Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expected to visit Morocco at the end of February, reports Sky News on Friday. The royal couple will spend three days in the North African Kingdom, starting from February the 23rd, the same source said quoting a Kensington Palace’s communiqué. The Duchess of Sussex, who will be at her third trimester of pregnancy, and Prince Harry will have «two main days of engagements», wrote the same source. This will be the
Le chef du gouvernement, Saâdeddine El Othmani a donné, jeudi à Casablanca, le coup d'envoi de la 25e édition du Salon international de l'édition et du livre (SIEL 2019), en présence de personnalités du monde politique, diplomatique et culturel. Cette édition, qui se tient du 7 au 17 février, connaît la participation de plus de 700 exposants représentant 40 pays, avec l'Espagne comme invitée d'honneur. Dans une
Upon the orders of King Mohammed VI, Head of Government, Saadeddine El Otmani, will travel to Addis Ababa to lead the Moroccan delegation to the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), which will take place on 10-11 February in the Ethiopian capital. In addition to African heads of state and government, this session will be marked by the participation of the UN Chief and the secretary-general of the Arab League, said a statement
Sur ordre du roi Mohammed VI, le chef du gouvernement Saadeddine El Othmani se rendra à Addis-Abeba, pour présider la délégation marocaine devant participer aux travaux de la 32e session ordinaire du Sommet de l’Union Africaine (UA), prévue les 10 et 11 février dans la capitale éthiopienne. Outre des chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement africains, cette session sera marquée par la participation des secrétaires
New York-based international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Moroccan authorities on Friday to free Moroccan entrepreneur Soufiane al-Nguad, who is sentenced to two years in prison for a Facebook post. «Soufiane al-Nguad did nothing but express his anger and urge protests over the killing of an innocent woman», Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch Sarah Leah Whitson said. «The charges against him are illegitimate, and he should be freed
L'équipe nationale marocaine de para-taekwondo a décroché cinq médailles dont une en or, lors de la 11ème édition du Championnat du monde, qui s'est déroulée à Antalya, en Turquie, du 2 au 7 février, a annoncé la Fédération royale marocaine de Taekwondo. Ayoub Khandouch a décroché la médaille d'or dans la catégorie P31, tandis que les médailles de bronze ont
A 17-year-old Moroccan national was identified by the Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalan police, as the suspect in a series of rapes that took place in Barcelona, Spain, in the last couple of months, reports Italian press agency ANSA. The young man was staying in a reception center for foreign minors in Spain. He is accused of raping six women aged between 40 and 78. «The rapes took place in Montjuic, Poble Sec, and the area surrounding Vall d'Hebron», wrote ANSA quoting Catalan
King Mohammed VI chaired, Thursday at the royal Palace in Marrakech, a council of ministers, says a statement by spokesman of the royal Palace, Abdelhak Lamrini. The Council of ministers adopted two draft decrees relating to military matters, notably the implementation of the provisions of law 44-18 on military service. King Mohammed VI has given his high instructions to increase the number of conscripts to 10,000 in the current year, before raising this figure to 15,000 in the coming
Enigma, a New York-based data and technology company, co-founded by Moroccan national Hicham Oudghiri and his best friend Marc DaCosta, created a real-time map of the costs and consequences of the US federal government shutdown in the US. Their project made available online, compiled data to show the total amount of estimated delayed salaries and the number of federal employees left unpaid following the shutdown. Enigma «has been monitoring interruptions in access to public data since
Un individu souffrant de troubles mentaux a agressé, jeudi à Fès, quatre personnes à l'aide d'un couteau pliant de petite taille, a-t-on appris auprès de la préfecture de police de la ville. Le mis en cause a délibérément agressé les quatre victimes, sans raison apparente, leur causant de légères blessures au niveau des doigts, des mains et de l'épaule, indique un communiqué de la Direction