Omar Hilal

Morocco Rescues 472 Migrants off Atlantic & Mediterranean Coasts

Morocco’s Royal navy rescued 427 illegal migrants on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. The navy said in a statement that it intercepted the migrants on board dinghy boats. Moroccan authorities said they dismantled over 80 illegal migration network and foiled more than 50,000 illegal immigration attempts in 2017. Morocco’s efforts to tighten the noose on […]

Morocco: Vahid Halilhodžić picked as Atlas Lions’ head manager

The Moroccan football association, FRMF, has picked Serbian Vahid Halilhodžić as the new head manager of the national football team with the task to qualify the Atlas Lions for FIFA 2022 World Cup to be played in Qatar.   The FRMF finally picked the former manager of Paris Saint Germain, PSG, and Algeria’s former coach […]

President of Spanish-occupied Ceuta surfs on wave of anti-Moroccan sentiments

Faithful to a far-right discourse pinning troubles on the “Other”, president of Spanish-occupied Ceuta, Juan Vivas of VOX party used the fear of migrants to diabolize Morocco. Speaking from a city in northern Morocco though occupied by Spain, Vivas criticized the sovereign decisions taken by Morocco to manage the flow of goods on the borders […]