French professional golfer Alexander Levy won, Sunday 22nd of April, the Hassan II Trophy, a golf tournament in Morocco hosted by Prince Moulay Rachid. Levy finishes a 2-under 70 defeating by one shot Spanish golfer Alvaro Quiros, said Associated Press. «One off the lead overnight, Levy made two of his four birdies in his first five holes to hit the front and stayed ahead for the rest of the final day at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course», said the same day. Levy will leave
Salah Abdeslam, a Belgium-born French national of Moroccan descent accused of involvement in the attacks in Paris on 13th of November 2015, and Tunisian accomplice Sofian Ayari, were found guilty f the attempted murder of police officers in a shootout in Brussels in March 2016, Monday 23rd of April in Brussels, said FranceInfo. They were both sentenced to 20 years in prison, as requested by the prosecutor’s office in February. On March the 15th, 2016 Belgian and French police
In an updated version of Scott Pruitt’s Moroccan calendar sent by the Environmental Protection Agency to ABC News, it is indicated that he attended only one meeting on the first day of his trip to Morocco. The document was modified after a first calendar showed earlier this month blacked out sections hiding the rest of the activities the Republican did when in the Kingdom. In fact, the new calendar and which parts of it were hidden previously show the details of a meeting held in
Moroccan presenter actress and singer Wiam Dahmani passed away Sunday, 22nd of April, in the United Arab Emirates due to a heart attack, reported multiple media sources. The 34-year-old artist was born on August 22nd, 1983 in Kenitra. She debuted her career as a broadcaster for Dubai TV, she then started acting and singing. Wiam participated to many Bollywood movies and starred in Pakistani ones. The Moroccan national worked for Zee Aflam, an India-based satellite television channel owned by
The Moroccan Paralympic champion El Amin Chentouf won, Sunday, the silver medal of the 2018 London Marathon. Chentouf, who participated in the vision impaired events T11/12, covered the distance in 2 hours 29 minutes and 05 seconds. The gold medal was claimed by Spanish athlete Also Alberto Suarez (2h 28min 49s), while British Rae Derek won the bronze medal, finishing the race in 2 hours 36 minutes and 13 seconds. The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, UK as
The Asian Decolonisation Collective, an anti-racism body representing people of Asian origin, recently challenged Netflix regarding Gad Elmaleh and Kev Adams' sketch entitled “The Chinese”, according to Asian community-focused online newspaper NextShark. Although the sketch dates back to 2016, its replay on Tuesday, April 17 on the French TV channel W9 brought the controversy back. Through hashtag #GadElmalehOutofNetflix, Netflix has been solicited via Twitter to end its
The U.S. Department of State issued on Friday, 20th of April, its 2017 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which include Morocco, recognizing the positive steps the Kingdom took in 2017 to stregthen its respect for human rights, a communiqué sent to Yabiladi by the U.S. Embassy reported. In its annual reports, the U.S. Department of State highlighted the efforts Morocco made last year to eradicate torture, and improve the independence of the judiciary. It also hailed the decline
FIFA task force is to pay Morocco a second visit next week after expressing concerns over «hotel capacity and stadiums» set by the the Kingdom's bid for the 2026 World Cup, said AFP. After visiting five cities to evaluate Morocco's ability to meet the needs of such tournament, FIFA experts «noticed some deviations from the initial planned programme», president of Moroccan bid Moulay Hafid Elalamy told the French news agency. FIFA task force «asked questions
The Oujda Court of First Instance on Friday handed suspended sentences ranging from four months to one year in prison against seven accused sued as part of Jerada events. Two accused were sentenced to one year suspended sentence in prison, while a four-month suspended sentence was given to five defendants in addition to a fine of 500 dirhams for each of them. The court also sentenced all the suspects involved in this case to pay a symbolic dirham to the plaintiff. The defendants were sued in
Three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) related to energy efficiency, trade promotion and financing of innovative projects were signed between Moroccan and American partners at the 4th Morocco-U.S. Trade Forum, held Thursday in Washington. The first agreement, signed by the Moroccan Energy Efficiency Agency (AMEE) and the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD), provides for strengthening research cooperation links for the development of air conditioning systems using
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