The House of Representatives held, Monday afternoon, a plenary session dedicated to the adoption of two international agreements. MPs gave their go-ahead to the Morocco-European Union fisheries agreement, which was adopted on June 19 by the Foreign Affairs, National Defense and Moroccans Living abroad Committee. On the same day, MPs passed a bill on joining the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signed during an extraordinary summit of the African Union in March 2018 in Kigali. The
Badar Eddine Mennani, 23, is the first Muslim carabinieri agent in Italy. The young man was sworn in, during a ceremony held in Turin and attended by his family, parents and sister. Realizing his childhood dream, Mennani is now part of the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy. Born to Moroccan parents in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta), Badar Eddine Mennai said he found a spirit of integration, acceptance and understanding among other carabinieri officers, Italian
Andalucious is a Jewish band that covers songs from North Africa, mainly Morocco and Algeria. Singing in Arabic, the musicians revisit old songs that were once performed by the Jewish communities in North Africa.
A Filipino worker died after falling from a building in Casablanca, escaping her angry employer, Philippine Daily Inquirer reported, quoting a statement by the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli. The worker was severely injured after jumping form the apartment building, Saturday, and succumbed to her wounds. The same communiqué revealed that the 49-year-old worker «had an argument with her employer and tried to flee the building using pieces of garments she tied together». An
On Sunday, the Mauritanian electoral commission announced that Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won presidential election with an absolute majority. Speaking to Yabiladi, politicial analysts from Nouakchott said that they expect the new president to learn from his predecessor’s mistake and strengthen ties with the Kingdom.
A gunman in a motorcycle opened fire, Monday, outside one of Ceuta’s biggest mosques, local newspaper El Faro de Ceuta reports. Four gunshots were heard outside Moulay El Mehdi mosque at around 3.30am on Monday, the same newspaper said. The man, who was riding a motorcycle, escaped right after firing the shots. Fortunately, no one was harmed. An investigation was opened by the police to determine the reasons behind this shooting and to identify the gunman.
Morocco national football team’s coach Hervé Renard complained about the absence of any water breaks during the game against Namibia (1-0), AFP reported. Renard said that he was «unhappy» about the lack of water breaks, especially as the Africa Cup of Nations’ organizers were expected to adopt an «extreme heat policy» in Egypt. «Why were the players not allowed to drink during the first half and the second half ? How is it possible ?»
Mauritania’s former defense minister Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won presidential election with an absolute majority, the country’s electoral commission announced on Sunday. Ould Ghazouani who represents Mauritania's ruling party Union for the Republic, a political party created by Ould Abdel Aziz, won the presidential race with 52% of the vote. The four candidates, who were running for president, held a closed meeting during the same day, rejecting the results of
The Atlas Lions have dominated the game against Namibia’s Brave Warriors, Sunday, in Egypt’s Al Salam stadium. It was only after a series of missed opportunities, that a goal was scored by Namibian striker Itamunua Keimuine, allowing the Moroccan team to win the match.
Algerian rapper Soolking was at the heart of a new controversy after raising the flag of the self-proclaimed «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic» (SADR) during a concert in Bilbao, Spain. The singer was performing his song «Liberté», when he carried the separatist flag. Criticized by his Moroccan fans on social media, the singer felt that he had to explain himself. «I did not know it was the Western Sahara flag, I thought it was that of Palestine»,
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