Spain will grant Morocco’s Interior Ministry €26 million to help the country manage its borders in Ceuta and Melilla and to curb the flow of migrants to Europe, El Pais revealed Thursday. The agreement on the grant aforementioned will have to be approved by the Spanish Council of Ministers, government sources told the same newspaper. El Pais indicates that the money allocated to the Kingdom will be used to purchase equipment. The grant is part of the €140 million
The leader of the Netherlands’ far-right nationalist party PVV Geert Wilders has chosen Twitter to tease Moroccans amid his «fewer Moroccans» appeal. On Tuesday, he published a photo that was destined to Moroccans in the Netherlands. «We want our pools back», he captioned the photo which showed a pool and a Moroccan flag floating on water. «Stop terror», he wrote in his tweet that was supported by far-right sympathizers. We willen onze zwembaden
The economy and productivity of the world’s poorest countries will be the most impacted by an increase in heat stress at work, the United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) concluded. In a report published Monday, June 1st, UN experts revealed that countries around the world will lose the «equivalent of 80 million full-time jobs» by 2030 because of heat stress, indicating that «the total cost of these losses will be $2.4 trillion every
Four months after she died in a hospital room in Milan, the forensic report on Moroccan model Imane Fadil’s death will be released next week. The medical team mandated by the Italian authorities will have to submit its conclusions to the prosecutor’s office in Milan in seven days, providing the real reason behind the woman’s «mysterious death». For the record, Imane Fadil told her family and former lawyer days before her death that she might have been
The Polisario’s leadership was slammed by NGOs attending the 41st regular session Human Rights Council. The Front has launched a campaign against Sahrawi activists, arresting three individuals in the Tindouf camps.
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has chosen Spanish multimedia communications group Mediapro as the provider responsible for VAR (Video assistant referee) at the Botola, the Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs, and the Morocco Throne Cup for the next four seasons. ⚽️La Real Federación de Futbol de Marruecos ha elegido a @GrupoMEDIAPRO como proveedor del sistema de videoarbitraje para la Botola Pro League y la Moroccan Throne Cup
French-Moroccan footballer Rachid Alioui has joined Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest shortly before the 2019-20 season, international association football news website Goal reported on Tuesday. The 27-year-old striker has completed Anger transfer after signing a three-year-deal with French club Nîmes Olympique, which moved to Ligue 2. Alioui’s deal with Angers is expected to last until 2022. For the record, Rachid Alioui has made 10 appearances with the Atlas Lions but he was not
Rabbi David Ou Moshe is a Jewish saint who is buried in Agouim, a small village near Ouarzazate. Ou Moshe, was born in Jerusalem, and is known to Moroccan Jews for his many miracles.
Although they won the game against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, held Monday in Cairo, French coach Hervé Renard said that he is dissatisfied with the Atlas Lions’ performance. During a press conference, Renard said that the Atlas Lions played for 45 minutes only. «I think we played better during the second half. It means that we played for 45 minutes only today», he argued. Déception de @Herve_Renard_HR après #RSAMAR malgré la victoire 1
French club Olympique de Marseille (OM) has announced that it has opened disciplinary proceedings against French-Moroccan player Adil Rami, who reportedly did not show up, Monday, for the first training session after the summer break, TSN reports. In a statement to The Associated Press, the French club explained that «Rami, a member of the France squad that won the World Cup last year, will meet with club officials to discuss the matter», the same source added. The club