China Africa partnership forum in Addis Ababa

Laâyoune to Host a Regional Football Academy

A regional football academy will be constructed in Laâyoune, part of the efforts made to develop and modernize sports infrastructure in the southern provinces of the Kingdom. The project to cost $10.3 million (100 million dirhams) will be built over 10 hectares and will be completed in two years. The football academy, the largest in […]

Moroccan visa lottery winners face administrative gridlock as deadline approaches

Hundreds of Moroccan winners of the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery risk losing their chance for American residency as the State Department fails to schedule mandatory consular interviews ahead of the program’s September 30 deadline. Despite having case numbers marked “current” for months in official visa bulletins, DV-2025 lottery winners report being trapped in bureaucratic limbo […]

Algeria: Bouteflika fires Chief of Intelligence service

The Algerian presidency announced Sunday the “retirement” of the head of Algerian intelligence services (DRS) General Mohamed Mediène nick-named “Toufik”. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Head of State and Minister of National Defense “has put an end to the functions of the Head of Intelligence Department, occupied by General Mohamed Mediene who has retired,” a statement by the […]