Algeria: Bouteflika to travel to Geneva for routine medical checkup

The Algerian President will travel Sunday to Switzerland, Geneva, for “routine” medical checkup, his office said in a statement that comes amid growing national protest against his candidacy for a fifth term in office. The statement said Abdelaziz Bouteflika will fly out for Geneva on Feb.24 for a short stay during which he will undergo […]

Morocco’s FRMF still looking for a coach for the Atlas Lions

Morocco’s football association, FRMF, held talks Thursday with former French national team coach Roland Blanc for the position of the Atlas Lions manager as negotiations with favorite candidate Bosnian Vahid Halilhodžic reached a stalemate over his salary.   Blanc who managed Les Bleus 2010-2012, met Thursday with the FRMF boss, Fouzi Lekjaa who is in […]

Rachid M’Barki: “Morocco has never given me a single penny” and does not need “small telegraph operators to defend its interests”

Rachid M’Barki, ex-journalist of French BFM TV who has been fired for having uttered the expression “Moroccan Sahara” in a reporting on a Moroccan-Spanish economic forum in Dakhla, said during his hearing at the French National Assembly: “Morocco has never given me a single penny to say anything.” The Kingdom “is a large, sovereign country […]