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A new species of stegosaurian dinosaur, Adratiklit boulahfa, has been described by researchers. It is the oldest definite stegosaur ever found, announced a team at the Natural History Museum in London. Its remains were uncovered in the Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco, making Adratiklit the first stegosaur to be found in North Africa. […]
Cargotec subsidiary Kalmar has won a contract to upgrade four ZPMC ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at the Eurogate Tanger container terminal in Morocco. The modernization of cranes will enable Eurogate Tanger, located on the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco, to manage large ships, Kalmar said in a press release. Due to its geostrategic location, […]
Moroccan player Sofyan Amrabat will play for Serie A side Hellas Verona for the 2019-2020 season after his Belgian club Bruges loaned him to the Italian team, while Atlas Lions midfielder M’Bark Boussoufa was signed by Qatari club Al-Sailiya for a two-year contract. Hellas Verona confirmed Thursday the arrival of the 23-year old Sofyan Amrabat […]
Hague-based Dutch first flight football club, ADO Den Haag, has named Moroccan national Mohammed Hamdi as new Director General with the challenge to revive the club. The club’s main shareholder, Beijing-based United Vansen, appointed the 35-year old man after former manager Mattijs Manders left the club June 1st to become the Director General of the […]
Algerian ambassador to Morocco, Mohamed Salah Dembri, who had been positioned in Rabat since 2009, had been recalled this Thursday (Aug.22) and replaced the same day by Abdelaziz Benali Chérif. Benali Chérif served as ambassador to several countries and also as the spokesperson for the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to Dembri, […]
King Mohammed VI drew up on Tuesday the broad lines of Morocco’s new development model, which will be the driving force of inclusive growth, social equity and sustainable development. In his speech to the Nation marking the 66th anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, the Monarch shed more light on […]
King Mohammed VI has pointed out Tuesday that advanced regionalization and administrative devolution would give a new momentum to local productive investment projects, deploring the fact that despite the efforts made and the legislation adopted, many matters are still being dealt with in Rabat, at central government level. Because of the slow pace in […]
King Mohammed VI on Tuesday renewed the call to promote the development in the rural areas, support the inhabitants of these areas and respond to their pressing needs, as the segments of Moroccan society most affected by difficult living conditions reside, for the most part, in rural areas and in the suburbs. “I have […]
The new development model King Mohammed VI seeks to establish in Morocco is a new social pact where the Moroccan citizen is at the heart of the development process and is the ultimate goal of development. In a speech he delivered Tuesday evening from the North-eastern city of Al Hoceima on the celebration of […]
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) has awarded the Olympic African Order of Merit to King Mohammed VI. The distinction was handed over to Prince Moulay Rachid by ANOCA President, Algerian Mustapha Berraf, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 12th African Games Monday. Prince Moulay Rachid presided over […]