Morocco’s growth is expected to reach 3.5% in 2020, according to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects. The report indicates that policy reforms and tourism to support a pickup growth in the Kingdom.
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) to launch in March new weekly flights linking the city of Laayoune to the country’s capital, the firm said in a press release sent to Yabiladi on Thursday. The two flights will be operated by Boeing 737-800s every Monday and Wednesday. Flights from Laayoune will be scheduled for 9:35 am and would arrive in Rabat at 11:10 am. Flights from Rabat to leave the city by 12 pm and arrive in Laayoune by 1:40 am. In the same press
A Spanish ecologist, who heads a project of Ecologistas en Accion, is to reportedly be fined €20,700 by Spain’s tax agency for trying to return a group of Moorish black turtles (Testudo graeca) illegally brought into Spain from Morocco. According to Spanish newspaper Euro Weekly, the Spanish NGO Ecologistas en Accion had launched a program to return turtles smuggled into Spain from Morocco. To the Cadiz-based association denounced the sanction, claiming it is
To Moroccans, he is a renowned actor who starred in several Moroccan movies and series. Recently, Moroccan star Fehd Benchemsi moved to Los Angeles to give his acting career a new impetus in Hollywood and also reveal some of his other hidden talents. In LA, Benchemsi is all about the Gnawa music, playing Guembri, a three stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people. He performs there as «Gnawest», marrying Gnawi songs with western music,
Iconic Moroccan dishes reflect the history events that influenced Moroccans’ way of living. From Al Andalus to the Middle East, Morocco shares several secret recipes with other countries, including the Prophet’s favorite dish.
A 24-year-old Moroccan was deliberately ran over and killed, Saturday, by a 43-year-old Italian man near Bologna, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Wednesday. Quoting sources, ANSA wrote that the suspect had reportedly killed the Moroccan man for allegedly stealing his 17-year-old son’s mobile phone. The suspect, who is a factory worker, is accused of «premeditated murder», the same source said, adding that the deceased is called Mohamed Amine El Fatine. The Italian
In a communiqué of its Foreign Affairs Ministry, Algeria denounced, Wednesday, the opening of a Gambian consulate in Dakhla, a city in southern Morocco. The statement referred to the Gambian decision as a «unilateral» one that «violates international law». This is not the first time that Algeria voices a similar opinion. On December 20, the neighboring country denounced the opening of a Comoros embassy in the city of Laayoune. Last month, the Union of the
Will Spanish-Moroccan player Achraf Hakimi join Bayern Munich ? The German club has indeed shown interest in the international player, wrote Onze Mondial, quoting Madrid-based newspaper Marca. According to the latter, Bayern is reportedly ready to submit an offer to make Hakimi join the club. Achraf Hakimi's contract with Borussia Dortmund, which is a two-season loan from Real Madrid, will end on June 30, 2022, but Real Madrid has not made a decision yet. «We have repeatedly
Currently held at the Nieuw Vosseveld prison in the Netherlands for suspected involvement in at least ten murders related to organized crime, Moroccan-born Ridouan Taghi has been hiding in Dubai since 2016, his lawyer said. According to a communiqué released by Inez Weski and quoted by Dutch newspaper Het Parool, Tuesday, Taghi first came to Dubai, where he was arrested in December 2019, on 25 December 2016. In her statement, Weski rejected reports that suggested her client was
In a new letter to the UN Secretary-General, the Polisario Front is denouncing the Africa Eco Race Sahara crossing. The 12th edition of the annual rally raid to include a Guerguerate crossing stage.