COVID-19: UAFA contemplates cancellation of Arab Club Champions Cup

The Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, is considering cancelling the suspended Arab Champions Cup, dubbed the Mohammed VI Cup, over the continuous spread of covid-19 in the countries of the four finalist teams. The competition was suspended in February after the first leg of the first semi-final between Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and Egypt’s Ismailia […]

Morocco, Russia Boosting Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

Head of Morocco’s internal intelligence service, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is also Chief of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN,) is visiting Moscow to seal bilateral collaboration in the fight against terrorism. The visit is taking place less than a month following the official visit King Mohammed VI paid to Moscow mid-March. Morocco and Russia […]

Egypt: Nine Muslim brotherhood members hanged

Egyptian prison authorities Wednesday executed by hanging nine members of the Muslim Brotherhood for their alleged involvement in the car bomb attack that killed the country’s top prosecutor Hisham Barakat in 2015. The nine are part of 28 people arrested and convicted for the car bomb, which hit Barakat’s motorcade in June 2015, in capital […]