Le boxeur professionnel marocain Ahmed El Mousaoui disputera, samedi à Paris, un combat international, dans la catégorie des welters (66,7 kg), face au Russe Alexey Evchenko. Ahmed El Mousaoui (28 victoires, 3 défaites, 1 nul) fera ainsi face au champion de Russie (16V, 10D, 1N), également double champion d’Europe et ancien challenger mondial des titre WBA & WBO et IBF. Cette confrontation intervient après une victoire d’Ahmed El
Zineb Briouil, jeune lauréate de 20 ans de l’Ecole des Cavaliers d’Entraînement des Courses de Chevaux de Rabat, a remporté le Championnat du Monde des Apprentis Jockeys en raflant le Prix Longines Future Stars, dimanche dernier à l’hippodrome de Chantilly à Paris (France). Il s’agit d’une véritable consécration pour la jeune sportive, qui a pu décrocher son titre lors de ce championnat ouvert aux jeunes
La sélection marocaine doit être psychologiquement prête, mercredi, dans son match décisif face aux portugais pour le compte de la deuxième journée du groupe B participant à la Coupe du monde, a indiqué l’entraineur Hervé Renard. L’équipe doit être psychologiquement prête, mais surtout parée à combattre et à croire en elle, a-t-il relevé, ajoutant que la décision
Inflation is expected to reach 2.4 percent in 2018, before returning to 1.4 percent in 2019, while core inflation, which measures the fundamental price trend, would remain subdued, reaching about 1.1 percent in 2018 and 1.6 percent in 2019, central bank «Bank Al-Maghrib» said. «Inflation has markedly accelerated over the first four months of the year. This change reflects the impact of the review of the CPI basket structure last March by the High Commission for Planning as
Moroccan-American hip hop artist Karim Kharbouch, known by his stage name French Montana, has launched a campaign with American television channel MTV to help undocumented immigrants attend college in the US. In a video published June the 15th, French Montana invited three undocumented immigrants to his place for dinner, where they shared their struggle. The initiative comes as in 2017 President Donald Trump put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an American
The new Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, is breaking with Spain’s tradition by heading to Paris on his first state visit, he announced in an interview conducted by TVE. Indeed, Pedro Sanchez officially declared yesterday that he will not visit Morocco, as the tradition dictates. He announced that Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani was the first foreign head of government he phoned after his inauguration. Since 1983, when Spain was headed by Felipe Conzalez
Former FIFA president Joseph Blatter will attend, Wednesday 20th of June, the Portugal vs. Morocco match, says his spokesperson on Monday, quoted by Marca. Invited by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Blatter is expected to fly Tuesday to Moscow, says the same source. The disgraced man has been banned from being part of football-related activities for six years after he was «investigated by Swiss prosecutors for alleged corruption during his 17-year reign at the head of FIFA»,
Banque Centrale Populaire and CIH Bank, Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) and the Caisse de dépot et de gestion (CDG) are among the seven bidders competing to acquire 69.15% stake in Tunisia’s Zitouna bank and 70% stake in the insurance company Zitouna Takaful. Through international bidding, the Tunisian State, Al-Karama Holding and Portfolio Invest, the majority shareholders of Zitouna Bank and Zitouna Takaful, want to sell a single block of shares representing 69, 15% of
For the past three days, dozens of Sahrawis have been demonstrating in front of the Rabouni camp, the headquarters of the Polisario leadership. Coming from the Tekna tribe, protesters are questioning the death of a Sahrawi prisoner, Brahim Ould Salek Ould Breika, a young trader who was held in the Dhaibia prison. In its official version of the story, the Front says that the man had committed suicide, putting an end to his life. The deceased’s family, on the other hand, believes that
The Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara Horst Köhler is expected to visit Morocco on the 28th and 29th of June, a well informed source told Yabiladi on Sunday. The UN diplomat will travel to Laayoune to visit the MINURSO’s headquarters and the Blue Helmets Teams. Before heading to the city, Köhler is to hold talks with Moroccan officials in Rabat. For the record, the former German president wanted to visit Laayoune last April, when the