OCP, ONCF and the Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development have joined forces to create a national hotel industry pole in Morocco. A press release from the OCP group, sent to Yabiladi on Friday, explains that this alliance aims to promote high-end hotel excellence, a showcase of Moroccan heritage and know-how, at the service of the country's attractiveness and its international reputation. «These measures will allow the public sector to consolidate its investment capacities,
After Algeria, it’s the Polisario’s turn to react officially to the opening of a Comorian consulate in Laayoune. «It is an aggression» and «a flagrant violation of all international covenants, particularly the Constitutive Act of the African Union», the Front said in a statement released in the early hours of Saturday, December 21. The separatist movement is therefore asking the government of the Comoros to «reverse its illegal and immoral
A short-eared owl, which had a satellite tag attached to it when it was reproducing in Scotland, was followed all the way to Morocco, revealing important new information for researchers, The Scottish Farmer reports. Researchers at the British Trust for Ornithology Scotland have conducted research to develop methods of studying these short-eared owls in their breeding areas and tracking their movements throughout the year. While a handful of birds have so far been equipped with tracking devices
When sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah was planning to revive the city of Essaouira, he relied on Morocco’s most competent Jew. Samuel Sumbal was the sultan’s right-hand man, who helped build 18th century Essaouira.
Police in Barcelona arrested three men late Wednesday night for their alleged involvement in the sexual assault of a Moroccan woman. According to El Periodico, the main suspect was caught red-handed while the two others were close to the woman in question during the attack. The arrest took place after passersby called the police, telling them that they saw a woman being pushed by several men to a park. Once there, police arrested three men, while two others managed to flee. The woman was
Arrested on December 17 in Dubai, Moroccan-born criminal Ridouan Taghi is currently held at a high-security Dutch jail. Inez Weski, his lawyer, told media upon his extradition to the Netherlands that he was taken «against his will». To Taghi’s lawyer, her client was «kidnapped» and not «extradited», because the Netherlands does not have an extradition agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Although Taghi was not extradited to Morocco,
French-Moroccan boxer Nordine Oubaali is on Eurosport’s men of the year list for 2019. Ranked seventh, the boxer is described by the pan-European television sports network as one of the athletes who managed to «achieve a dream this year». It explains that after a series of disappointing results, the French-Moroccan boxer has managed to «get back on track». Indeed, in January, the 32-year-old boxer became the World Boxing Council bantamweight world champion. Born
Nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Morocco, David T. Fischer has finally been confirmed by the Senate.
Turkey has deported a Moroccan national who is suspected of being a terrorist fighter, the Turkish Interior Ministry said in a statement released on Thursday. According to Anadolu press agency, the Moroccan was sent back to the Kingdom alongside a German national who was also deported to his country of origin. The Interior Ministry did not specify which terror group the fighters belonged to, but it said that the decision is part of «Turkey’s ramped-up efforts to repatriate foreign
Six months after her country withdrew recognition of «SADR», the El Salvador Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco arrived in Morocco Wednesday for a two-day visit. In Rabat, the diplomat held talks with her counterpart Nasser Bourita before releasing a joint statement. «The two ministers stressed the importance of developing sectoral cooperation relations between the two countries and coordinating their efforts for this purpose», wrote MAP news
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