and will be organized jointly and in coordination with the Moroccan authorities. Sabrina Moh explained that all interested parties will be able to return home but stressed that the process will be carried in stages to avoid
Morocco has set a new daily death record, with 44 passing from the coronavirus in 24 hours. The number of severe cases has reached 415, including 39 on ventilators.
The Karkariya brotherhood is shaken by a war between Egyptians and Moroccans after a sheikh questioned the legitimacy of Morocco's Mohamed Fawzi al-Karkary, the order’s leader in the Kingdom.
Moroccan-Dutch model Khaoula Boumeshouli has modeled the first hijab collection of American premium clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger. On the brand’s Instagram account, Boumeshouli wore the woven jacquard Hijab, designed to suit veiled women. To Tommy Hilfiger, its new hijab collection stresses values of «inclusivity and diversity». Tommy Hilfiger chose Khaoula Boumeshouli to wear the new Hijab collection and model it. The latter is an entrepreneur who debuted her career on
The economic and financial hub of the biggest city in the Kingdom maintains its first place in Africa, as the government adopted last week a decree-law reorganizing Casablanca Finance City (CFC).
Police in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a state in north Germany, are still searching for a 29-year-old man accused of kidnapping a baby of Moroccan origin in Schwerin. According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), the father abducted the child earlier in September while he was in a park with his mother, a Moroccan who has the child’s sole custody. Since Friday, the Tunisian has been wanted in Europe, through an arrest warrant issued by the German authorities, the same source said,
El Ejido (Almería) police have arrested a 45-year-old woman of Moroccan origin wanted by Interpol for bringing cannabis resin into Spain, Europa Press reports. According to the same source, which quotes a police report, Interpol issued an arrest warrant for the woman in December 2012. The Tangier Maritime police «surprised her trying to leave the Moroccan port city with nearly 4.5 kilos of the drug in all stuck on to various parts of her body», Euro Weekly News
Son of former French player Zinedine Zidane, who formerly coached Real Madrid, Enzo will be joining Wydad Casablanca this year. His manager Roberto Carlos, announced the news on social media. 2m.ma was able to confirm the information speaking to an authorized source within the club. The latter indicated that the deal has already been concluded. «The presentation will take place at a later date», according to the same source, and details of the contract will be announced