Burkina Faso flag with Morocco flag on a grunge cracked wall

2022 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal postponed to 2026

The next Youth Olympic Games (YOG), a sporting event for athletes aged 15 to 18, will take place in 2026 rather than 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Senegal have announced. The IOC cited the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 and “the operational and financial consequences of the global health crisis” as […]

China’s Sentury to launch construction works of Morocco’s first tire plant this August

Sentury Tire, a Chinese tire manufacturing giant, will build a first Morocco tire facility in the North of the country, 35 km from Tanger-Med port, Africa’s largest container port which handles over half of all cargo going through Moroccan ports. The deal okaying the plant breaking ground and operationalization was signed by the company’s manager […]

Morocco: three men nabbed for attempting to smuggle in 12,000 ecstasy pills

Three men involved in an attempt to smuggle in 12,000 psychotropic tablets were arrested Friday in Casablanca highway, and the illicit substance was seized by the authorities. The pills were found in a truck coming from the Northern region of the country. The driver and two people accompanying him, including one wanted for drugs’ trafficking, […]