World football governing body, FIFA, Sunday officially backed the kingdom of Morocco to host the 2020 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) futsal tournament in Laayoune, noting that the city to welcome the championship is Moroccan. FIFA’s endorsement, posted on Twitter, deals a blow to both Algeria and South Africa, which lobbied the African football governing […]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino congratulated Morocco on winning its first Olympic bronze medal in team sports after a dramatic 6-0 victory over Egypt on Thursday. In a post on Instagram, Infantino praised Morocco’s achievement, saying the bronze medal is a significant accomplishment. “Sincere congratulations to Morocco for the bronze medal during the Paris 2024 men’s […]
Soon after announcing the retrieval of 20 billion dollars, President Tebboune drew mockery when he said that another 36 billion dollar amount was confiscated from a family that concealed it somewhere in vast Algeria. That brings the total sum of allegedly seized money to $56 billion, a sum that is about 35% of Algeria’s GDP […]
