The Polisario’s permanent representative to the United Nations Sidi Mohamed Omar was received, Tuesday, by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix. According to several pro-Polisario news outlets, Omar conveyed «to the UN head, the Front’s position on several issues related to MINURSO and the UN peace process in Western Sahara». During this meeting, the «Front’s diplomat» recalled that
According to a group of researchers led by the University of Cadiz in Spain, Tamuda was home to a military camp constructed by the Romans. The discovery has even linked Roman stateman Quintus Sertorius to the ruins in Tamuda.
The Guardia Civil arrested a Moroccan national and a Spanish man, aged 38 and 52, suspected of being behind the plantation of cannabis in a field that grows water melons in the municipality of Javier in Murcia, local news outlet Murcia Today reported on Tuesday. The same source said that the Guardia Civil discovered 850 cannabis plants, grown next to legitimate melon crop. The arrest took place after authorities in Spain opened an investigation in April in the fields in the municipality
Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization International Energy Agency (IEA) published, Tuesday, its in-depth review of Morocco’s energy policies, the agency said a press release. Presented in Rabat by the International Energy Agency’s Executive Director Fatih Birol, the new review welcomed the Kingdom’s efforts to «boost renewable investment, provide access to electricity, and phase out of subsidies for fossil fuel consumption». Despite the
In Morocco, 80% of adults say they pray every day. According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center, prayer rates around the world are related to wealth.
Moroccan-American rapper, singer and songwriter Karim Kharbouch, known by his stage name French Montana, attended Monday the Met Gala 2019, celebrating the first night of Ramadan, Step Feed reports. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, French Montana appeared on the red carpet, wearing an Arab-inspired look. The 34-year-old singer wore a long «Arabic dress» and a Kufiya, a traditional Middle Eastern headdress. French Montana in the house ?? he’ll
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is interested in signing Bruno Genesio, the coach of Olympique Lyonnais. Citing well-informed sources, football online newspaper Goal revealed that the Atlas Lions consider Genesio for the «federation’s vacant technical director role». After sacking its former technical director Nasser Larguet, the Moroccan federation is reportedly looking into ways of replacing him with the 52-year-old coach. Quoting Ca Me Dit Sport, Goal reports that
A Spanish terror cell was making money out of tax fraud on chicken, cheese, and chocolate sold in Denmark, to send Moroccan and Spanish fighters to Syria, French news agency AFP reported, quoting an investigation conducted by non-profit European newsroom Correctiv. According to the same source, this cell managed to raise €8 million, to financially support its activities since 2005. In fact, the cell in question recruited 24 Moroccan fighters and sent them to Syria, Mali and Libya to fight
About one fifth of China’s total tea exports in 2018 were sent to Morocco, the South China Morning Post reported, quoting the China Tea Marketing Association. The association revealed that out of the 364,742 tons of tea China exported last year, 77,562 tons were imported by the Kingdom, thanks to the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In addition to imports, Jinli Tea, a Chinese firm headquartered in the Hubei provincial city of Lichuan, is one of the first
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is currently in Marrakech with his partner Georgina Rodriguez and their son Cristiano Jr. On social media, the family posted photos of their visit to the building site of their new Marrakech hotel Pestana CR7. The Juventus forward has also announced that the opening of the hotel to take place in 2020, after it was initially scheduled for 2019, said José Roquettes from Portuguese company Pestana. This new hotel is located at the heart of the
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